On vr, 2017-01-20 at 00:51 -0500, Julie Marchant wrote: > Hey, I just added this suggestion to my old article about JavaScript, > but since I doubt many people see that, I want to share this here too. > > My suggestion is to have JavaScript disabled by default, but have a > button that instantly, temporarily allows JavaScript execution on the > current page. The idea behind this is that it would be a lot more > convenient than NoScript, but it would be just inconvenient enough to > have to use JavaScript when that shouldn't be necessary to encourage > users to either use another site or send a complaint. It would also have > a side effect of making the browser much faster in most cases, though, > since all that JavaScript code that Web developers tend to use bogs down > the browser tremendously. > > It could be advertised thusly: > > * Faster speeds > * No obnoxious ads (only simple text-based and image-based ads work > without JS) > * Better security (makes taking advantage of JavaScript exploits much > harder) > > I think that compared to LibreJS: long-term, this would be a better way > to influence Web developers to stop building websites that depend on > JavaScript; and short-term, this would be a better experience for users > (and would therefore make IceCat more attractive). > > -- > http://gnuzilla.gnu.org
This sounds good, it would also solve the problem that LibreJS uses 100% of the CPU on some pages.
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