I use Firefox as my primary browser, I turn off aspects of javascript by default: mostly to do with window manipulation (open, move,resize, raise/lower, focus), and status bar messages. and I selectively turn off javascript on sites where the javascript is annoying or prevents a site from working the way I want it to (usually involving forms and focus). I use ad blocking in my CSS and have custom CSS, to hide some parts of some sites. My favorite is blocking search results from some sites in google.
I also surf a lot with Lynx (no js) when I am after quick results without garbage (5k of html sure beats 80-100k of useless stuff).
I have flash installed but block it - it's still loadable, but doesn't download by default.
Javascript is not necessarily evil, I'm a fan of it, but you do need to answer these two questions (which I stole from somewhere):
Should you use js to enhance and improve the experience? Of course!
Should your site fail to function or misbehave if js is not available? No!
And finally, don't forget that search engines don't use javascript!
cheers Terrence Wood.
On 2004-12-10 10:02 AM, Tom Livingston wrote:
Again, I'm not debating the use of js, just wondering why people would turn it off.
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