[Linux-aus] contest proposal

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To me, it is valid to exclude all third party scripts as they are not a part of your agreement with 
the Web site.

On 5/1/24 13:52, David Lloyd via linux-aus wrote:
> 
> 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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