[Linux-aus] contest proposal

[Nathan Bailey]

Not sure what happened to do the Google doc link
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ewp2cAZCZqgcEU92cIxUwNMxis4rbpynfqzFvapj9Ls/edit#heading=h.foatdp9emikk>
,
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ewp2cAZCZqgcEU92cIxUwNMxis4rbpynfqzFvapj9Ls/edit
-N

On Wed, 3 Jan 2024 at 17:17, Nathan Bailey <web at polynate.net> wrote:

> To make this more concrete/actionable:
> 1. I think there is a large enough corpus of people who think this is a
> good idea to pursue it;
> 2. Clearly it will have more weight/value if it's officially endorsed by
> LCA (which awaits a new council);
> 3. There's no reason we can't develop a full proposal now for council to
> review/approve when ready.
>
> At this stage, the following people have put up their hand in some way:
>
>    - John Dalton
>    - Hugh Blemings
>    - Russell Coker
>    - Jonathan Woithe (?)
>
> I am also willing to contribute.
>
> Jonathan (or others from council), if there's a preferred format for such
> proposals, please let me know.
>
> I have drafted a bare bones proposal and a process in this Google doc.
> (Viewing/commenting is open; if you want editing access, use the 'request'
> process in the Google doc)
> -N
>
> On Wed, 3 Jan 2024 at 11:29, Cameron Simpson via linux-aus <
> linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au> 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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