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The other YesScript

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007

While Googling around I found that someone else once made an extension called YesScript. It’s a single blog entry by a guy named Zhang Ling, and the install link is broken. It looks like his YesScript worked just like my YesScript, except his additionally has a global on/off button. I’ve tried to contact him, but […]

YesScript 1.1

Sunday, May 20th, 2007

I’ve released YesScript 1.1. YesScript is a JavaScript blacklist, allowing you to specify which sites aren’t allowed to run JavaScript.
This version:

Fixes a bug where if the user had never used security policies, the extension wouldn’t work.
Fixes a bug where the manage dialog would appear blank.
Adds support for IDN domains
Adds French, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, […]

Introducing YesScript

Friday, May 4th, 2007

YesScript is a JavaScript blacklist. It allows you to block specific websites from executing JavaScript. Unlike NoScript, YesScript isn’t meant to provide any extra security. It’s my opinion that Firefox is secure enough that a JavaScript whitelist like NoScript is at best unnecessary. YesScript is for preventing annoyances - certain sites abuse JavaScript by opening […]

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