Experts advise many things. Many of them are so far gone that they're useless. Disabling JavaScript falls into that category.

We develop on Windows, Linux, and OSX. Every commonly used browser on those platforms views the website just fine. Users on OS/2 also can view the website. So can people on Sun/OS, Solaris, Mac Classic, and pretty much any other platform you can think of.

A pure gray screen with nothing visible is bad, yes. However, disabling JavaScript in IE shows the website perfectly fine. It's usable & it works -- it's just a bit ugly. That's a far cry from a gray screen.

Whatever browser you're using probably is doing something wrong.