thing I wasn't doing anything productive this evening :) Good security policies begin with "deny all" and then proceed with selective allows. NoScript is far from perfect and there is some legitimate complaints about what its author has done, but it's basic premise of denying all scripting from (almost) all websites makes it the single most important security extension I use. Those who think ABP is the first extension that should be installed clearly don't have a grasp on good security. ABP does not begin with "deny all". And those that think all scripted malware begins with third party ads also need to get educated. For me, ad suppression is a must have because I can't stand ads, not because of security concerns. At best ad suppression is a not very good but nonetheless minimally helpful bonus layer in my security perimeter, but that's being generous. I'm amazed at the commenters for this posting because no one seems to get this. Look, I'd be absolutely delighted to replace NoScript with a superior alternative, but unlike ABP , there isn't one! I use Privoxy on a separate proxy server so that I needn't bother with administering something like ABP on every profile on every computer. I've nothing against ABP ... well, all the ranting and willingness to solve the NoScript problem with such venom does have me concerned now... but good security and practicalities demand I use NoScript -- not so for ABP . What I want is for NoScript-like functionality