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The links on the plugin portal main page do not work when JavaScript is turned off. Nothing happens when I click the links in either the "Recently Added" section or in the "Categories" section. Same for the tag cloud / list buttons. P2 since I consider this a huge usability problem. I understand there are valid cases when JavaScript is needed, e.g. it can significantly improve the user experience. But JS should not be needed just in order to click on a link.
Unfortunately many of the components currently used from Visual Web Pack uses javascript. Since not relying on javascript was not an initial requirement, I'm changing this to an enhancement.
If I understand correctly we are early in the process still, so please consider updating the requirements. If you look at http://www.eclipse-plugins.info/ you will see they don't require JavaScript (at least not for navigating a link, that is). Why should our portal?
David, until this is fixed, can you add <noscript> tags?
> David, until this is fixed, can you add <noscript> tags? Unfortunately I can not. The Javascript support is built into the components used so this would have to be done by the component authors.
You can put a <noscript> element anywhere in the document. It doesn't have to be tied to the input fields which use JavaScript. Something like: <script type="text/javascript">var dummy;</script> <noscript>The plugin portal requires JavaScript</noscript> The <script> element is there because the HTML 4.01 spec says the contents of the <noscript> element should be rendered if a scripting language used earlier in the document is not supported: http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/interact/scripts.html#h-18.3.1 You can probably skip it if you have another <script> element before the <noscript> one.
As Plugin Portal JSF site completly replaced I mark this issue as WNF...