[tbb-bugs] #17767 [Tor Browser]: Make it more clear that JavaScript is disabled on security level "high"

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#17767: Make it more clear that JavaScript is disabled on security level "high"
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 Reporter:  gk                   |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  defect               |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium               |      Milestone:
Component:  Tor Browser          |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal               |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tbb-security-slider  |  Actual Points:
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Comment (by gk):

 Replying to [comment:1 cypherpunks]:
 > The explanation is consistent and that part contains important
 information that shouldn't be removed. Disabled by default means exactly
 that - by default.
 > Perhaps it would be clearer with the sentence about JS disabled on all
 sites by default coming first. I don't think it's a big difference,
 though.

 I think there is a big difference: users might want to inform themselves
 about the JavaScript behavior if they switch to the highest security
 level. They start reading and come to the first note about performance
 optimizations. They think they've found the information they were looking
 for and stop reading as the sentences are pretty clear: JavaScript is on
 but just slower.
 They are wrong. That does not describe this security level. The only thing
 that describes it is that JavaScript is disabled by default on all sites.

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