Re: contest proposal
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To me, it is valid to exclude all third party scripts as they are not a part of your agreement with the Web site. On 5/1/24 13:52, David Lloyd via linux-aus wrote: > > I wonder if there's a repository which describes "what sites need which > JavaScript to not break" so that people could run `NoScripts` but not > have to always worry that "My Favourite Site That Uses React" doesn't > break unexpectedly; a bit like the TypeScript repositories that let one > download TS definitions so you wouldn't have to make them up all by > one's self? Or even, the common "virus databases" (after all, the things > we want to get rid of with NoScripts are almost virus look, or at least > intrusive). > > DSL > > On 1/2/2024 7:28 PM, Cameron Simpson via linux-aus wrote: >> On 01Jan2024 14:14, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On Monday, 1 January 2024 13:18:40 AEDT Info via linux-aus wrote: >>>> Use Firefox as an example. Installing NoScript reduces all overheads by >>>> heaps. Gone is most of the spyware, trackware, and general junkware. >>>> Make >>>> Noscript style controls standard built in. >>> >>> What does NoScript break? We need documentation on this, and maybe some >>> changes to defaults of OS installs. >> >> NoScripts breaks lots of stuff, largely because many sites (a) are >> totally dependent on JavaScript for the basics (there are eg >> news/magazine sites which don't even render article text unless you >> turn on some of their JS) and (b) some sites, particularly TV VOD >> sites eg CBS which pull JS from a frankly obscene number of third >> parties (eg something like 20 different sources for CBS when last I >> had to visit it some years back). >> >> NoScript lets you enable (permanently and temporarily) various JS >> sources and also disable permanently (hi facebook and google analytics). >> >> But having a functional web does require one to whitelist some JS from >> various places for various sites. >> >> I run NoScript in my firefox, and I love it. But there's per-user >> admin pain. >> >> Cheers, >> Cameron Simpson <[email protected]> >> _______________________________________________ >> linux-aus mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to >> [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > linux-aus mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to > [email protected] _______________________________________________ linux-aus mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to [email protected]