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📣 tbeseda

Curated list of JavaScript-free/lite sites?


Even sites that are progressively enhanced well enough to offer a nice, usable initial render? I am looking for weather, news, stock tickers, etc. I accept that Google's suite of apps won't load without JS. ty

  👤 hazelnut-tree Accepted Answer ✓
These websites are readable without JavaScript (note: some videos may fail to load):

- BBC News (for UK readers): https://www.bbc.co.uk/news

- BBC Weather: https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather (includes international cities)

- Sky News (UK): https://news.sky.com/

- GOV.UK (UK government services and information): https://www.gov.uk/

- Related to GOV.UK: Building a resilient frontend using progressive enhancement (2019) - https://www.gov.uk/service-manual/technology/using-progressi...

- England Coronavirus (COVID-19) dashboard: https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/

- NHS (National Health Service): https://www.nhs.uk/

- Nitter (open source alternative Twitter front-end with no JavaScript): https://nitter.net/

- Reddit (old mobile version that still works): https://i.reddit.com/

- Smashing Magazine: https://www.smashingmagazine.com/

- Related to Smashing Magazine: I used the Web for a day with JavaScript turned off (2018) - https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2018/05/using-the-web-with-...

👤 rickcarlino
I know you are specifically asking for websites, but I thought it would be worth mentioning that many popular news outlets have been ported to the Gemini protocol, which is far less bloated than many modern websites.

NewsWaffle is one I found recently that I really liked: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi

👤 interactivecode
Sourcehut is a good example https://sourcehut.org/