NoScript Needed?

[Asyn]

There is a NotScripts I believe for Opera not sure if that is from the same people who made NoScript.

No, it isn't.

[HDW38]

Does anybody know, if there is a version for Opera or isn't it necessary?

-> https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/notscripts/

Installed.
Thx, Asyn.

[Asyn]

Installed.
Thx, Asyn.

You're welcome.

[!Donovan]

I don't use Firefox but if I did, I'm sure I would not use No Script because I don't want to see constant alerts. I think Avast's Script Shield is sufficient.

There is no alert. You can hover over the icon and select which sites to allow/disallow that are on the current page.

You won't realize that NoScript is even running unless the website is completely rendered helpless with no javascript.

[Dch48]

I don't use Firefox but if I did, I'm sure I would not use No Script because I don't want to see constant alerts. I think Avast's Script Shield is sufficient.

Great double negative and explains why your answer is totally wrong as you have zero idea how it works.

You don't get constant alerts by NoScript.

I fully understand how it works and even one alert for something safe is too many.

[DavidR]

What part of no alerts is it that you don't understand, NoScript doesn't give 'any' alerts.

[Dch48]

What part of no alerts is it that you don't understand, NoScript doesn't give 'any' alerts.

It doesn't tell you that scripts have been blocked and give an option to allow them in the future? If that's the case, then that's even worse. I don't want to cripple my browser in any way.

[!Donovan]

By alerts i mean it gives no annoying pop-up on every website saying
" THIS THIS AND THIS WAS BLOCKED!
DO YOU WANT TO UNBLOCK THIS?
       THIS?
        HOW ABOUT THIS? "

If you want to allow/forbid scripts, simply hover over the icon and click on the site to allow/forbid.

[MAG]

What part of no alerts is it that you don't understand, NoScript doesn't give 'any' alerts.

It doesn't tell you that scripts have been blocked and give an option to allow them in the future? If that's the case, then that's even worse. I don't want to cripple my browser in any way.

You can have Noscript give a message about blocked scripts at the bottom of the page. It seems most users don't enable this and just use the 'hover over the icon' method.

[Dch48]

It also seems to blindly block everything , including Flash, unless you allow it for specific sites. Again I say, no thanks. I want the full browsing experience. For added security, Avast's Safe Zone is perfectly sufficient.

[!Donovan]

It also seems to blindly block everything , including Flash, unless you allow it for specific sites.

For good reason.

Again I say, no thanks. I want the full browsing experience. For added security, Avast's Safe Zone is perfectly sufficient.

Enjoy!

[Gopher John]

It also seems to blindly block everything , including Flash, unless you allow it for specific sites. Again I say, no thanks. I want the full browsing experience. For added security, Avast's Safe Zone is perfectly sufficient.

You sound like my neighbor.  He said that he wants to see everything.  Believe me, he has.  I can't remember all the times that I've had to clean his machine.  He must be getting wiser, as it hasn't happened for about a year.

[norel]

In NoScript I use the setting "Temporarily allow top-level sites by default." This usually allows most of the content I'm looking for while blocking all the third-party crap. I don't know how it would work for newspapers, might be worth a try.

[Dch48]

It also seems to blindly block everything , including Flash, unless you allow it for specific sites. Again I say, no thanks. I want the full browsing experience. For added security, Avast's Safe Zone is perfectly sufficient.

You sound like my neighbor.  He said that he wants to see everything.  Believe me, he has.  I can't remember all the times that I've had to clean his machine.  He must be getting wiser, as it hasn't happened for about a year.

Well, for me, it hasn't happened since 1999 when I first got on the internet. I have never been infected by anything.

[SafeSurf]

You should consider yourself very lucky.   I wouldn't go without NS these days.