Fuck you, turn on JavaScript

I'm upvoting this submission just so I can grab my soapbox. They will pry my Noscript extension from my cold, dead fingers. Some websites and domains, such as HN, I am happy to enable js. However, I also would like to freely visit any links I am curious about without running arbitrary code. There are also many websites which contain information I would like to read, but I am not interested in running code from two dozen different domains. It should also be noted that a large amount (the majority?) of scripts are not providing me with any functionality, but are instead trying to collect information from and about me which can be profitably sold. I don't see why I am obligated to make a charitable donation of my cpu cycles to every marketing department that is interested.

Re: Fuck you, turn on JavaScript

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Post by jrnkntl » Fri, Mar 25, 2011, 1:50 PM UTC

mycroftiv wrote: post #7

I'm upvoting this submission just so I can grab my soapbox. They will pry my Noscript extension from my cold, dead fingers. Some websites and domains, such as HN, I am happy to enable js. However, I also would like to freely visit any links I am curious about without running arbitrary code. There are also many websites which contain information I would like to read, but I am not interested in running code from two do…

http://www.ghostery.com/

edit: hate helpful comments that point to blocking marketing scripts without the global js block?

Re: Fuck you, turn on JavaScript

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Post by qwertymaniac » Fri, Mar 25, 2011, 2:04 PM UTC

And make the HTML tag obsolete? No way!

P.s. - I'm just kidding. I run no JS-disablers or ad-blockers. Pure internet experience all the time (except when my country steps in, I suppose).

Re: Fuck you, turn on JavaScript

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Post by JakeBlz » Fri, Mar 25, 2011, 2:07 PM UTC

javascript is a cpu hog. Reason 4 to not to turn on javascript- you are using older hardware.