[GTALUG] Browsers (and Thorium to be specific)

[Ron / BCLUG]

Don Tai via talk wrote on 2023-11-23 15:46:

> I by default don't run JS, and then with the Noscript plugin, grant js 
> access. Many sites will block you without JS running. Though I depend on 
> FF, which usually works, I don't mind if web sites crack and don't 
> render well.

I ran with default no JS for years and years, then I just stopped.

Wasn't worth the breakage, and for a good decade or so now many of the 
best & brightest developers have been hired by big tech to implement 
safer, more sand-boxed JS environments.


I think I have U-Block set to disable 3rd party scripts, all the rest 
allowed by default, blocked if problematic.


A much more pleasant web experience.


I like to point out that if it weren't for the capabilities that modern 
JS has, we'd be trying to have monthly meetings with Win32 apps in WINE, 
faffing about constantly with tech issues, probably having to resort to 
mobile devices, ...

Linux would be largely unusable for a lot of modern web usage.

I've become kinda fond of poor ol' JavaScript, it doesn't deserve the 
reputation it has.


rb