[yareally]

Oddly, I can see it just fine with JavaScript disabled. I do not use NoScript (I use Opera 12 and whitelist sites to allow JS or not via per site settings[1]). I also have Disqus added to my hosts file (but disabling JS will have the same effect). I would guess perhaps NoScript decides to partially allow some scripts and not others, making for chaos? That just seems like a mess waiting to happen that no developer can 100% predict. No JS or all JS is much easier, but half blocking is not so much when there's dependencies.

However, I realize when sites fail (re-enable JS) and adjust accordingly as anyone that does such things should if they're blocking content (though I'm used to adjusting since I've been using a browser with a minority user base for years). Alternatively, view it via Google cache search (and add strip=1 to the end to remove all images and JS) and run it through readability. While I would prefer all sites to not assume, that's not going to happen and comes down to if I care enough to work around to see the site content or just move along and deem it not worth it.

[1] http://help.opera.com/Windows/12.10/en/sitepreferences.html

[lukeschlather]

I only use Noscript, and I can view the content.

I primarily use NoScript because it does a really good job of blocking modern popups.

[Amadou]

I use NoScript because essentially every browser exploit in the last decade has had javascript as a necessary component. Running the minimum amount of javascript protects against even zero-day attacks.

I say web developers who put their convenience ahead of my security are bastards.

[r0h1n]

> I use Opera 12 and whitelist sites to allow JS or not via per site settings

May I ask how to arrive at what 3rd party domains need to be whitelisted for a site to load properly?

[yareally]

I block everything or not (if I site has that much stuff, I probably don't want anything loading from it since it's not just third parties that could be problematic as the site probably performs like crap with local stuff too). If I don't trust a certain third party, I just add it to my hosts file as it's probably common on a lot of sites.

Finding them involves using Opera Dragonfly, Firebug in Firefox or Live HTTP headers a Firefox Addon (or whatever similar in your browser of choice). Granted that's not easy for everyone to do, but I think most on HN could do that if they wished. Though that's what works for me and I'm just sharing in response to your request :)

[yareally]

Too late to edit my previous post, but if you would like to see my host file list, I can paste it somewhere. Some of it is from other lists and quite a bit is things I add.