Re:Your Web, Half a Second Sooner
by GeneralMaximus on Thursday March 17, 2011 @02:44PM
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Offtopic, maybe: I've taken to blocking all JavaScript using NoScript. I don't want random strangers from the Internet running programs on my computer. Besides, disabling JavaScript has made my browser so fast it's not even funny. Pages load instantly, runaway scripts no longer take 25% CPU, pages don't try to autorefresh every 5 seconds. And, of course, no Google or FB ads.
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I disabled HTML and you wouldn't believe how fast my browser is now.
The downside to NoScript (as someone who's been using it for a while), is when you do find a site you want to visit, which for whatever reason requires its scripts to function properly, you're often left at the menu, wondering which of the half a dozen or more scripts you actually need to allow (some advertising / metrics companies can be easily spotted by domain, but often you've got the original site, maybe one or two static content domains, perhaps a CDN.) It gets to be a hassle
Good idea! But how often do you use sites that need JS? e.g. real estate sites, google maps
Also: can't you just disable JS in your browser, for the same effect?
Re:Your Web, Half a Second Sooner
by GeneralMaximus on Friday March 18, 2011 @01:12PM
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> But how often do you use sites that need JS? e.g. real estate sites, google maps
That is why I use NoScript. I can temporarily enable JS on any page with one click.
Turns out I don't need to enable JS on 99% of the websites I visit.
Re:Your Web, Half a Second Sooner
by jamesbritt on Thursday March 17, 2011 @06:14PM
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Countless sites require js to handle what amounts to html 3.2 behavior, such as showing content or submitting a form.