873740 - Add an ability to toggle JavaScript easily and conveniently

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Firefox :: Settings UI, enhancement)

Description

[Roman R.]

Because implementation of the bug 851702 has made Firefox less convenient, I request that the ability to toggle JavaScript easily and conveniently be added back. It could be under the Web Developer menu item or anywhere else, but not about:config. The key is easily and conveniently.

Comment 1

[:Gijs (back Mon 10; he/him)]

We just removed it from the main preferences UI with ample reasoning provided by our UX team, so it's unlikely to be making a comeback there. The Web Developer team is talking about making it an option in their UI in bug 864249, so I'm marking this as a duplicate.

Comment 2

[Roman R.]

I've read your "ample reasoning" and found them unconvincing. They seemed as solutions waiting for a problem to solve.

Bug 864249 is insufficient for what I (actually, many of power users) need. In that bug they want to "only actually disable JS while the toolbox is open". I don't want to have a toolbox open. I want to be able to simply disable JavaScript for a page or globally while seeing the entire page uncluttered by a toolbox.

If you, guys responsible for removing the needed features, move it to an extension, I'd OK with that.

Comment 3

[Jared Wein [:jaws] (please needinfo? me)]

You can use NoScript to disable JavaScript on a per-domain basis.

Comment 4

[Nicolas Barbulesco]

I agree globally with Roman here.

This bug is not a duplicate. The toolbox way is not a convenient ability.

Even the pref that Firefox 23 has eaten, I find it too difficult. What I would like is a switch in the bottom right of the window, always at hand.