For one, it only a subset of Noscript: "A simple extension that brings SOME OF NoScript's functionality to Chrome" Secondly, in order to achieve its goal, it'

For one, it only a subset of Noscript: "A simple extension that brings SOME OF NoScript's functionality to Chrome" Secondly, in order to achieve its goal, it's relying on a hack: ... if (getElSrc(this) && getElSrc(this).toLowerCase().substr(0,11) != 'javascript:' && getElSrc(this).toLowerCase().substr(0,17) != 'chrome-extension:') ... Not taking anything away from this extension, just that this illustrates what everyone's saying - concerns about reduced functionality.