"Enable JavaScript" preference checkbox has been removed in Firefox

[Fernando Cassia]

On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 1:57 AM, Bruno Wolff III <bruno at wolff.to> wrote:
> they really are placing the blame in the wrong place, very few web sites
> really need to require javascript. It would have been nicer to see Mozilla
> push back against sites requiring javascript to function rather than to make
> it harder for people to reduce their risk of getting owned.

Oh really? what about AJAX apps?. GMail? Twitter?

1. You miss the point: the Mozarella Foundation's Grand Plan includes
pushing for HTML5 apps... "web pages" -static text content- is an
endagered species, more and more web sites require JS for user
validation, log-in, dynamic content, dynamic menus, etc.

That's why also they are on a crusade against plug-ins, they want
everything to be HTML5...

2. Can you cite some examples of "getting owned via Javascript"?

> The images block is even stranger. Many sites look a lot better without
> images. And it needs to be a really badly designed web page to break when
> images are not loaded.

Oh really? Thanks you saved my life. Now that you mention it, I prefer
to read news without images, and shop amazon.com without pictures! You
get a lot of exciting surprises that way!

I also put a blanket in front of the TV. And I plan to put a bonsai
tree in front of my netbook screen. Makes writing emails much more
exciting.

FC