Another plus of duckduckgo as they support searching without JavaScript.
this post was submitted on 18 Jan 2025
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2025 was the end of a lot of things.
One of those things, was Google.
all pages should degrade gracefully when:
javascript is not enabled
style sheets are disabled or a custom one is loaded by the user
bandwidth speed is low
audio is off
parts of the page are blocked by the user/browser
elements are not supported by the browser
This is an accessibility issue above all else.
Someone should start an ADA lawsuit.
Found about this because whoogle stopped working, still produces image results, but not search.
DDG/Mojeek are probably the best engines now. Here's the Whoogle dev's note:
As of 16 January, 2025, Google seemingly no longer supports performing search queries without JavaScript enabled. This is a fundamental part of how Whoogle works -- Whoogle requests the JavaScript-free search results, then filters out garbage from the results page and proxies all external content for the user.
This is possibly a breaking change that will mean the end for Whoogle. I'll continue monitoring the status of their JS-free results and looking into workarounds, and will make another post if a solution is found (or not).