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I love Safari's battery-life preserving ability, but I hate that it doesn't support a JavaScript Allow-list (you can only nuke JS across the web or have it alwa

I love Safari's battery-life preserving ability, but I hate that it doesn't support a JavaScript Allow-list (you can only nuke JS across the web or have it always-on). uBlock Origin (my favourite and solely-trusted ad blocker) doesn't support recent Safari versions. Anyone know of any good options in this scenario? Either a trustworthy and working ad-blocker for Safari - or a battery preserving browser for the Mac with an extension set like Chromium/Firefox's...

forgotmypw17 5y ago
I'm in the same boat with an older Firefox -- JavaScript is either on or off. I generally keep it off while browsing for information. When I'm doing local dev or working with trustworthy sites only, I turn it on. After a while, the process of toggling it is almost automatic, though it still takes a few clicks and typing. As I mentioned earlier, I've grown to avoid sites which tell me JS is required, and have found that it's mostly a good thing, because that type of design usually correlates with poor quality content, so they're really doing me a huge favor by denying me.
- codeisawesome 5y ago
  Thanks for pointing this out to me! I went through the HN thread and their front page and the project looks extremely promising! I will wait for the project to be open sourced (as per their stated intention in their FAQ) just for that extra bit of peace of mind, and reluctantly suffer with Safari in the meanwhile.
arm 5y ago
Orion likely meets your requirements: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28799049 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28799049 A WebKit-based browser for macOS with support for Firefox and Chrome extensions. I’ve been using it for the past month and uBlock Origin works perfectly! More info about the extension support here: https://browser.kagi.com/faq.html#extensions https://browser.kagi.com/faq.html#extensions

forgotmypw17 5y ago

I'm in the same boat with an older Firefox -- JavaScript is either on or off. I generally keep it off while browsing for information. When I'm doing local dev or working with trustworthy sites only, I turn it on. After a while, the process of toggling it is almost automatic, though it still takes a few clicks and typing. As I mentioned earlier, I've grown to avoid sites which tell me JS is required, and have found that it's mostly a good thing, because that type of design usually correlates with poor quality content, so they're really doing me a huge favor by denying me.

codeisawesome 5y ago
Thanks for pointing this out to me! I went through the HN thread and their front page and the project looks extremely promising! I will wait for the project to be open sourced (as per their stated intention in their FAQ) just for that extra bit of peace of mind, and reluctantly suffer with Safari in the meanwhile.

arm 5y ago

Orion likely meets your requirements: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28799049 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28799049 A WebKit-based browser for macOS with support for Firefox and Chrome extensions. I’ve been using it for the past month and uBlock Origin works perfectly! More info about the extension support here: https://browser.kagi.com/faq.html#extensions https://browser.kagi.com/faq.html#extensions