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Maybe you need Ubuntu, so that you can set up multiple accounts and run them simultaneously on different windowing sessions. That way you can run your banking and your web browsing in entirely separate and locked-down accounts, and switch between them with Ctrl+Alt+F-key. Ubuntu is always a good ch...

So, if Apply to whitelisted is *not* checked, you're saying that Fx will still block them? Cool. Yes, indeed. But if Apply to whitelisted *is* checked, does the Fx permission override NS? If so, then there's an impossible situation: You can't have selective allow *at all*. (again, using YT as an ex...

Today I downloaded FF 14 (on Kubuntu 12.04) in order to test the new click-to-play functionality in combination with Noscript - and it looks realy, really good! :D You have to set "plugins.click_to_play" to "true" which means that any plugins are blocked by default. You'll see a ...

Your question is the other way around: Can Firefox's native whitelist override NS's config? I would think not, in the same way that ABE can only tighten NS's permissions, not loosen them. Well, we'll see ;) From my layman's perspective I'd say that it might depend on where FF stores those permanent...

... So perhaps it will also be possible in a later version that NS will allow executing plugins (even with "NoScript Options/Embeddings/Apply these restrictions to whitelisted sites too") once the planned click-to-play UI allows permanent exceptions as suggested above. Is this not the cas...

Regarding click-to-play: The latest Noscript 2.3.8rc1 changelog says: Smart integration with the new browser-native click to play: if a plugin object is manually allowed from NoScript's UI, it gets also natively activated (noscript.smartClickToPlay about:config preference) That's good (although I ha...

Tom T. wrote: With any luck, we'll have NS 3.x by the time MZ releases that, anyway.

Yes, that would be great. Let's hope that other plans by Mozilla (like the Supersnappy project that aims to run chrome and content on different threads) will not cause further problems and delays.

Plus ABE, which may require fewer user-created rules when NS 3.x is released. Overall, NS *is* more finely-grained, and I don't know why they want to duplicate/reinvent it. MHO. YMMV. Tom, I don't doubt that NS 3.x is more flexible and finely-grained. Note, however, that my question was if NS 2.x w...

Disadvantage: Exceptions for specific sites like youtube are not possible, IMHO. They are, just not permanent (until you exit the browser only, which may be a very long time these days): NoScript menu, Blocked Objects|Temporarily allow shockwave-flash@http://youtube.com . Well, I meant permanent ex...

@Giorgio and Tom: What I meant is the following. In Noscript you have AFAIK basically 3 options how to manage plugins: 1. By default, if you whitelist a site not only scripts but also plugins are allowed. Disadvantage: Plugins are allowed on all whitelisted sites which is not always desirable. 2. By...

@Giorgio: Let me ask another question. I mentioned in the first post that Mozilla is planning a click-to-play functionality for FF14 (as a matter of fact, plugins.click_to_play has already been available in about:config since FF11). Are you planning to support that in Noscript 2.x? This would be a v...

@Giorgio: Thank you very much for your detailed answer which makes a lot of sense. I hope that you didn't interpret my questions as an attempt to put unbecoming pressure on you to reveal your business plans or whatever. I was just a bit nervous that you mentioned a Chrome version as a top priority b...

Giorgio, I sincerely hope that you don't mind the following questions. When you introduced Noscript for Mobile in October 2011 you said in comment #7 that the desktop version of NSA would be available "anyway before the end of this year" ( =2011). We all know that this did not happen (whic...

So yes, there is a way to prevent such things built right into Fx, although you're right, ABP won't do it. I managed to do it with ABP by pressing Ctrl-Shift+I and creating the rule majormike.us##SPAN[style="position: absolute; top: 200px; left: 50px;"] It's not blocked, though, only hidd...

[ Giorgio, I wonder why you didn't include Noscript 3 desktop version. Is it postponed :?: Yes it is, as a consequence of the forced changes which NSA is undergoing because of the sudden move of Mozilla to drop Electrolysis in favour of the Java-native Android shell. Thanks. I had read before that ...