Re: New web site

On Fri, May 22, 2026 at 12:18:47PM +0100, Stephen Farrell wrote:
> As a heads-up, I'll then complain, also over time:-) I don't think I'm
> entirely alone in preferring a smaller attack surface so it'd be nice if
> the tools team took that into account, as they used to.

You're not alone.  Javascript should be a last resort and should only
be deployed sparingly if no other alternative can be found.  In addition
to increasing the attack surface dramatically, mandating use of Javascript
is hostile to browsers (e.g. text-only browsers) that don't support it,
and thus hostile to the people who use those browsers either by
choice or by necessity.

I would much rather have a non-Javascript site than one with worthless
misfeatures such as "as-you-type search" (mentioned upthread).

---rsk