> Web devs should make sites that work without javascript, so that turning on NoScript is also a solution.
Ideally, I guess that would be true, but from a development cost perspective and user interface perspective that is just not possible in 2015.
Ideally, I guess that would be true, but from a development cost perspective and user interface perspective that is just not possible in 2015.
What do you think my impression of your website is when all I see is a blank page or an endlessly spinning loading wheel?
That being said, an easy defense against webscrapers and content re-purposers is to make sure the client is running javascript.
Of course, there are ways around this, but I liken it to this scenario: If there are two similar houses on a block and only one has an alarm system, the cat burgler will choose the one without the alarm.