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anon1385 on July 1, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Say “Yes” to JavaScript

>JavaScript is quickly becoming a huge part of modern web applications.

But what if I'm not interested in 'web applications' and I just want to read web sites? Apparently Firefox isn't designed with that task in mind anymore.

JustinJ70s on July 1, 2013 | [–]

Then don't use 'web applications'.

wtbob on July 2, 2013 | | [–]

The problem is that many article sites think that they are web applications.

lucian1900 on July 1, 2013 | [–]

about:config still lets you disable JS and Ghostery, Adblock and NoScript work just fine.

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