[Linux-aus] contest proposal

[David Lloyd]

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, russell at coker.com.au <russell at coker.com.au> 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 <cs at cskk.id.au>
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