all pages should degrade gracefully when:
javascript is not enabled
style sheets are disabled or a custom one is loaded by the user
bandwidth speed is low
audio is off
parts of the page are blocked by the user/browser
elements are not supported by the browserThis is an accessibility issue above all else.
Someone should start an ADA lawsuit.2025 was the end of a lot of things.
One of those things, was Google.
Found about this because whoogle stopped working, still produces image results, but not search.
DDG/Mojeek are probably the best engines now. Here’s the Whoogle dev’s note:
As of 16 January, 2025, Google seemingly no longer supports performing search queries without JavaScript enabled. This is a fundamental part of how Whoogle works – Whoogle requests the JavaScript-free search results, then filters out garbage from the results page and proxies all external content for the user.
This is possibly a breaking change that will mean the end for Whoogle. I’ll continue monitoring the status of their JS-free results and looking into workarounds, and will make another post if a solution is found (or not).
