[Linux-aus] contest proposal

[Cameron Simpson]

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>