The new apps combine the best of online and offline apps, the company says, similar to the apps on a smartphone. Most Websites without JavaScript don’t look the same, but you should be able to read the entire text of the article you intended to read. Until now, Google’s Chrome Web apps worked only online. Here is the plugin I use in Google Chrome Īfter you install the JavaScript plugin in Google Chrome you will see the button on the top right corner:Ĭlick the button to Disable/Enable JavaScript on a website. Most Browsers allow you to disable JavaScript completely, but that will set you back at least 10 years in the Web evolution so I’ll rather use a plugin to selectively disable JavaScript on certain websites.

you see nowadays in most websites are created using JavaScript so disabling JavaScript on your browser will get rid of the paywall pop-ups from the New York Times or the Washington Post and other websites that use the same mechanism as well. Most fancy things like pop-ups, ads, signup forms, etc. After that, this action will prevent the process from running in the background. Then toggle off the option Continue running background apps when Google Chrome is closed. In the pop-up window, click Advanced to continue.

So how do you bypass these paywall pop-ups? Click the three-dot icon on Google Chrome.

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