[drupal-support] AJAX and Drupal

[Franz Iberl]

Hallo Carlos,

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>> When I started with Drupal, it was one of the very few CMS working in
>> all features (especially admin) with "Javscript OFF". While I
>> understand that there are features in AJAX some people do like, I hope
>> Drupal core and main modules will stil not depend on any JS
>> functionality.
> I'm just curious why do you need it with out JS ?

I guess not everybody is eager to discuss it here ;-) but I try a short 
answer. Its a matter of privacy, security and, yes, comfort.

- While JS can be done securely, of course, I consider it - e.g. - a 
"damage-multiplicator" if something is going wrong.

- JS can deliver more information about the client (thats my computer) 
to the (foreign) server than Html alone.

- Surfing the web with "JS on" allows "dumb" sites to modify my 
browsers (mouse functions changed, fixed windows etc.) more than I want 
to tolerate. There are browsers which can be configured with some 
"granularity" about this, but why bother - server side scripting is 
enough for me ;-)

(some advertising goes away w/o JS as well - but thats not the main 
point).

Servus
   Franz