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[AlainKnaff <1520920@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

There seems to be no obvious way to block javascript. Some pages, such
as http://www.lemonde.fr are almost unusable due to the sheer number of
garbage scripts running on there.

> lsb_release -rd
Description:    Ubuntu 15.04
Release:        15.04
> apt-cache policy webbrowser-app
webbrowser-app:
  Installed: 0.23+15.04.20151103-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 0.23+15.04.20151103-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 0.23+15.04.20151103-0ubuntu1 0
       1001 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ci-train-ppa-service/stable-snapshot/ubuntu/ vivid/main armhf Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     0.23+15.04.20150416-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ vivid/main armhf Packages

What I expect to happen
- Scripts should not run without my permission. Either prompt for them, or give me access to a configuration screen where I can enable/disable them, or at least a gsettings config setting

What happened instead
- Scripts run, popping up windows before content I'm reading, and slowing down the phone (noticeable lag while scrolling through a lemonde.fr article) due to their inefficient implementation

** Affects: webbrowser-app (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  No way to block javascript

Status in webbrowser-app package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  There seems to be no obvious way to block javascript. Some pages, such
  as http://www.lemonde.fr are almost unusable due to the sheer number
  of garbage scripts running on there.

  > lsb_release -rd
  Description:    Ubuntu 15.04
  Release:        15.04
  > apt-cache policy webbrowser-app
  webbrowser-app:
    Installed: 0.23+15.04.20151103-0ubuntu1
    Candidate: 0.23+15.04.20151103-0ubuntu1
    Version table:
   *** 0.23+15.04.20151103-0ubuntu1 0
         1001 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ci-train-ppa-service/stable-snapshot/ubuntu/ vivid/main armhf Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
       0.23+15.04.20150416-0ubuntu1 0
          500 http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ vivid/main armhf Packages

  What I expect to happen
  - Scripts should not run without my permission. Either prompt for them, or give me access to a configuration screen where I can enable/disable them, or at least a gsettings config setting

  What happened instead
  - Scripts run, popping up windows before content I'm reading, and slowing down the phone (noticeable lag while scrolling through a lemonde.fr article) due to their inefficient implementation

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