JavaScript is integral to this. I suppose there is a need for a, "This is what the page is about if you don't have it turned on" bit.
Setting a good example & being a good steward of the net is something docs like these could/should provide; that is to say, the author could make the static parts static & offer a <noscript> with a brief description of the interactivity the user might be missing. The docs are likely coming from dog-fooding the library, but came at the cost of making static content maximally available & providing a noscript message.