You are right, but it’s at least one step in the right direction. Browsers are so timid when it comes to giving users control, I’ll take anything.

I don’t get this web developer attitude of just ignoring the user’s preference and working around it. The user should be in control of what the browser is doing, not the web developer. I really want to love JavaScript but it’s power to override user preferences is inexcusable.

I like Safari, but it does not want me to enable JavaScript per site.

Safari desktop has recently made toggling JavaScript a huge pain in the ass. Before, it was just in the menu: Develop -> Disable JavaScript. With the most recent Safari, you have to go into Settings, then Security tab, then uncheck Enable JavaScript.

Horrible and totally unnecessary UI change, Apple. You could have easily kept the menu item. This is a frequently used action, it shouldn't be buried in Settings!!

Not wrong.

Most browsers included a popup blocker because everyone agreed popups are annoying, now nearly every website has 3 different JS popups.

honestly, I still feel like that is a win for users. pop-ups that are modals on a site is not anywhere close to open application windows, especially the pop-unders. to me, opening another application window on my system is much more abhorrent than a site deciding it wants my attention somewhere else on its site.

You win by running NoScript and blacklisting the modern web BS.