On Tue, Mar 13, 2007 at 10:59:32PM EST, Steve Alexander wrote: > Luke Yelavich wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 13, 2007 at 10:43:32PM EST, Steve Alexander wrote: > >> Luke Yelavich wrote: > >>> Hi all > >>> I am a vision impaired user, so mostly use a text mode web browser, but > >>> for the times I do use GUI, I would like to not have anything displayed > >>> using ajax. Is there a way that I can turn that off for myself? If not, > >>> could that be a possibility? > >> It is possible to tell Firefox to not use Javascript. > >> > >> The control is in the edit -> preferences menu, under the "content" tab. > >> I don't know how to get to this dialog without using a GUI. > > > > I'd rather not, as there are other sites that use javascript which I > > find useful. > > http://noscript.net/ > > This is a firefox plugin that allows you to disable javascript site-by-site. > > Will this help?
Very likely, thanks.
> >> Or maybe you just want to disable certain kinds of Javascript, but not
> >> all Javascript?
> >
> > Anything ajax related.
>
> I'd like you to be more specific, so that I can understand what causes
> you problems and what is okay.
Ok, now that I know ajax is only a buzz word, the specific javascript
that is used on Launchpad that I don't like, is the ability to click on
links, to display more content, whether it be text field boxes, or
content for package info on the left side re bugs etc.
>
> The phrase "ajax-related" isn't actually a technical term... it's more
> of a buzz-word. So, for all the Javascript that Launchpad uses, I can't
> say "this part is ajax-related" and "this other part is not ajax-related".
I have learnt something new today. :) Thanks again.
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