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Re:"Disable Javascript" option removed in Firefox 23 by pessimizer on Monday July 01, 2013 @11:06AM (#5971115)
I still don't understand why people do this. They get so frustrated (or defensive or something else) that they refuse to tell you what is on the screen and/or make something up.

My guess is that they dismiss error boxes too quickly, or work ahead of you and are afraid that you'll figure it out if they tell you what their error box actually says, and they'll get an F on the test and will have to go to summer school.

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Re:"Disable Javascript" option removed in Firefox 23 by marcosdumay on Monday July 01, 2013 @03:23PM (#5972974)
That's a defence mechanism against support people that aren't there to help, but just to make them give up before they are allowed to talk with someone that can actualy help.

The problem is that once trained, people start doing it instinctively, even with the people that can actualy help.

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