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From: Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk>
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Subject: Re: [LINK] Google begins requiring JavaScript for Google Search
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2025 19:54:15 +0000
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Computer Nerd Kev wrote:

> " Google says it has begun requiring users to turn on JavaScript, the
>    widely used programming language to make web pages interactive, in
>    order to use Google Search.

Text search still works with JS disabled, but I think image/map/video 
search have required JS for some time, shopping search is pot luck as 
you only see descriptions with no images, you can't use verbatim or 
date-range searches unless you know how to manipulate the query 
parameters in the URL