You're a hacker, of course you've never heard anyone complain about the option. Mozilla may choose to differ as they probably have data that shows that a significant number of support emails show that disabling javascript was the root core of the problem. Besides, anyone who runs javascript disabled in a modern browser are either developers, or tin-foil hat wearers. I'm sure the ability to disable javascript was just an old remnant of 2002-era browsers when javascript was far less common. I think it's nearly impossible to find a webpage without a single reference to a javascript file these days.
You're a hacker, of course you've never heard anyone complain about the option.
Well, when people hear I'm good with computers they usually tell me all sorts of random computer troubles, but this one never popped up.
they probably have data that shows that a significant number of support emails show that disabling javascript was the root core of the problem
Are you sure? They seem to have data that most people don't use the option, and that seems to be all.
Besides, anyone who runs javascript disabled in a modern browser are either developers, or tin-foil hat wearers.
Or people who don't like staring at a white screen for several seconds because some ad scripts absolutely has to be loaded first, when they can have the exact same content, instantly, when browsing without Javascript. DSL still exists, you know. And it helps with noticing weight and skill differences where cable users might see none.
I also didn't get the memo that not providing a non-js fallback for normal day to day web stuff is not kind of noobish. Though I could point you to a host of articles pointing out the opposite, and they are fresher than 2002, too, and not from that usability guy with the ugly website either :P
I think it's nearly impossible to find a webpage without a single reference to a javascript file these days.
You will find a million that work without it, and even more that could work without it if they weren't made by [insert random expletive here].
Wikipedia? Works just fine. Search? Works fine. Facebook? I don't use it anymore, but I remember when it worked fine without JS as well, minus chat and instant notifications (oh god, the horror of only hearing about a new message on a page refresh ^^). Twitter? Breaking Twitter sounds like a good plan, not like a problem. But I digress.
