[Rails] Re: How to: Check if Javascript is enabled

Tom Ha wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> Rails has fantastic Javascript helpers, which I have immediately used
> for my website.

Actually, Rails has terrible JS helpers: they encourage a poor style of
programming where JS is mixed into HTML. Generally, this is not a good
idea.

>
> Since some features of my website now rely 100% on Javascript being
> enabled in the user's browser, I now need a way to either:
> a) block the usage of the site when Javascript is disabled, or
> b) display a very visible message that tells the user to enable
> Javascript.

The <noscript> tag will work, or you could have a message in the HTML
that your JS code will remove.

>
> Has anybody good ideas for a plugin (or some other solution) to check if
> Javascript is enabled and to then let the user know?
>
> (I know, a good programmer would let the site work without JS as well,
> but currently, I'm not there yet...)

Get there! Read about progressive enhancement.

>
> Thanks a bunch for any help with this!
> Tom
Best,
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marnen@marnen.org
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