Option to Temporarily Disable Javascript
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This option was really handy for some websites:
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@david-cortes It certainly needs to be made more accessible than it is now, but what do you mean by temporary?
The Opera Quick Preferences menu item disables it for all sites, whereas site settings in Vivaldi disables it only for the current site.
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@pesala I meant something that could be turned on-off at will in some quick option, ideally for anything inside the tab you're browsing. BTW where's site settings in Vivaldi? I cannot find such option anywhere.
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@david-cortes said in Option to temporarily disable javascripts:
BTW where's site settings in Vivaldi? I cannot find such option anywhere.
Click the lock next to the address. A the bottom there is a link website settings.
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@ghpy said in Option to temporarily disable javascripts:
Click the lock next to the address. A the bottom there is a link website settings.
Well, now that's an unintuitive place for that. Should really be on the status bar, by page actions and whatnot.
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@ghpy This clumsy access to the javascript on/off switch is counterintuitive.
I'm still using Opera 12.16 (Linux, with email module) for daily usage. Also because of the F12 key, which I hit almost every session:
Most often: F12 j (toggle javascript), and less often: the function to toggle the referrer on/off. I regard referrer off as a very important privacy setting. However, some login websites require the referrer to be set active. Doing that on a temporary base is fine.
Javascript too. Some time ago, in order to have websites rendering without bells & whistles (animations), turning of flash plugin was sufficient. Today, turning javascript off when the site "works" is a means to get a quiet and non-CPU consuming rendering.
Moreover: the increased usage of CSS3 even reduces the dependency on javascript. -
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Maybe the most useful option one can have in a browser nowadays.
Opera 12 is the only browser that can do it, I think? Neither Firefox nor Blink-based browsers seem to be able to dynamically freeze/unfreeze JavaScript.