I have it disabled for most sites with NoScript, eight sites are on my whitelist. For other sites, I enable it if its really necessary to do something. Like when uploading a picture or downloading something from sites like Rapidshare. It is very easy to go without it, just takes a little time to get used to it. Bo
Do you have enabled or disabled JS by default in your browser settings? Enable javaScript = Enabled. I voted "I have enabled JS". I miss the logic on that last choice "I use NoScript or other No JS extension" I use the Firefox NoScript extension, not sure how NoScript plays in to this. I guess one could assume that if you select the third option you have javaScript enabled in your browser. I see no point in using NoScript if javaScript is disabled in your browser.
"many sites won't display as they are intended and you don't know what you're missing coz you've never used it!" Not so! Have not had it in years, and as far as I'm concerned I haven't missed a thing
I have javascript disabled in Chrome but enabled for the very few sites that require it to work /display properly, e.g. mail services etc. The page load speed with no javascript is amazing.
it does increase speed tremendously. the 'problem' is that once you allow a site to load its js it also loads all first level third party js. if someone wanted to tighten up js a little in Chrome one would have to use also a blacklist or an extension. i choose Ghostery has a secondary blocker for after when the site has been allowed to run js.
Yeah, Chrome's javascript allowing/blocking feature is too crude. Thanks for the tip (Ghostery). Will try it out.
Interesting, it actually drastically decreased my browsing speed, even with all other extensions disabled. Blocking javascripts probably takes too much CPU speed. It also does not report, if something is blocked, so if I did not know, that it was supposed to be there, I would not even see it, so it decreases a browser experience. Indeed, that is why I rather prefer combination Adblock + Flashblock + Ghostery, instead. It works much better for my low end system.
ScriptNo blacklist mode (Default Mode: Allow, Unwanted Content Mode: Strict). I really like that it conveniently pulls from multiple sources (MVPS HOSTS, hpHOSTS [ad / tracking servers], Peter Lowe's HOSTS Project, MalwareDomainList.com, and DNS-BH – Malware Domain Blocklist) by default.
Java and Javascript are two totally different things. they have nothing to do with each other: http://www.dannyg.com/ref/javavsjavascript.html from here: https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showpost.php?p=2146990&postcount=19
Interesting... Why using ScriptNo? From what I still can remember, most of the times, if not all times, it fails to block scripts the first time a page loads, it only blocks them after reloading the page. This is/was due to Chrome API limitations. Has it been working fine for you?
I have JS enabled in Firefox, but I use Adblock Plus with privacy lists to reduce the slowdowns from tracking and advertising scripts. I have been considering installing No Script but am content with browser performance for now.
Disabled on a per-page basis using Opera's built in capabilities. I've also enabled click-to-play for plugins, and entirely disabled them by default for all pages. Noscript provides much more control than this; it blocks JS and everything else on a per-domain basis, and provides click-to-play for plugins and frames on top of that. I would prefer if the Opera developers implemented that kind of per-domain blocking, but for now I'm pretty happy with the browser.
I use NoScript with settings set to max (block everything including "trusted sites"). No white list either I only temporary allow sites when needed just incase it's infected next time I get back. Yes I am paranoid I also browse only in a VM.
