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Asked: 2026-05-27T08:12:14+00:00

I wanted to ask if there is any alternative to JavaScript/AJAX. My goal is

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I wanted to ask if there is any alternative to JavaScript/AJAX.
My goal is to have functionality of dynamic content without reloading the page. My problem with JavaScript/Flash or any other plug-ins is that user can disable those.

I already did some research and found Google Dart but this is implemented through JavaScript so it doesn’t help.

TL;DR – I want an alternative to JavaScript/AJAX, which cant be disabled so that every user will see the same web page without having disadvantages through disabling plug-ins.

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  1. Editorial Team

    There is nothing like what you’re describing that a user cannot disable. Nor should there be. Users should be the ultimate arbiters of what runs on their machines.

    JavaScript and Ajax is your most broadly-supported solution. Yes, users can disable it, but globally, fewer than 2% do and it’s easy to detect that they have and present a non-JavaScript version of your page (or a message saying your page isn’t accessible without). Also, note that JavaScript is not a plug-in for web browsers; all popular browsers (and most niche browsers) support it natively.

    Flash would be your next stop, but despite the Flash plug-in having great penetration there are more users without Flash than without JavaScript (anyone using an iPhone or iPad, for instance). Also, since Flash has been used so heavily for irritating advertising, a lot of people install Flash blockers that prevent the Flash app from running by default, requiring them to click on it to run it. (And of course Flash is closed and proprietary.)

    There’s also Silverlight from Microsoft (also a plug-in) and the open-source version Moonlight, but there are a lot more people without Silverlight/Moonlight than without Flash.

    At the end of the day, you need code running on the end-user’s computer, which means they control whether that code is allowed to run — by enabling/disabling JavaScript, by installing or not installing Flash (and using or not using Flash blockers, since it’s used for so much irritating advertising), etc.

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