[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #13516: Hide JS-only widgets on dashboard is no JS

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#13516: Hide JS-only widgets on dashboard is no JS
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 Reporter:  jane             |       Owner:                       
     Type:  feature request  |      Status:  new                  
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  3.1                  
Component:  Administration   |     Version:  3.0                  
 Severity:  normal           |    Keywords:  dashboard, javascript
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Comment(by jane):

 I agree, I could have worded that better. The current setup, if you don't
 have JS, displays all the dashboard modules with a note in each of those
 non-js modules that is not helpful. It just says This widget requires
 JavaScript. There's no alternate way to get those features, and since no-
 js means no screen options, they have no way to hide those modules and are
 faced with the negative messaging 5 times on every dashboard load. I would
 rather they be hidden so that no-js users aren't continually seeing that
 downer of a message.

 Having a module for no-js people that just lists out what they can't get
 (but in more positive terms) would be helpful because people looking at
 things like WordPress for Dummies, screenshots in the codex, or video
 tutorials may think there is something wrong with their WordPress b/c
 things are missing. Yes, people with screenreaders know how this goes and
 dont need the reminder, but regular users who have js disabled by
 employers, etc generally don't. I spent 45 minutes at WordCamp Ireland
 helping a woman who was utterly confounded by widgets b/c directions she
 found online didn't work, and when I looked, she just didn't have js
 enabled on her work laptop, which she didn't even understand as a concept
 though she was an intelligent woman. I've also seen someone say WP doesn't
 work on their phone, and their assumption was that the code was just
 error-prone, not that the phone didn't support javascript.

 I think messaging about the differences between the js/no-js distinctions
 would help more people than it might annoy.

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