On 13-08-13 06:59 AM, mick wrote: > On Tue, 13 Aug 2013 06:10:34 +0200 > Jon Tullett <jon.tullett@xxxxxxxxx> allegedly wrote: > >> On Aug 12, 2013 6:16 PM, "Roger Dingledine" <arma@xxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> Hi folks, >>> >>> I rewrote our two FAQ entries on JavaScript-in-TBB, and merged them >>> into one: >>> >>> https://www.torproject.org/docs/faq#TBBJavaScriptEnabled >>> >> >> Personally I'd still like to see a message front and centre on the >> browser homepage too...longtime users (and probably lots of new ones) >> likely skip the faq entirely. Licence agreements and instructions are >> for wimps, right? :-) > > Of course, "real men don't read manuals" :-) > > On the content, I think the second sentence in the new FAQ could be > usefully amended as follows: > > "Most users would give up on Tor entirely if a website they want to use > requires JavaScript [and thus fails to render pages correctly because of > the default TBB settings], because they would not know how to allow a > website to use JavaScript (or that enabling JavaScript might make a > website work). > > (Additions in [] ) I find it hard to believe that people who have already made a choice to use TBB wouldnt notice NoScript popping up in the browser window and making a noise whenever it blocks a script on a website, or that they would be unwilling or unable to learn the 2 clicks to enable javascript for that site. Was there a usability study done or is "most users" expected behaviour a guess? If the latter, i suggest dropping that reason from the FAQ or changing it to "some users". Preventing browser fingerprinting seems sufficient reason.
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