I've been running this for years. Prevents sites from running scripts behind the scenes on web pages. It is a good safety feature, but kind of a PITA, as some sites don't function properly without java script permissions, so I have to 'temporarily allow all this page' for functionality on some.
Many sites require that multiple times before they'll function. Anyway............ if you use it, what do you think of it ? Too much of a hassle, or worth it in spite of the hassle ? :thinking:
I do use an add blocker add-on on my home computer. It works really well. Dont know anything about script so can help with that. I just know the ad blocker the kid put on my computer keeps even these ads on this forum at bay. And youtube its blocking something every 8 to 10 seconds it seems.
An imperfect solution for sure. It's one of those "damned if you do, damned if you don't" things. However, depending on what the sites are running in the background, it's probably worth the hassle to have it just in case.
I suppose you have to pray you do not disable No Script to view the wrong site and keep using the safety of the script blocker despite the frequent hassle temporary white-listing brings.
Some sites just run better on Chrome. I don't even bother with an ad-blocker on those. For those particular sites, even when I 'allow all this page' they just don't have full functionality on Firefox. I run Linux 99% of the time so I'm safer anyway, than those that run microsoft windows. Only on the rare occasion where I need microsoft do I start up my laptop.
It's also much safer to never let your browser or sites store your credit card information. Scripts can easily hack that information from a browser's storage location, and we all know how tough network security can be for organizations. Yahoo got hacked twice last year.
We run Linux 100%, at home, with ad-blockers and I don't find it a hassle, at all. We have never had any bugs in our computers, so that is worth any inconvenience we may experience on some sites. :)
I've never used a 'no script' add on. I do have Ad Blocker running on my home computer, but that's about it. I use Firefox for most everything, unless for some reason I need to access a work website. Then I use Internet Explorer because Honda's archaic technician information site actually won't work if you're NOT using IE. Whoever write that script should probably be fired. Then shot for good measure...
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Sounds to me like the no script add on is more hassle than it's worth. The worst I have to deal with between a basic pop-up blocker and ad block is those stupid "Speak with our live technician/representative!" windows that pop up in spite of either of those things.
I only use Linux here as someone else mentioned earlier.
I used to do the noscript thing, but it became too much of a pain for poking around. If you have just a few set places you surf to, it's manageable.
I run a Raspberry Pi with Pi-hole as my first defence (it requires a couple of white listings so Windows Update works if you use that), then on each browser I install Ublock Origin, Privacy Badger and Ghostery (the last one requires configuration to work properly) and I have turned Ghostery off on a couple of sites as it blocks my ability to log in.
I used Firefox for years, but in the past year I've succumbed to searching for a replacement, currently I'm playing with Opera and Vivaldi (both are based on Chrome from what I can tell). There is another one I'm going to take a look at, but the name escapes me at the moment.
I'd say there's nothing wrong with NoScript if you are happy with it, it's more of a convenience thing for me.
Regards
Christian
Since I've switched our web-surfing computers over to Chromebooks, we've had no issues. None. Two years now.
Opera (created 1995) pre-dates Chrome. I'm not sure why I stopped using Opera, its features were incredible compared to other browsers at the time. Many of the more popular browsers "borrowed" advanced features that Opera debuted. E.g. tabbed browsing (this feature alone made me switch over to Opera...now every browser does tabs). If Opera is anything like it was 10 years ago, I would highly recommend giving it a spin.