I accidentally enabled "Disable restrictions globally (dangerous)" and didn't realize it (even with the warning message that now appears if I click the NoScript status icon) that I had goofed. It took me seeing the warning message a couple times before I realized what had happened and clicked the corrective link. (It doesn't help that the corrective link is in red text, something which I have trouble grokking.)
And that said, if I did accidentally activate it, presumably a website could do damage even before I had a chance to respond to the new warning.
It would be better, if someone clicks "Disable restrictions globally (dangerous)" to provide a confirmation dialog before actually putting it into effect. Possible wording might be:
"You have requested disabling all JavaScript restrictions on all websites. This is dangerous. Are you sure you want to do this?"
With two buttons having two words each:
Cancel (safe)
Continue (dangerous)
I accidentally enabled "Disable restrictions globally (dangerous)" and didn't realize it (even with the warning message that now appears if I click the NoScript status icon) that I had goofed. It took me seeing the warning message a couple times before I realized what had happened and clicked the corrective link. (It doesn't help that the corrective link is in red text, something which I have trouble grokking.)
And that said, if I did accidentally activate it, presumably a website could do damage even before I had a chance to respond to the new warning.
It would be better, if someone clicks "Disable restrictions globally (dangerous)" to provide a confirmation dialog before actually putting it into effect. Possible wording might be:
"You have requested disabling all JavaScript restrictions on all websites. This is dangerous. Are you sure you want to do this?"
With two buttons having two words each: Cancel (safe) Continue (dangerous)