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I get to see the Website for a brief second, then, "You need Javascript enabled to view this website. Try again... " even though it displays at first.

Nonsense.

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Flash Of Styled Content?

Dev here. Good luck creating a countdown site without JS (and no, meta-refresh doesn't count).

The non-js version has "As of [page load time]" and static numbers.

The JS version first removes the "As of" and updates the numbers dynamically.

CSS animations? They've got really good support across most browsers (c. 90% coverage).

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