An objective person reading this comment, who otherwise knows nothing about this subject, might ask "If the so much of the web works without Javascript, then wh

An objective person reading this comment, who otherwise knows nothing about this subject, might ask "If the so much of the web works without Javascript, then why is Javascript enabled by default." Google just made changes that require users to enable Javascript in order to log on, e.g., to check their email via the web. The rationale for compelling users to make themselves easier for Google to track can be exaplained away as a "security measure". Google also recently made changes to Chrome that make it impossible to globally disable Javascript for all websites in Guest mode.