Some websites are blacked out today to raise awareness about SOPA. I think this is great because I share WordPress.org and many other organizations’ opposition to SOPA. But I also share Mashable’s sentiment about it being a slight bummer if you wanted to be productive and use online tools today like Wikipedia. Stan at Mashable just posted a great bit about how to access Wikipedia during the blackout. He suggests disabling JavaScript. It’s easy to do, and here’s how to disable it in Safari.
Click the image below to view the screenshot of the Safari Preferences panel. You’ll find the JavaScript settings under the menu Safari > Preferences, then click “Security” pane, then toggle the settings off to disable, then surf.
Just don’t forget to re-activate your JavaScript settings after you’re done surfing the blacked out sites. You’ll especially want JavaScript active if you have a blog to maintain! All the buttons and formatting images are powered by javascript, and you’ll wonder, “Who broke my WordPress?”
