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NoScript 1.8.1 and LWN logins

Posted Sep 17, 2008 14:49 UTC (Wed) by bcl (subscriber, #17631)
Parent article: NoScript 1.8.1 and LWN logins

I gave up on noscript a long time ago. It just became too tedious to figure out what to whitelist. Most sites use some amount of javascript these days so if you want to spend your time using the web, instead of configuring your browser, you have to give up some things.

I've settled on adblock plus and flashblock as a good medium ground.

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Posted Sep 17, 2008 18:34 UTC (Wed) by man_ls (subscriber, #15091) [Link]

For me it is not only a safety measure; it is also quite educational to see how many different sites want to run their thing on a single page. Especially when visiting random pages filled with ads.

You can always enable JavaScript for everything on a page, or globally if you want to. I find the bother well justified.

NoScript 1.8.1 and LWN logins

Posted Sep 17, 2008 18:45 UTC (Wed) by rahvin (subscriber, #16953) [Link]

Me as well. All it takes is a right click on the S icon in the browser tray and I can activate any site I want, either permanently or just for this session. I've never had trouble doing this. Sites I visit frequently get approved and those I don't visit frequently only get temp approval. I find that unless I plan to interact with the site, such as post comments, that I often don't need the scripts anyway.

NoScript 1.8.1 and LWN logins

Posted Sep 18, 2008 12:17 UTC (Thu) by slef (subscriber, #14720) [Link]

> Most sites use some amount of javascript these days so if you want to spend your time using the web, instead of configuring your browser, you have to give up some things.

Only a few badly-written sites *require* Javascript. It's also far greener to run NoScript. Less CPU means less electricity use!

I think they should have defaulted the new feature to disabled, though.

NoScript 1.8.1 and LWN logins

Posted Sep 18, 2008 12:31 UTC (Thu) by chsnyder (subscriber, #52714) [Link]

As a web developer, NoScript is a huge help in building pages and apps that use JavaScript for "progressive enhancement". It makes it super easy to check that security-conscious visitors, or those on phones or other non-js devices, will be able to at least see all of the content and use basic implementations of all features.

That said, I've been surprised by how many semi-technical friends and family have been able to quickly understand the NoScript model, and appreciate the many benefits that come from not having js enabled by default. I thought I would get a lot of complaints, but people (correctly I think) see "broken" sites that require js as being, for the most part, less desirable purveyors of content.