Thread: What Do You Think Of 'No Script' Add-on for Mozilla Firefox ?

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 ?

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.