Welcome to the first Brew Time Tidbit design tip! What do you do if the person enjoying your content on your site gets stuck because they can’t use the flashy functionality you’ve spent ages sticking into your website? Hell you <noscript> those suckers!
That’s right – it just so happens HTML has an awesome little tag for you to place content which will appear to those who don’t have java script!
<noscript>damn you, now you can't use my light box</noscript>
But remember don’t just use this to inform your users that they have javascript disabled but include it in your content so in case they have a good reason for not wanting javascript working then they won’t miss out on your goodness as well.
The average percentage of people with javascript turned off in 2008 was 5% but you can get a more accurate, personalised value by looking at your own stats as different websites attract different people.
Even if your website has a very low percentage of people with javascript disabled this is so easy to implement then there’s no real excuse… or is there?! Let me know what you think
Tags: HTML, Web Design
I totally agree. It maybe a low percentage but the more universal a page is the more I can get across to my market. Thanks for the tip.
R
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