This tutorial will show you how to disable Javascript in any internet browser.

Why would I want to disable Javascript?

Javascript allows internet pages to do more complicated things than display stationary text and pictures. This includes more user interaction, such as dragging items around, opening menus, and enabling media.

This is great, but sometimes, Javascript will allow users to interact with too much information at once, causing Javascript to crash. Subsequently, many features of the web page become unusable.
An example of this that Faculty and Staff will occassionally encounter happens on moodle.
Sometimes when you drag a 'topic' category before or after a different while editting the page, Javascript will crash. Having a great amount of items in that category correlates with the problem.

To tackle this issue, we can disable Javascript! Once Javascript is disabled, sometimes an alternative web page will be offered. This alternative page won't likely be as fancy, efficient, or intuive as the past, but it is more reliable!

---How to Disable Javascript---

on a Mac with Firefox

With your Firefox browser open,

[Step 1] Double check that your firefox browser is selected by clicking the window with your cursor. "Firefox" will appear in the top menu and directly right of the Apple symbol.

[Step 2] Click on "Firefox" there to open the menu. Click and open "Preferences" in this menu.

[Step 3]  On the "Preferences" window, click the "Content tab". Click the box next to "Enable Javascript" to remove the solid blue filling.

[Step 4] Close the "Preferences" window and click the refresh  button to apply your changes.

Use these same steps to Enable Javascript again! Remember that many webpages require it to function.

on a Mac with Safari

With your Safari browser open,

[Step 1] Double check that your Safari browser is selected by clicking the window with your cursor. "Safari" will appear in the top menu and directly right of the Apple symbol.

[Step 2] Click on "Safari" there to open the menu. Click and open "Preferences" in this menu.

[Step 3]  On the "Preferences" window, click the "Security" tab. Click the box next to "Enable Javascript" to remove the solid blue filling.

[Step 4] Close the "Preferences" window and click the refresh  button to apply your changes.

Use these same steps to Enable Javascript again! Remember that many webpages require it to function.

on a Mac or PC with Chrome

With your Google Chrome browser open,

[Step 1] (Mac users) Double check that your Chrome browser is selected by clicking the window with your cursor. "Chrome" will appear in the top menu and directly right of the Apple symbol.

[Step 2] Click on "Chrome" there to open the menu. Click and open "Preferences" in this menu.

[Step 3] Chrome will open a new tab in your browser "chrome://settings/". Here, scroll down and click "advanced settings" at the bottom

[Step 4] With more options openned nagivate to "Content settings" under privacy and click it. Click and fill the circle next to "Do not allow any site to run Javascript" then click Done.

[Step 5] Close the "settings" tab and click the refresh  button to apply your changes.

Use these same steps to Enable Javascript again! Remember that many webpages require it to function.

on a PC with Firefox

With your Firefox browser open,

[Step 1] Click on the orange "Firefox" logo at the top left of your window. Click "Options" in the right blue sub-menu.

[Step 2]  On the "Options" window, click the "Content tab". Click the box next to "Enable Javascript" to remove the blue check.

[Step 3] Close the "Options" window and click the refresh  button to apply your changes.

Use these same steps to Enable Javascript again! Remember that many webpages require it to function.

on a PC with Internet Explorer

With your I.E. browser open,

[Step 1] Click on the blue gear to the top right of the window bar (directly below the minimize, maximum, and close buttons)

[Step 2] Click on "Internet Options" in the menu

[Step 3] Click on the "Security" tab

[Step 4] Click on the "Custom Level" button to open additional settings. Drag the menu far down to "Scripting"

[Step 5] Under "Active Scripting", check the box next to "disable"

[Step 6] Close the "Internet Options" window and click the refresh  button to apply your changes.

Keywords: javascript, browser, moodle

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