Comments on: Getting creative with visited links http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2004/05/23/getting-creative-with-visited-links/ News, opinion, and fresh thinking for web developers and designers. The official podcast of sitepoint.com. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:48:44 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: AlexW http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2004/05/23/getting-creative-with-visited-links/comment-page-1/#comment-3463 AlexW Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 1354864557#comment-3463 <p>Oh, man that 'design eye for the usabililty guy' is so funny but so right it's almost ridiculous.. </p> <p>Genius... unfettered genius.</p> Oh, man that ‘design eye for the usabililty guy’ is so funny but so right it’s almost ridiculous..

Genius… unfettered genius.

]]> By: Jesse Ruderman http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2004/05/23/getting-creative-with-visited-links/comment-page-1/#comment-3464 Jesse Ruderman Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 1354864557#comment-3464 <p>I find it amusing that someone is using background images in combination with :link / :visited. That combination also leads to a privacy hole that lets any web site you visit find out e.g. which Slashdot articles you read. (http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57351)</p> I find it amusing that someone is using background images in combination with :link / :visited. That combination also leads to a privacy hole that lets any web site you visit find out e.g. which Slashdot articles you read. (http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57351)

]]> By: saumendra http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2004/05/23/getting-creative-with-visited-links/comment-page-1/#comment-3465 saumendra Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 1354864557#comment-3465 <p>The Simon Collison's Ticked Off technique, for the links visited were informative and smart way of implementation</p> The Simon Collison’s Ticked Off technique, for the links visited were informative and smart way of implementation

]]> By: Simon Collison http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2004/05/23/getting-creative-with-visited-links/comment-page-1/#comment-3466 Simon Collison Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 1354864557#comment-3466 <p>In response to Jesse's post above, I'm gonna post some info on my site about the bug you describe later today. I actually do not see it as a major security issue, but I agree it is worth highlighting. Check the site later tonight...</p> In response to Jesse’s post above, I’m gonna post some info on my site about the bug you describe later today. I actually do not see it as a major security issue, but I agree it is worth highlighting. Check the site later tonight…

]]> By: Skunk http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2004/05/23/getting-creative-with-visited-links/comment-page-1/#comment-3467 Skunk Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 1354864557#comment-3467 <p>That certainly is an interesting security flaw - well, it's more of a privacy risk than an outright security flaw but I'm not sure where or even if there's a line drawn between the two. Simon Collison's <a href="http://www.collylogic.com/index.php/weblog/comments/52/">write up of the problem</a> is now online for anyone still looking to understand it.</p> That certainly is an interesting security flaw – well, it’s more of a privacy risk than an outright security flaw but I’m not sure where or even if there’s a line drawn between the two. Simon Collison’s write up of the problem is now online for anyone still looking to understand it.

]]> By: Si http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2004/05/23/getting-creative-with-visited-links/comment-page-1/#comment-3468 Si Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 1354864557#comment-3468 <p>I think Simon Collison's technique is quite innovative. Aside of the securit flaws involved, if used properly, it can greatly enhance the user's experience of a website. I know I found it useful to know which articles I had read.</p> I think Simon Collison’s technique is quite innovative. Aside of the securit flaws involved, if used properly, it can greatly enhance the user’s experience of a website. I know I found it useful to know which articles I had read.

]]> By: rundmw http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2004/05/23/getting-creative-with-visited-links/comment-page-1/#comment-3469 rundmw Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 1354864557#comment-3469 <p>Hmmm, my test of the snoop bug/feature (using a CSS background image for a visited link) worked only when the link was displayed. When the link was wrapped in a div with display:none, the browser (IE 6.0.28) never requested the image url. Any ideas?</p> Hmmm, my test of the snoop bug/feature (using a CSS background image for a visited link) worked only when the link was displayed. When the link was wrapped in a div with display:none, the browser (IE 6.0.28) never requested the image url. Any ideas?

]]> By: Skunk http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2004/05/23/getting-creative-with-visited-links/comment-page-1/#comment-3470 Skunk Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 1354864557#comment-3470 <p>Browsers won't load anything that's inside a display: none block, because it isn't treated as part of the visible DOM tree. If you want to hide links that are being used for visited link snooping you'll have to obscure them some other way - by placing them beneath a large absolutely positioned element for example.</p> Browsers won’t load anything that’s inside a display: none block, because it isn’t treated as part of the visible DOM tree. If you want to hide links that are being used for visited link snooping you’ll have to obscure them some other way – by placing them beneath a large absolutely positioned element for example.

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