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652 points jamesfisher | 5 comments | 28 May 19 07:57 UTC | HN request time: 2.651s | source
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jsgyx ◴[28 May 19 08:44 UTC] No.20028318[source]▶
I use NoScript, you can't see shit.
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julienreszka ◴[28 May 19 08:53 UTC] No.20028357[source]▶
You can't see shit neither
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1. vbsteven ◴[28 May 19 08:55 UTC] No.20028366[source]▶
yes, he can, he will see the modern equivalent of "This site is best viewed in Internet Explorer". Which in 2019 becomes "Please enable Javascript to view this page"
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2. larkeith ◴[28 May 19 09:20 UTC] No.20028471[source]▶
Honestly, such notices are shockingly unusual - most of the time (at least for the sites I encounter) they don't bother with <noscript>, you just get a broken and/or blank page.

I mostly use the web for reading blogs and articles, so the loss of dynamic sites isn't troublesome, but it's certainly not for most users.

(Edit: Some numerical context I have enabled Javascript for 194 sites over the last five years, whereas I encounter several new sites daily.)

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3. vbsteven ◴[28 May 19 09:38 UTC] No.20028536[source]▶
I also browse with noscript all the time and I get them quite often. Mostly on product landing pages and Show HN demos.
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4. larkeith ◴[28 May 19 15:43 UTC] No.20031256{3}[source]▶
Hmm, I wonder if it's confirmation bias on my end, or just a difference in what pages we each view.
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5. npsimons ◴[28 May 19 20:23 UTC] No.20034012{4}[source]▶
> Hmm, I wonder if it's confirmation bias on my end, or just a difference in what pages we each view.

Yes.

Joking aside, I will add that I've been a NoScript/FlashBlock user for quite some time (more than a decade? I honestly can't remember), and while I run into some things that are frustrating (just had to disable NoScript for a tab to order plane tickets), it is refreshingly uncommon.

Yes, you can browse with default deny to JS and Flash.