[GTALUG] Browsers (and Thorium to be specific)

[Evan Leibovitch]

So ... nobody uses Thorium?

On Fri, Nov 24, 2023 at 4:21 AM Ron / BCLUG via talk <talk at gtalug.org>
wrote:

> 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
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