Having an option to disable running code on your machine seems a good choice, especially considering that this came up in a time where most Javascript wasn't ex

Having an option to disable running code on your machine seems a good choice, especially considering that this came up in a time where most Javascript wasn't exactly essential. Also, there's the annoyance factor, just like with images. Back in the days, having ads, animated torches and sparkling mouse pointers disabled was a pretty good choice. Also: Popups and silly messages (alert("Welcome to my Site!") ridiculously common) Let me adjust the onion on my belt and tell you the story of a magical place called Geocities…