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Major props to the author for actually caring about this. JS seems like an assumption more than ever before. It’s great to see that people understand that some of us don’t want it.

Very loosely related: why do so many websites use require Javascript to handle links? I’m so tired of trying to figure out how to open a given link in a new tab. :-(

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and scrolling. and history.

I am finding myself afraid of clicking any link, anchor, or button in the fear of losing the current position, word wrapping or the current form inputs.

It's like I am being pavlov trained to be afraid of interacting with my computer.

Mystery meat interaction is one of the worst parts of the modern web, and all too often it’s found in places where there is little to no user benefit to be had for the tradeoff and a plain old HTML link or button would’ve sufficed. I wish more devs would give thought to this kind of thing.

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