Doh! So that's what happens when you increase IE security to high

The WWW stops working

[Webwork]

Was looking for the switch to turn off javascript while browsing. Just wanted to know what a certain website's javascript nav menus would look like and how they would function if I turned off javascripts. (Yeah, I know. I coulda figured that one out on my own. ;)

Couldn't find a button to kill only javascript. (Help here.)

A little research suggested that if I up my Internet Explorer security settings to "high" javascript would be turned off.

Wow! On high security 1) I couldn't login to my online email account - the login page just went blank; and, 2) yes, javascript navigation bars just couldn't get their links to drop down.

I can't imagine much of the world surfs in "high security" mode and, if they do, it must look like a pretty static world.

Anyone not use javascript because of a concern that some surfers might be locked on high security?

[edited by: Webwork at 12:31 pm (utc) on May 6, 2005]

[sem4u]

I still use it for image rollovers, back buttons and PPC tracking. It does concern me though that some people will have it switched off.

When I first started using a Norton firewall it did ask if I wanted Internet Explorer to access the internet, so I had to allow it ;)

[createErrorMsg]

I realize that this isn't really the purpose of your thread, and that you may already know this little tidbit, so please take no offense if it seems patronizing, but...

If you want to see how a site looks without javascript, the easiest method I know of is to install the Web Developer Toolbar on FireFox and then use the "Disable JavaScript" option in the "Disable" button. AFAIK, there is no 'quick click' way to shut off JS in IE.

cEM

[Webwork]

Actually, cEM, I always welcome enlightenment, even when it's in the form of a verbal whack to the back of the head - which your reply most certainly is not. So, thanks for the enlightenment. :)

I plan to "be more brave" during the next 12 months, which for a chicken little technically challenged person like me includes . . . shudder . . . 1) trying out new browsers; 2) learning to admin a linux webserver; and, 3) starting to play with PHP/MySQL whilst also playing a bit with ASP/MSSQL.

Shudderrrrrrr.....

[rocknbil]

Internet Options -> Security Settings -> Scripting -> Active Scripting set to Disable has always inactivated Javascript in IE for me.

The reason you couldn't log in (probably) is because you also disable cookies when you set security to high, and (I think) unless the email connection is https it won't submit form data. The blank page is **probably** a poor server-side implementation or an outright 500 error (this sometimes resolve as a blank white page in IE.)

[olwen]

I plan to "be more brave" during the next 12 months, which for a chicken little technically challenged person like me includes . . . shudder . . . 1) trying out new browsers; 2) learning to admin a linux webserver; and, 3) starting to play with PHP/MySQL whilst also playing a bit with ASP/MSSQL.

Trying new browsers is easy. Do it today. Download Firefox and install it.

For the rest you need an old computer. My Linux server at home is a Pentium II with 192mb memory and 3 hard drives, the 2 largest being 4gb. I found Fedora easy to install. Apache/PHP/MySQL are on the Fedora disks. I set up DNS to use foir a pretend domain name, and samba shares to access my development area from my Windows computer. That part I found hard to make work, but I got there. Then I discovered Webmin and installed that to be able to administer it through the web.

[DonQ]

Firefox is nice... can open windows in tabs rather than new windows, which makes for far easier access. Don't think IE has this feature?
Still i end up always using Opera, as all tabs can be reopened at last location upon fire-up. Good if you have to have like 20 locations you check regularly. Problem though when it gets to about 30... you gotta start actually reading all the info and start closing tabs else it gets to be like my to-do list that will probably not get cleared before my funeral.

[Milamber]

Yeah I prefer Opera as well, never really jumped on the FF bandwagon. Javascript is very easy to turn off in Opera, just hit F12 and if you want to disable CSS, CTRL+G works nicely.