I like uBlock Origin’s “medium mode.” It’s a nice middle ground
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killea@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Yep, noscript on firefox has been available for like 15 years. And it certainly does “break” some sites as it blocks scripts by default. It can be a pain, though I consider it the safest way
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 hours ago
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 18 hours ago
Since the web works via a DOM (Document Object Model) and a document that needs to execute active content to display anything is broken, a webpage that needs JS to load the document can safely considered broken.
killea@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
I was trying to explain it more practically, but yes the web is a wasteland l.
atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 15 hours ago
You are talking about the difference between a website and a web application. Nothing is broken. Given that the alternative used the be Flash/Coldfusion I’m not sure this way is worse.