I am so glad that About.com has Stephen Chapman, the JavaScript Guide as I really don't like JavaScript. Disregarding browser incompatibilities, and the spaghetti code we had to write to compensate, for some reason, I always found debugging JavaScript to be a lot harder than Java or C. And then I found this article 13 JavaScript Gotchas that really summed it up for me. Maybe if I memorize these, I'll find JavaScript a little less annoying. Or maybe I'll just keep using Stephen's site and not worry about it too much.
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Like you, I avoid js as much as i can (although in some cases it’s unavoidable). I do most things with php and iframes that other people do with AJAX. It’s quicker and doesn’t fail when scripts are turned off in the browser.
I agree that Javascript has it’s problems, and can sometimes be painful to deal with, but I’m actually kind of fond of it.
It’s handy in overcoming the limitations of basic html and css, and can make a site a little more responsive than using server scripts alone.
How about using a Javascript library like jQuery ? It does all the behind the scenes cross browser stuff so you can focus on the business logic. http://jquery.com/