Disable ajax per user?

[Luke Yelavich]

On Tue, Mar 13, 2007 at 10:59:32PM EST, Steve Alexander wrote:
> Luke Yelavich wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 13, 2007 at 10:43:32PM EST, Steve Alexander wrote:
> >> Luke Yelavich wrote:
> >>> Hi all
> >>> I am a vision impaired user, so mostly use a text mode web browser, but 
> >>> for the times I do use GUI, I would like to not have anything displayed 
> >>> using ajax. Is there a way that I can turn that off for myself? If not, 
> >>> could that be a possibility?
> >> It is possible to tell Firefox to not use Javascript.
> >>
> >> The control is in the edit -> preferences menu, under the "content" tab.
> >>  I don't know how to get to this dialog without using a GUI.
> > 
> > I'd rather not, as there are other sites that use javascript which I 
> > find useful.
> 
> http://noscript.net/
> 
> This is a firefox plugin that allows you to disable javascript site-by-site.
> 
> Will this help?

Very likely, thanks.

> >> Or maybe you just want to disable certain kinds of Javascript, but not
> >> all Javascript?
> > 
> > Anything ajax related.
> 
> I'd like you to be more specific, so that I can understand what causes
> you problems and what is okay.

Ok, now that I know ajax is only a buzz word, the specific javascript 
that is used on Launchpad that I don't like, is the ability to click on 
links, to display more content, whether it be text field boxes, or 
content for package info on the left side re bugs etc.

> 
> The phrase "ajax-related" isn't actually a technical term... it's more
> of a buzz-word.  So, for all the Javascript that Launchpad uses, I can't
> say "this part is ajax-related" and "this other part is not ajax-related".

I have learnt something new today. :) Thanks again.
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