Javascript & Shopping cart- is it acceptable to force use of JS?

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Hi

I am in the process of buying/ setting up a cart.

I am looking to use CS Cart. It's great, BUT has one very very major flaw....

You cannot add anything to the basket if Javascript is disabled in your browser.

Now I am developing a web application to customise products before you buy that does actually only work with JS at the moment (I was planning to also come up with a reduced- functionality non- JS version, but is it ever acceptable to have a cart that requires JS to work? Would it cost me many sales?

Thanks

 

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Anyone?

 

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Lots of them require javascript...

So I've noticed- lots of the big online retailers don't though. So I wonder.... what's teh solution? just to suck it up and use a JS cart?

 

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So far I have found:

DOES require JS:

X-Cart (Poor user reviews, horrible workflow)
CS Cart (Good user reviews)
Magento (Too heavy/ slow/ painful to configure)

DOES NOT require JS:

PrestaShop (Too basic for me- no SEO built in, no stats, returns mgmt, etc)
Interspire Cart (Too expensive)

Not considered

CRE Loaded (Rubbish when I saw it)
Zen Cart ( Too many security holes)
Open Cart (Dont like the look/ feel)
OSCommerce ( Too many security holes)
Cube Cart (Hear a lot of complaints about the management side of it)

Anything else worth considering, and should I be worried about the JS thing?

Thanks

Edit: Aha! Just had a mail from the support guys at CS Cart, apparently the next release does gracefully degrade to allow non- JS browsers to shop