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Javascript disabled? Might as well be using Lynx :)
by reustle 11y ago
Javascript disabled? Might as well be using Lynx :)
- ddmf 11y ago"Ahh, this html is far too new and fiddly. Imma going back to Gopher."
- cm2187 11y agoActually the web doesn't look too bad without javascript. It's not only safer, but you get no annoying pop ups, no text moving as you read it, etc. You basically get raw HTML+CSS. Except when some idiot thought that he needed to create a complex SPA to render a blog article. But is the opinion of such an idiot really worth reading?
- FussyZeus 11y agoI agree on principle, but many very not-idiots write for websites they don't entirely control that more or less require JavaScript. I have it enabled and use uBlock, and I've never had an issue with this sort of garbage getting on my machine.
- cm2187 11y agoWith uBlock you rely on someone manually maintaining a blacklist of domains. So it's only as safe as this person is quick to update its list and your uBlock to load the new lists. There is zero reason to require javascript to display a few paragraphs of text. You might enhance it with javascript but that wouldn't be a problem when viewed without. The blogs designed by an idiot I am referring to are blogs that will display a white page with javascript disabled.
- reustle 11y agoI mean, if your day-to-day tasks are as basic as reading some text, than carry on. But if you're doing anything reasonably complicated or modern, it just won't work.
- cm2187 11y agoChrome has a convenient way to add exemptions. I wish they had slightly richer features, like temporary exemptions or exemptions for first party scripts only.
- gorhill 11y ago> exemptions for first party scripts only uBlock Origin's advanced mode supports this: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode:-medium-mode https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode:-medium...
- SixSigma 11y agoI run NoScript. I don't think my experience is worse. I use browsers at Uni without it and get the full experience of autoloading video, flashing ads etc. and think "how do people live with this crap"
- tkinom 11y agoAgree, using Firefox with noscript visit 80% of sites are 4-15 times faster than chrome on load time for me. If a site demands to load a lot of js scripts from others, I see it as a huge warning sign.
- CaptSpify 11y agodislaimer: my own blog https://blog.thekyel.com/?anchor=Why_I_Block_Scripts_and_Ads https://blog.thekyel.com/?anchor=Why_I_Block_Scripts_and_Ads > The load time goes from 1.48s, to >45s
- raverbashing 11y agoCan you upvote on HN without having the page reload?
- SixSigma 11y agoNo, I have HN whitelisted
- distances 11y agoI like uMatrix for script blocking. The UI is very clear and usable.