Should a menu work when JS is disabled? Is that best practice

[McTaggart]

When I am working on a new website I usually spec that the main navigation should work whether JS is on, or off.

I always assumed everyone did that - until today - spent a couple of hours analysing menus on websites and noticed many didn't function when JS was disabled - particularly the menus designed for mobile devices.

Any thoughts on this from fellow Mozzers would be welcome.

[DmitriiK]

Howdy!

Well, as we all know, Google is all about user experience now, and, with menu not working, something tells me UX will suck. So, yeah, I'd say menus shall be working either JS is on or off.

P.S. I think the problem originates from a lot of developers using bootstrap and such for sake of ease of development, which uses JS for menus.

Hope this helps

[McTaggart]

thanks Dmitrii - It always seems to make things simpler if devs sticks to my guidance on JS - ensuring all links (inc menus) and all static text is visible whether JS is switched on or off - sadly, the often miss this bit!