> Everyone calls me out of touch, I'm downvoted to oblivion, everyone suggests that I'm a unique case and everyone wants JS, they say that they don't want fragmentation and want life to be easier for them.
If they sat down with real users, then they'd know that most people get very frustrated when web apps make their phones slow, which happens relatively often.
If they cared, they'd also be frustrated, because they have the background knowledge to understand just how unnecessary such poor user experiences are most of the time. I've seen simple mailing address forms slow phones down. That doesn't need to happen.
> I really really wish that I could convince Web Developers that not every website needs to be a web app.
I'd say it's more that not every website needs to be written in JavaScript from the bottom up. There are web apps that I use that are tasteful and reserved with their uses of JavaScript, if they even use it at all.
You don't need to make web apps using using dynamic code for every little thing, like even building static HTML elements with JavaScript.
And not everything needs to be a SPA, nor does everything need to be built using nine layers of frameworks and abstractions.
If they sat down with real users, then they'd know that most people get very frustrated when web apps make their phones slow, which happens relatively often.
If they cared, they'd also be frustrated, because they have the background knowledge to understand just how unnecessary such poor user experiences are most of the time. I've seen simple mailing address forms slow phones down. That doesn't need to happen.
> I really really wish that I could convince Web Developers that not every website needs to be a web app.
I'd say it's more that not every website needs to be written in JavaScript from the bottom up. There are web apps that I use that are tasteful and reserved with their uses of JavaScript, if they even use it at all.
You don't need to make web apps using using dynamic code for every little thing, like even building static HTML elements with JavaScript.
And not everything needs to be a SPA, nor does everything need to be built using nine layers of frameworks and abstractions.