Instructing web clients to ignore scripts in specified portions of web pages

Apparatus, comprising:

• a processor;
• computer memory holding computer program instructions that when executed by the processor control a web client, the computer program instructions comprising:
• program code to receive a web document from a server, the web document including a first tag having a tag name, and a second tag having the tag name and paired with the first tag to form a tag pair defined by a <tag name:
• identifier> syntax, each of the first and second tags further including a same identifier that is distinct from the tag name of the tag pair, the tag pair being an instruction to the web client to ignore given information located within the tag pair when the tag pair and its associated same identifier are present, the given information being a client-side script;
• program code to parse the web document to attempt to locate the tag pair using the <tag name:
• identifier> syntax;
• program code to determine if the tag pair and its associated same identifier are present;
• and
• program code operative when the tag pair and its associated same identifier are present to automatically bypass the given information located within the tag pair.

A computer program product in a non-transitory computer readable medium for use in a data processing system, the computer program product holding computer program instructions which, when executed by the data processing system, control a web client, the computer program instructions comprising:

• program code to receive a web document from a server, the web document including a first tag having a tag name, and a second tag having the tag name and paired with the first tag to form a tag pair defined by a <tag name:
• identifier> syntax, each of the first and second tags further including a same identifier that is distinct from the tag name of the tag pair, the tag pair being an instruction to the web client to ignore given information located within the tag pair when the tag pair and its associated same identifier are present, the given information being a client-side script;
• program code to parse the web document to attempt to locate the tag pair using the <tag name:
• identifier> syntax;
• program code to determine if the tag pair and its associated same identifier are present;
• and
• program code operative when the tag pair and its associated same identifier are present to automatically bypass the given information located within the tag pair.