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Not really. Thesedays disabling javascript would likely render any webpage unusable.

distances 11y ago
I'm using RequestPolicy [0] for selectively disabling JavaScript based on domains. It's usually a bit of clicking to allow crucial sources when I visit a new site, but I think it pays back with the reduction in distracting UI elements and loading times. [0] https://requestpolicycontinued.github.io https://requestpolicycontinued.github.io
- digi_owl 11y ago
  Been using Noscript for a number of years, and it seems to do pretty much the same as Requestpolicy.
  - marcosdumay 11y ago
    Requestpolicy is much more fine grained than NoScript, what is both a blessing and a curse.
wtbob 11y ago
> Thesedays disabling javascript would likely render any webpage unusable. Not any web page, and not completely unusable, but it's getting worse every single day. It makes me sick to see the open web perverted so badly. Web pages should be documents to be read, not programs to execute!
- PretzelFisch 11y ago
  I strongly agree with this. But until we put forth an application alternative, we will be doomed to suffer through the death of document centric html.
- ufmace 11y ago
  > Web pages should be documents to be read, not programs to execute Says who? Seriously. Some things are better off as documents, sure, but having a secure and efficient way to run apps over the web has enabled a huge number of awesome things. And exactly what is so non-open about it? HTML5, JS interpreters, and almost all of the major browser engines are all open-source.
- mcphage 11y ago
  > Web pages should be documents to be read, not programs to execute! I really hope that you're not one one the people who are confused and upset that native mobile apps are replacing websites. If you want to know why web pages are becoming programs to execute, not documents to read, the answer is trivial: neither the content producers, nor the content consumers, are looking for web pages that are merely documents. They're looking for web pages that are programs. You want web sites to remain documents, but that doesn't meet (almost) anyone's needs.

I'm using RequestPolicy [0] for selectively disabling JavaScript based on domains. It's usually a bit of clicking to allow crucial sources when I visit a new site, but I think it pays back with the reduction in distracting UI elements and loading times. [0] https://requestpolicycontinued.github.io https://requestpolicycontinued.github.io

digi_owl 11y ago
Been using Noscript for a number of years, and it seems to do pretty much the same as Requestpolicy.
- marcosdumay 11y ago
  Requestpolicy is much more fine grained than NoScript, what is both a blessing and a curse.

wtbob 11y ago

> Thesedays disabling javascript would likely render any webpage unusable. Not any web page, and not completely unusable, but it's getting worse every single day. It makes me sick to see the open web perverted so badly. Web pages should be documents to be read, not programs to execute!

PretzelFisch 11y ago
I strongly agree with this. But until we put forth an application alternative, we will be doomed to suffer through the death of document centric html.
ufmace 11y ago
> Web pages should be documents to be read, not programs to execute Says who? Seriously. Some things are better off as documents, sure, but having a secure and efficient way to run apps over the web has enabled a huge number of awesome things. And exactly what is so non-open about it? HTML5, JS interpreters, and almost all of the major browser engines are all open-source.
mcphage 11y ago
> Web pages should be documents to be read, not programs to execute! I really hope that you're not one one the people who are confused and upset that native mobile apps are replacing websites. If you want to know why web pages are becoming programs to execute, not documents to read, the answer is trivial: neither the content producers, nor the content consumers, are looking for web pages that are merely documents. They're looking for web pages that are programs. You want web sites to remain documents, but that doesn't meet (almost) anyone's needs.