On Tue, 6 Jun 2017 20:06:30 +0800 Long Wind <longwind2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> i can't find options related to javascript in iceweasel/jessie > In about:config. Type that into the address bar, then in the Search box, type javascript. The global disable is called javascript.enable. More commonly, firefox/iceweasel users use NoScript or other selective javascript enabler. > iceweasel does not support javascript? Every version that I've seen does. It has always been Firefox by another name, but usually not the current version. > > i think iceweasel makes poor choice > XP/firefox and android' browser can visit this site > And many web developers don't bother to test Firefox versions, because obviously, people only use Microsoft web browsers. Two hours ago, I completely failed to download something from a site after logging in to it, using the current Firefox on Win8. I then tried the same exercise with an older Firefox on Linux, and it worked perfectly. Unusual, I have to say, it's more often the other way around, but clearly the web developer had done something wrong. The web protocol for downloading is trivial and shouldn't even require javascript. But something clever had been done about restricting the download to logged-in account holders, and it wasn't behaving as expected. Sturgeon's Revelation applies to websites, and in particular, to their developers. -- Joe