[Meta] Add option for disabling JavaScript

[pocmo]

Pros:

• It makes loading a website faster
• It is a good protection against fingerprinting

Cons:

• It breaks some websites

[quakenet2]

How about include NSA(NoScript for Android)?

[ghost]

I'd love that feature, but only if easily accessible (i.e. toggle control) or - even better - with something like NSA, as quakenet2 said.

[bbinto]

https://appbot.co/apps/1486184-firefox-focus-the-privacy-browser/reviews/564369058

[pocmo]

Note: For GeckoView we need a new API. But snorp mentioned that this would be easy to add.

[pocmo]

Note: For GeckoView we need a new API. But snorp mentioned that this would be easy to add.

Filed an issue for that: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1440708

[ekager]

Would this be a setting toggle in Settings under Performance?

[pocmo]

Would this be a setting toggle in Settings under Performance?

@brampitoyo Ping! :)

[brampitoyo]

@ekager Is right. A natural place to put this would be as a toggle under performance.

Can we call it simply “Block JavaScript”, and put it underneath “Block Web fonts”?

We may or may not want to have an explanatory text underneath. If we do, I suggest a variation of something like this:

Enabling may make pages load faster, but also cause them to behave unexpectedly

Thoughts?

[ekager]

Sounds good to me!
We have a summary string for "Block other content trackers" that is similar; "Enabling may cause some pages to behave unexpectedly", but this may be more clear for the benefits of disabling JavaScript?