Using extra Firefox profiles to make my life better

Re:Using extra Firefox profiles to make my life better by pantulis on Friday October 20, 2023 @04:40AM (#37953671)

I see people reporting browsing the web with Javascript disabled and I cannot but wonder what is their experience. Not to dismiss them, of course, but I cannot for the life of me figure out what would be of my browsing habits without JS. Perhaps it sounds worse than it really is.

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Re:Using extra Firefox profiles to make my life better by 8organicbits on Friday October 20, 2023 @05:11AM (#37953884)

I dont think I've heard of anyone avoiding JS completely. TFA mentions using JS.

My approach is to use the NoScript extension and only allowlist the minimum to get web apps to run. Most news sites work fine (i.e. are readable) without JS, so often I just see faster page load times and decreased data transfer. Even fewer ads and decreased tracking are great too, but secondary benefits.

I don't think my browsing habits are different since adopting this approach. I use NoScript to cut the junk and improve the experience.

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Re:Using extra Firefox profiles to make my life better by ho_schi on Friday October 20, 2023 @06:59AM (#37954548)

Look at Hackernews, Stackoverflow or Amazon.

All of them work perfectly fine without JS! And only Stackoverflow (Markdown Preview) has a reason to use it at all.

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Re:Using extra Firefox profiles to make my life better by Riverheart on Friday October 20, 2023 @07:24AM (#37954719)

Sounds worse than it is. Most sites work fine without and the ones that absolutely require it will have messages requesting you enable it.

Beyond the privacy/security benefits of not running arbitrary code in your browser, the web is a lot faster without JavaScript involved.

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