Recommended settings for non-techies

[barbaz]

I've installed NS on my family's computers, but they're not as techie as me and they have a *lot* of trouble navigating the script permissions list. I'm getting tired of doing it for them every single time anything doesn't "just work". Any recommendations as to what NS settings I should give them? (note: these are older computers running Firefox 18.0.2 for performance reasons, so "Allow Scripts Globally" is less than ideal.)

[Thrawn]

Well, there's 'Temporarily allow top-level sites by default', perhaps.

Also, in Appearance, make sure you're just using base 2nd-level domains, to minimise menu interaction.

Other than that - well, there isn't really a better way to manage NoScript than the menu.

[barbaz]

Well, there's 'Temporarily allow top-level sites by default', perhaps.

Temp-allowing top level "Base 2nd-level domains" is close to what I'm looking for, but the concern with this is that some sites which would work OK without *any* script allowed, may break weirdly in this "partially allowed" state without scripts from CDNs residing on other 2nd-level domains...
As far as you know, is that a common occurance?

Also, in Appearance, make sure you're just using base 2nd-level domains, to minimise menu interaction.

Forgot about that option, thanks.

Other than that - well, there isn't really a better way to manage NoScript than the menu.

It's not that they don't like the interface; they just don't understand how to pick the right scripts to allow when something breaks, and they don't want to spend time over it.

[Thrawn]

Temp-allowing top level "Base 2nd-level domains" is close to what I'm looking for, but the concern with this is that some sites which would work OK without *any* script allowed, may break weirdly in this "partially allowed" state without scripts from CDNs residing on other 2nd-level domains...
As far as you know, is that a common occurance?

No, I haven't seen much of that. But if you find good examples, they might be candidates for surrogate scripts.

It's not that they don't like the interface; they just don't understand how to pick the right scripts to allow when something breaks, and they don't want to spend time over it.

Well, maybe they'd be better off with Scripts Globally Allowed and Adblock Plus...I've installed NS on my grandmother's computer, but in stealth mode (global allow and switch off most notifications). Even so, she somehow managed to mark eBay as untrusted (after which, I removed the addon bar icon).

[barbaz]

Well, maybe they'd be better off with Scripts Globally Allowed and Adblock Plus...

Sorry about the delayed response. Scripts Globally Allowed + my own fork of ABP, with the browser builtin Click-to-Play activated, does surprisingly well performance-wise, so it's at least theoretically workable. Only question now is, let's see how much they complain about Click-to-Play being a major obstacle getting in the way of everything... At least it's easier to figure out.

I'd say the original issue of balancing NS permissions with performance issues has been addressed, so this thread can be marked as resolved. Thanks for your help.