Opinion about NoScript plugin affairs

[2009/05/06] NLnet funds a significant number of projects, some of which provide very important functionality to end users. Recently, it came to light that one of the projects which receive funding from NLnet --the people responsible for coding the quintessential browser plugin NoScript-- crossed that line. It made the regrettable move to take invasive countermeasures against another plugin that blocks s, which can be regarded as (hacker)ethically irresponsible. Since NoScript itself also functions as an advertisement blocker for websites that use to draw iframes with advertisements, exceptions were made for this as well. We consider the type of functionality that NoScript provides quintessential to modern web users, as it is currently the state-of-the-art in protection against the risks that many 'web 2.0' technologies invoke --with both usability and security in mind. We think that Mozilla, Webkit, Microsoft and other browser suppliers should implement this natively --Opera has already taken the first steps-- thus taking the implementation of this type of important protection mechanism into their regular quality control system.