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"Ahh, this html is far too new and fiddly. Imma going back to Gopher."
by 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...