Comments on: Block JavaScript in Google Chrome. NoScript’s features in Chrome!

By: moi

moi — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 03:23:52 +0000

I doubt the author of “no script” hacked anyone else’s addons, I have followed his work and I have a good sense of this kind of thing, I really doubt it. If you are going to start accusing people of stuff like this, you really need to be able to back that up. Also, FF is “open source” so “hacking” someone else’s add-on is not really hacking at all is it? I think I would be careful throwing around remarks about the developer of one the most popular FF add ons out there…

By: Abhishek S.

Abhishek S. — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 04:25:33 +0000

@adasd – I stand corrected. Definitely not the *first* open-source project. Richard Stallman would balk at that ;-)

By: adasd

adasd — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 20:03:07 +0000

Firefox, the first open-source project? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

By: bogusone

bogusone — Sun, 29 May 2011 21:03:00 +0000

Only choices are Always Allow or Continue Blocking?
Forget Chrome…. it’s NoScript for me

By: jay

jay — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 15:03:23 +0000

Old article, but whatever. I have been using this method with chromium for awhile. Flat out it’s more annoying then the java its blocking and not even close to as useful as noscript.

This is not a replacement for noscript – if i can’t choose to block pop-under-ad.js while allowing expand-details-of-benign-page-element.js on the same domain?
The all or nothing approach creates more headaches than it solves.

By: chris

chris — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 18:33:53 +0000

Additionally, 1skyliner’s “30%” statistic smells suspiciously foul.

Considers these stats (and their citations);
1) Firefox is used by approximately 30% of all web users
2) Number of downloads for noscript as of today: 81,574,777
3) Approximate number of total internet users : 1,586,272,555

Let’s assume that every single person who has “downloaded” noscript actually uses it on a daily basis. That means, at the most, 5.14% of all internet users run this plugin. Given that many install plugins on multiple machines and many who download a plugin don’t wind up using it regularly the real number is much smaller.

Citations:
1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers
2) https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/noscript/
3) http://www.google.com/publicdata?ds=wb-wdi&met=it_net_user&idim=country:USA&dl=en&hl=en&q=%22number+of+internet+users%22#met=it_net_user&idim=country:USA&tdim=true

AND
http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IT.NET.USER?cid=GPD_58

By: chris

chris — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 18:00:36 +0000

1skyliner, heaven forfend that users take proactive measures to enhance their security while reducing the signal to noise ratio with regard to content versus advertising. Consider that people have a right to choose what runs in their browser and what does not — after all what most see as “the web” are really locally stored files sent from servers in response to our http requests. You do not have a right to control my machine, just as I do not have a right to control yours (or your servers).

Just as it is a user’s right to choose and control what is shown and run on our machines, it is the right of the content provider to take countermeasures such as requiring the use of javascript and detecting use of noscript and/or creating pay walls. Content is not king, users are and noscript is one moat/drawbridge mechanism used to keep the riff-raff, graft and thieves out of our castles!

Likewise, consider the big-picture — what percentage of a given audience has even heard of, let alone uses noscript. The numbers in the context of a mass audience are puny. Even among your users that run noscript, those who trust and regularly visit your site are highly likely to allow you to run javascript on their machine.

By: MrHacks

MrHacks — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 20:04:18 +0000

Oh no! I’ve lost all respect for my fellow bloggers because I support Mr. Kumar’s ideas. I am almost as big a criminal for not supporting the oil industry by walking and not being a car owner!

I fully support this feature and home it comes soon. NotScript is breaking alot of features that Google Chrome uses. I’m starting to think Incognito Browsing and the Downloads queue have been the latest features broken by the NotScript abandonware.

Now if only I can nail those SEO violators who keep spamming MY blog.

By: 1skyliner

1skyliner — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 07:46:55 +0000

Remove this post because this add ons block adsense ,technorati, and so on ads so it decrese the revenue of bloggers.Don,t kill your profession YOURSELF.Over 30% internet users using this plugin means kill this addons will step up your revenue 30%.

By: mark

mark — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 04:22:00 +0000

I was about to read this article but got bombarded by a full screen video ad.