Most content websites work completely fine with JS disabled. There’s a certain sort of startup landing page that’s very commonly broken, but on general content pages it’s definitely uncommon. Though blank pages still aren’t as rare as they should be.
Source: I’ve disabled JS by default for I think three years now, and hold that it generally improves the web.
My technique is to disable JS via uMatrix, but don’t enable that extension in Private Browsing windows, and so just open briefly in Private Browsing if a page that I want to see is broken. I find this a pretty decent balance for ease of use.
It does not improve anything. The web is apps now, denying that is silly.
I don't want to reload the page with each search or action in gmail. Neither do I want to download telegram or whatsapp if they can be used as a browser tab.
I clearly spoke of content websites. I’m not suggesting disabling JS for web apps. You can easily enable or disable for specific sites with extensions like uMatrix and NoScript.
That's a cool opinion, but I disagree. It's not all going to JavaScript only. Even Amazon works without JavaScript. You asked for blocking cookies on content. It works.
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Most content websites work completely fine with JS disabled. There’s a certain sort of startup landing page that’s very commonly broken, but on general content pages it’s definitely uncommon. Though blank pages still aren’t as rare as they should be.
Source: I’ve disabled JS by default for I think three years now, and hold that it generally improves the web.
My technique is to disable JS via uMatrix, but don’t enable that extension in Private Browsing windows, and so just open briefly in Private Browsing if a page that I want to see is broken. I find this a pretty decent balance for ease of use.
It does not improve anything. The web is apps now, denying that is silly.
I don't want to reload the page with each search or action in gmail. Neither do I want to download telegram or whatsapp if they can be used as a browser tab.
I clearly spoke of content websites. I’m not suggesting disabling JS for web apps. You can easily enable or disable for specific sites with extensions like uMatrix and NoScript.
That's a cool opinion, but I disagree. It's not all going to JavaScript only. Even Amazon works without JavaScript. You asked for blocking cookies on content. It works.