How do I turn off java script and what will it do

[tampon]

Trying to watch some streaming movies, some have been taken off dailymotion, been on the forum and they say it will work with java turned off. How do I do that and is it leaving myself open to anything ?

[dern]

Java and JavaScript are different things. If you turn off or uninstall Java it'll mean that you won't be able to run Java programs (standalone applications which you probably haven't got any of) or Java applets (java applications that run in browsers such as yahoo pool). If you turn off javascript then plenty of web pages won't work but this is easily reversible and simply a matter of disabling it in your browser options and the re-enabling once you find nothing works.

Turning off either will simply leave you able to do less stuff but not open you up to any security issues... quite the opposite in fact.

Edited by dern on Wednesday 31st January 20:44

[roadsweeper]

As the previous poster says, Java and JavaScript are very different beasts. Java is a full-featured programming language typically delivere din web pages using applet technology. JavaScript is a much more basic client-side scripting language (not really a programming language) originally intended for basic stuff like formatting, validation and basic dynamic functions.

If you want to switch JavaScript off by default and enable by domain then there is a nice plug-in for the FireFox broswer called NoScript which will substantially increase your security when browsing.