Re:Splitting the Web
by 8chanAnon on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @06:40PM
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I've stopped using NoScript because it was breaking my own apps. It was fine until Mozilla changed something in Firefox. The problem is that NoScript inserts a lot of JS into the web page and some of that JS gets broken by some sort security lockout. It may be a bug in Firefox and maybe it's been fixed but I wasn't satisfied with NoScript anyway. I'm now using uMatrix. It doesn't insert JS on every active element (just at the top) so it avoids buggy behaviour. The main thing I like about it is that it only blocks cross-origin scripts (NoScript blocks everything by default, including same-site).
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Re:Splitting the Web
by sodapopcan on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @10:35PM
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Good to know! I have seen how it injects JS into every page but so far it has not messed with my development, but I do use uBlock so I'll look into using it as a NoScript replacement as less the fewer plugins the better. Thanks!
I do also use my hosts file for stuff that will never, ever, ever get a pass, like google analytics.
Re:Splitting the Web
by UnlockedSecrets on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @11:19PM
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Umatrix has not been maintained since 2021.
So?
Re:Splitting the Web
by willywanker on Tuesday August 08, 2023 @06:45AM
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Pale Moon users have a still maintained fork called eMatrix.
I do not understand why this injecting js to block js is a thing. Why is there no way to just tell the browser engine not to execute any js here? if the functionality isn't there in the browser engine, why not?
It is - disable JS completely in the browser.
I use 2 browsers, one with JS disabled and blocking everything (like 95% of the time), and second one for say "important" stuff like banking, youtube and facebook ;)