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Thanks to this I learned how to disable JS on iOS Safari. An annoying number of clicks. So thanks for that I guess

by thex10 6y ago

cbsks 6y ago
Is there a way to disable JavaScript per website on iOS? Or an alternate iOS browser that supports it?
- kreeben 6y ago
  I do that with Firefox + uBlock Origin. FF is available on mac.
- srgpqt 6y ago
  I use Purify ad blocker only for its JavaScript blocking option. I can re-enable JavaScript on a per-site basis by going through “Purify Actions” from Safari’s Share Sheet. I combine this with another ad blocker (Wipr) to block everything else.
  - ilikepi 6y ago
    Do either of those deal with YouTube ads? The old iOS ad blocker I've been clinging to has stopped blocking YouTube ads recently.
    - srgpqt 6y ago
      Yes, Wipr blocks the ads. You get white nothingness instead of ads, and hyst have to click the “skip ads” button.
  - beervirus 6y ago
    Excellent. I’ve been looking for a way to do this.
patrec 6y ago
You can assign a keyboard shorcut to that easily (I bound it to Cmd+Shift+J and find it super-handy): https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/mac-help/mchlp2271/mac https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/mac-help/mchlp2271/mac If someone knows how to achieve the same on Linux for Chrome and Firefox, I'd love to hear it (browser plugins are a bit of a security and stability shitshow, so non-plugin solution would be preferred, all else being equal).
- metric10 6y ago
  From a security stand point you should at least have uBlock Origin installed for Chrome and Firefox. It can block JavaScript easily. I would trust NoScript as well which provides fine grain control over scripts. I get not wanting any extensions, but blocking scripts will unfortunately never be viable in a user base that doesn’t know what a “script” is...
- geofft 6y ago
  On iOS Safari?
- yjftsjthsd-h 6y ago
  Mozilla removed the normal settings toggle a while back, so your options are to manually set javascript.enabled in about:config or use an extension. I agree in general that extensions aren't great, but I trust uBlock. I think Chrome actually is fine although I don't know of a keybinding for it: Don't they still have a toggle right in the site menu (click the icon to the left of the URL to toggle all kinds of these things)?
  - hoistbypetard 6y ago
    In Vivaldi (which I'm 99% certain matches chrome for this part) you click the icon to the left of the URL and then click "Site Settings" at the bottom of the resulting menu where you can toggle a slew of permissions, including javascript. It's about the best UI I could come up with for this particular knob and the other things adjacent to it.
  - runarberg 6y ago

Thanks to this I learned how to disable JS on iOS Safari. An annoying number of clicks. So thanks for that I guess

by thex10 6y ago

Thanks to this I learned how to disable JS on iOS Safari. An annoying number of clicks. So thanks for that I guess

cbsks 6y ago

Is there a way to disable JavaScript per website on iOS? Or an alternate iOS browser that supports it?

kreeben 6y ago
I do that with Firefox + uBlock Origin. FF is available on mac.
srgpqt 6y ago
I use Purify ad blocker only for its JavaScript blocking option. I can re-enable JavaScript on a per-site basis by going through “Purify Actions” from Safari’s Share Sheet. I combine this with another ad blocker (Wipr) to block everything else.
- ilikepi 6y ago
  Do either of those deal with YouTube ads? The old iOS ad blocker I've been clinging to has stopped blocking YouTube ads recently.
  - srgpqt 6y ago
    Yes, Wipr blocks the ads. You get white nothingness instead of ads, and hyst have to click the “skip ads” button.
- beervirus 6y ago
  Excellent. I’ve been looking for a way to do this.

patrec 6y ago

You can assign a keyboard shorcut to that easily (I bound it to Cmd+Shift+J and find it super-handy): https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/mac-help/mchlp2271/mac https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/mac-help/mchlp2271/mac If someone knows how to achieve the same on Linux for Chrome and Firefox, I'd love to hear it (browser plugins are a bit of a security and stability shitshow, so non-plugin solution would be preferred, all else being equal).

metric10 6y ago
From a security stand point you should at least have uBlock Origin installed for Chrome and Firefox. It can block JavaScript easily. I would trust NoScript as well which provides fine grain control over scripts. I get not wanting any extensions, but blocking scripts will unfortunately never be viable in a user base that doesn’t know what a “script” is...
geofft 6y ago
On iOS Safari?
yjftsjthsd-h 6y ago
Mozilla removed the normal settings toggle a while back, so your options are to manually set javascript.enabled in about:config or use an extension. I agree in general that extensions aren't great, but I trust uBlock. I think Chrome actually is fine although I don't know of a keybinding for it: Don't they still have a toggle right in the site menu (click the icon to the left of the URL to toggle all kinds of these things)?
- hoistbypetard 6y ago
  In Vivaldi (which I'm 99% certain matches chrome for this part) you click the icon to the left of the URL and then click "Site Settings" at the bottom of the resulting menu where you can toggle a slew of permissions, including javascript. It's about the best UI I could come up with for this particular knob and the other things adjacent to it.
- runarberg 6y ago