JavaScript is useful for realtime error notifications with forms, though.
It's nice to have a textbox's font turn red when something is entered incorrectly and have the cursor put in that box (or whatever user-friendly techniques you prefer), instead of having it submit the form and return the bad results just to get submitted incorrectly again.
Check for errors on the client side, have them submit it once (obviously, you'll recheck the data on the serverside, and more exhaustively). It saves time on both ends.
JavaScript isn't bad, when used correctly, and it's definitely not something we should be telling people to turn off.
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JavaScript is useful for realtime error notifications with forms, though.
It's nice to have a textbox's font turn red when something is entered incorrectly and have the cursor put in that box (or whatever user-friendly techniques you prefer), instead of having it submit the form and return the bad results just to get submitted incorrectly again.
Check for errors on the client side, have them submit it once (obviously, you'll recheck the data on the serverside, and more exhaustively). It saves time on both ends.
JavaScript isn't bad, when used correctly, and it's definitely not something we should be telling people to turn off.