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"JavaScript must be enabled in order to use the bytejail website." Good way to keep stubborn technical users from learning about your project, whatever it may

"JavaScript must be enabled in order to use the bytejail website." Good way to keep stubborn technical users from learning about your project, whatever it may be.

CiPHPerCoder 10y ago
It might be encouraging to know that, while the website does require Javascript, there are no third-party trackers: https://i.imgur.com/4fYPJ5P.png https://i.imgur.com/4fYPJ5P.png
techthroway443 10y ago
Yeah I like how they display a special page for NoScript users. I wonder how they knew I was using it.
- CiPHPerCoder 10y ago
  It's near the top of the page's source: <noscript><meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; URL=/noscript"/></noscript> (The <noscript> tag has been around since at least as long as I've had Internet access. It's not new.)
treehau5 10y ago
The <noscript> crowd is really starting to sound like my Uncle who still keeps his money under his mattress.
- evook 10y ago
  In Germany 33 non-conformist were also called backwards and conservative. The Web today is Germany 33 and js is the elephant in the room who makes life a little bit worse.
- bcook 10y ago
  Is he taking on new investors?
- PeCaN 10y ago
  Disabling JS on mobile is a godsend though. I keep JS disabled on my phone[1] most of the time and it's generally just a more pleasant experience. I don't even have a particularly slow phone (HTC One M8, I guess it's a couple years old now but it's held up well) but the speed improvement is very noticeable. We may be crazy but we have our reasons. 1. The very nifty Lightning browser <https://github.com/anthonycr/Lightning-Browser> https://github.com/anthonycr/Lightning-Browser> exposes a convenient setting for this; there's very little menu digging involved if I want to enable it.
progval 10y ago
NoScript has an option to disable that kind of redirection.
eximius 10y ago
I don't really sympathize with the NoJS crowd. If nothing else, you could write a plugin that allows JS but intercepts/drops network calls. Then it doesn't really matter what the JS is doing.
- stephenr 10y ago
  Unwanted XHRs' aren't the only reason to block javascript.

"JavaScript must be enabled in order to use the bytejail website." Good way to keep stubborn technical users from learning about your project, whatever it may be.

CiPHPerCoder 10y ago

It might be encouraging to know that, while the website does require Javascript, there are no third-party trackers: https://i.imgur.com/4fYPJ5P.png https://i.imgur.com/4fYPJ5P.png

techthroway443 10y ago

Yeah I like how they display a special page for NoScript users. I wonder how they knew I was using it.

CiPHPerCoder 10y ago
It's near the top of the page's source: <noscript><meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; URL=/noscript"/></noscript> (The <noscript> tag has been around since at least as long as I've had Internet access. It's not new.)

treehau5 10y ago

The <noscript> crowd is really starting to sound like my Uncle who still keeps his money under his mattress.

evook 10y ago
In Germany 33 non-conformist were also called backwards and conservative. The Web today is Germany 33 and js is the elephant in the room who makes life a little bit worse.
bcook 10y ago
Is he taking on new investors?
PeCaN 10y ago
Disabling JS on mobile is a godsend though. I keep JS disabled on my phone[1] most of the time and it's generally just a more pleasant experience. I don't even have a particularly slow phone (HTC One M8, I guess it's a couple years old now but it's held up well) but the speed improvement is very noticeable. We may be crazy but we have our reasons. 1. The very nifty Lightning browser <https://github.com/anthonycr/Lightning-Browser> https://github.com/anthonycr/Lightning-Browser> exposes a convenient setting for this; there's very little menu digging involved if I want to enable it.

progval 10y ago

NoScript has an option to disable that kind of redirection.

eximius 10y ago

I don't really sympathize with the NoJS crowd. If nothing else, you could write a plugin that allows JS but intercepts/drops network calls. Then it doesn't really matter what the JS is doing.

stephenr 10y ago
Unwanted XHRs' aren't the only reason to block javascript.