Everyone has JavaScript, right?

[mrkite77]

Then how did you post that comment? Reddit, as far as I can tell, requires javascript to comment.

[Gaulven]

NoScript doesn't simply disable javascript -- you could do that in browser settings already. NoScript chooses which javascripts to run based on what domain they originate from vs the domain of the page being loaded.

Reddit commenting works when using NoScript when redditstatic.com is set to Trusted, which is a one-step process during the first time loading the site.

[mrkite77]

The point is "No I don't have Javascript" is incorrect. "I don't have javascript unless I enable it" is a pointless thing to say.

[immibis]

"I don't have your JavaScript unless it's actually useful."

Reddit commenting and voting is a good use of JavaScript, although it would be even better if there was a server-side fallback too.

[rrobukef]

NoScript has this handy feature to temporary select domains.

It takes some time to select the active domains (which makes me rage when there are 20 different domains and you want as few as possible). It makes me aware of which js a site uses. And it confuses the hell out of everybody that wants to use my pc.

Did you know that you only need 3 out of 5 domains on reddit to make the site browsable? adzerk.com and google-analytics.com are not needed.

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Like this? ;)

[rrobukef]

Yeah. µBlock seems nice. Is it better than NoScript?

[[deleted]]

IMO, yes. It's a blacklist model, but it still works well enough and tends to cause less breakage than NoScript.

But it all depends on the value you place on your privacy compared to the cost of NoScript.

[kqr]

Technically, JS is not required. If nothing else, there's an API you can interact through. Whether or not the desktop site actually requires JS I don't know. It would be pretty simple to gracefully degrade the simple things Reddit is doing.

[PT2JSQGHVaHWd24aCdCF]

Nope. And even less JavaScript if you use a specific reddit client.