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> 99% are just text, images, and videos

This actually reminds me that early in the HTML5 era one of its key selling points was that you could play videos using just the <video> element. There would not be a need for Flash, Silverlight or JS. However these days it is extremely rare to come across a site that can successfully play videos with JS turned off. Complicated JS has de facto become a requirement for videos but it doesn't have to be.



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