timpatterson: @codinghorror Not weird at all.. Most of the web uses JavaScript now.. To the paranoids that would disable it the whole web must look broken 3 minutes later reply fix threading

gshutler: @codinghorror I think that's reasonable nowadays 8 minutes later reply fix threading

thomasjo: @codinghorror isn't that the case for 99% of all new websites? Unless you *really* need to be universally accessible, go for it! 8 minutes later reply fix threading

talios: @codinghorror that would depend on what 'function' means - just browsing or actually submitting questions/answers? either would ok thou 11 minutes later reply fix threading

psvensson: @codinghorror This _is_ 2008. If gmail requires JS, then I think it's safe to require JS for stackoverflow. 15 minutes later reply fix threading

eschaton: @codinghorror You're going to write it as an app in Objective-J and Cappuccino, aren't you? 16 minutes later reply fix threading

juliocapote: @codinghorror i would hope it required javascript, i wouldn't be interested in anything less interactive... 16 minutes later reply fix threading

jongalloway: @codinghorror Only really obsessive geeks get upset by javascript. But, that might describe the entirety of your readership. 18 minutes later reply fix threading

ekkman: @codinghorror I don't think so, you can't force every device / everyone to support JavaScript anyway. 18 minutes later reply fix threading

ewilde: @codinghorror I think its okay to require your users have JavaScript enabled. Accessibility might be an issue? about 1 hour later reply fix threading

Ishmaeel: @codinghorror required JS might triple the effort for basic functionality (IE,FF,O,...) Also, search engines don't do JS. about 20 hours later reply fix threading