== Improve your web experience by turning Javascript off One of the best things I've ever done to improve my web browsing experience is very simple: I turned Javascript off almost from its introduction. Turning Javascript off has a host of benefits, because Javascript on web pages has always been primarily used either for evil or for flashy, distracting user interface elements. With it off I avoid all of that, including popups and links that hide where they're actually going to. Among other advantages, this makes it much less nerve-wracking to go to strange new websites. I'm not a purist about this; if a website has content I want to see that needs Javascript, I'll turn it back on. This happens much less than you might think; most websites are not all that dependent on whatever Javascript they may have running around. With the [[PrefBar|http://prefbar.mozdev.org/]] extension, enabling and disabling Javascript is a snap for Mozilla and Firefox users; a keystroke to bring the [[PrefBar]] toolbar up, a click of a tickbox, and a page refresh and you're done. (People less obsessed then me with leaving as much space as possible for the web page text can leave the [[PrefBar]] toolbar up all the time.) Even if you think you use lots of websites that require Javascript, install [[PrefBar]] and give it a try; you may be pleasantly surprised how little you really need Javascript after all. And even if it doesn't work out, you'll have a quick way to disable Javascript before you visit a website that you don't trust.