If you’re a web developer, then you know that disabling JavaScript in Firefox is an easy way to improve your website’s performance. It can make your pages load faster and reduce the number of errors. But what about users of other browsers? If you disable JavaScript in Firefox for your users, they may not be able to use some of the features on your website. For example, if you have a blog that uses Google Maps, then disabling JavaScript might prevent users from using the map feature on their browsers. So how do you disable JavaScript in Firefox? There are a few ways to do this, but the easiest way is to use a browser extension. There are many extensions available that will disable JavaScript for you automatically. Another way todisable JavaScript is to use a tool called “Firefox Options.” This tool allows you to set different options for Firefox, including howJavaScript is enabled and whether or not to run scripts from outside of Mozilla’s web browser. You can also set limits on how much data Mozilla stores about your browsing habits.
Setup
There are three ways to set up access to JS Switch. The first is through the “Customise Toolbar Window”.
To activate the other two you will need to open the “Options Window” and select the method that you prefer best.
If you activate the “Tools Menu” option, there will be a singular entry that will have a check mark beside it when JavaScript is enabled.
The “Status Bar Button” will display in a red color when JavaScript is enabled and in a light gray color when it is not.
JS Switch in Action
For our example we chose to use the “Toolbar Button”. As you can see JavaScript is enabled (red color). To deactivate JavaScript in your browser simply click on the button.
If you already have a webpage loaded like in our example, you just need to refresh that particular page. Until you re-enable JavaScript all webpages that you browse will have their JavaScript disabled. Notice the gray color of the “Toolbar Button”…
Depending on how heavily a particular website uses JavaScript you can expect to see varying results in how the pages look. In our example you can see that AirSet depends heavily on JavaScript and the webpage is practically non-functional.
Conclusion
If you are looking for a quick “no questions asked” method for enabling/disabling JavaScript in Firefox, then this extension will make a nice addition to your browser.
Links
Download the JS Switch extension (Mozilla Add-ons)
Download the JS Switch extension (Extension Homepage)
