neylitalo Posted October 23, 2005 Share Posted October 23, 2005 It's a "security threat" (not much of one), but it is also an essential part of AJAX, the latest buzzword in the tech world. So, out of curiosity (sparked by ober), how many of you disable Javascript? I don't. See this post for more details. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/2718-do-you-disable-js-in-your-browser/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
ober Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 Obviously, I don't. ;-) Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/2718-do-you-disable-js-in-your-browser/#findComment-9064 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zq29 Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 Not me. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/2718-do-you-disable-js-in-your-browser/#findComment-9068 Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildteen88 Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 I dont disable javascript fully but dont allow the use of javascript for the resizing of windows or chgnage position of windows etc. I just disallow what firefox can disallow in the Web Fetures panel, then clicking the advanced button that provides a list of features you can disallow. I only allow the bottom two options and thats it. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/2718-do-you-disable-js-in-your-browser/#findComment-9072 Share on other sites More sharing options...
obsidian Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 nope... i will turn down accessability on occasion for a site that i know uses it heavily, but i don't worry much about the few issues javascript can open. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/2718-do-you-disable-js-in-your-browser/#findComment-9074 Share on other sites More sharing options...
micah1701 Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 oh its on. even if I wanted it off, there are to many poorly designed sites that just don't fuction without it. preaching to the choir - reminder that search engine bots generally don't (read "never") read javascript, so if you have site content that is javaScript dependent make sure you use <noscript> tags. They are as important as "alt" and "title" properties on your images. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/2718-do-you-disable-js-in-your-browser/#findComment-9078 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gast Posted October 26, 2005 Share Posted October 26, 2005 Nope. Seems like a pointless idea really. ActiveX is more of a security threat such as those annoying "Click here to install YourSiteBar" crap you get on download sites. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/2718-do-you-disable-js-in-your-browser/#findComment-9156 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koobi Posted October 29, 2005 Share Posted October 29, 2005 i usually turn JS off the reason is that my PC is pretty slow and some sites use JS in such a way that it takes up a lot of processing power and that slows the PC down a lot. if the site doesn't work in JS, i usually dont browse it. actually i don't browse the internet so much to begin with...just a few PHP tutorial sites, google and some forums (haven't been doing much of that lately either but that will change next week ) Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/2718-do-you-disable-js-in-your-browser/#findComment-9241 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leipe_Po Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 well i have it on most of the time, somtimes i just turn it off if my securety spots anything, and also i'm a big fan adding use-abilaty without loosing it, thats why i love php so mutch, its server side so it aint got nothing to do with the visitor, it will work with or without javascript, so i know allready i aint going to love AJAX, but thats not what we here to discuss, i dont know, it aint yes, it aint no, so does sometimes count for somthing? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/2718-do-you-disable-js-in-your-browser/#findComment-9690 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaia Posted December 11, 2005 Share Posted December 11, 2005 I just leave it as it is in the default Firefox settings. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/2718-do-you-disable-js-in-your-browser/#findComment-10139 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcombs_31 Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 I leave it on, never hurt me before. But I never took the time to learn javascript much because I dont' like the fact that it can be turned off. I'd rather just do everything server side and leave no options. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/2718-do-you-disable-js-in-your-browser/#findComment-10315 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neewah Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 The advantages would be far more than the disadvantages: Disabling Javascript would be a pretty bad idea since lots of websites rely on it even to load half the content. Also being a bit of a Javascript addict myself disabling it would be completely hopeless since i wouldn't know what i was coding. Total madness. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/2718-do-you-disable-js-in-your-browser/#findComment-22003 Share on other sites More sharing options...
phileplanet Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 I like Gmail so no. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/2718-do-you-disable-js-in-your-browser/#findComment-49525 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pixy Posted July 15, 2006 Share Posted July 15, 2006 I disable activeX controls on pages I don't trust, and I never show Java. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/2718-do-you-disable-js-in-your-browser/#findComment-58359 Share on other sites More sharing options...
akitchin Posted July 15, 2006 Share Posted July 15, 2006 i always have javascript enabled. i like the javascript console that comes with firefox, too. handy for debugging your stuff. i think all it takes is wits to stop any javascript security threats, but that might be a naive position. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/2718-do-you-disable-js-in-your-browser/#findComment-58388 Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbin Posted August 12, 2006 Share Posted August 12, 2006 I leave javascript on default settins in IE and FF... Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/2718-do-you-disable-js-in-your-browser/#findComment-73529 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel0 Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 I always have javascript turned on. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/2718-do-you-disable-js-in-your-browser/#findComment-75134 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millar Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 I leave it enabled. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/2718-do-you-disable-js-in-your-browser/#findComment-82082 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ataria Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 I don't. It doesn't do any harm to me, so, I don't bother to disable it. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/2718-do-you-disable-js-in-your-browser/#findComment-83107 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azu Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 I care about security so I always disable it, unless it is a website that I trust and there is actually a good reason to enable it (E.G. the website fails to function without it). When it is disabled, XSS is either completely impossible or close to impossible. (XSS = stealing your passwords/identity/personal information E.G. credit card numbers phone numbers etc) Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/2718-do-you-disable-js-in-your-browser/#findComment-295224 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamProductions Posted July 12, 2007 Share Posted July 12, 2007 What would be the point of disabling javascript? but no Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/2718-do-you-disable-js-in-your-browser/#findComment-296434 Share on other sites More sharing options...
neylitalo Posted July 13, 2007 Author Share Posted July 13, 2007 Some (paranoid, IMO) users decide that Javascript is a security threat and disable it. It can indeed be a security threat, but I wouldn't be surprised if most (all?) browsers are intelligent enough to block malicious activity. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/2718-do-you-disable-js-in-your-browser/#findComment-297033 Share on other sites More sharing options...
roopurt18 Posted July 18, 2007 Share Posted July 18, 2007 I leave it on. The site I develop pretty much requires it. I'd love to take the time to make sure everything works with or without Javascript but the bottom line is the site is intended for a very specific audience and we can pretty much tell them, "You have to have Javascript turned on." It really doesn't matter if robots can crawl our site as they can't really get to much without logging in to start with. Basically when I have an impatient project manager jumping up and down behind me going, "Is it ready, is it ready? When can I sell it?" and I have to make a choice between cool (read asynchronous requests) or accessible, I have to lean towards cool. As far as being a security concern, I think there's just too big of a market of people who don't know how to use their PC. I've always been into PC games so performance is always a top priority for me. As such I've never run any firewall or anti-virus software. It's been years since I've done it, but back in college I downloaded my fair share of multimedia and cracked software. I've spent probably at least $1000 / year online since 1998, some years more, and I do my banking and pay bills online. Number of problems I've had: Zero. Maybe once a year I'll run AdAware and it'll pick up one or two spyware things and about as often I'll run AVG and it never finds anything. People just need to learn to be careful what they click on. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/2718-do-you-disable-js-in-your-browser/#findComment-301639 Share on other sites More sharing options...
akitchin Posted July 18, 2007 Share Posted July 18, 2007 People just need to learn to be careful what they click on. i couldn't have said it better myself. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/2718-do-you-disable-js-in-your-browser/#findComment-301648 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azu Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 True, you could just NEVER click on ANY links from emails, and NEVER go to ANY websites that you don't completely trust. But personally, I think it's easier to just not let people run javascript on my computer except where there is a good reason to (like for sites that can't run unless you let them use javascript). Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/2718-do-you-disable-js-in-your-browser/#findComment-306052 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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