Shouldn't be there for formating reasons CSS javascript and PHP should handle placement of elements on a page just fine without the need of a 1px big item.
On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 10:22 AM, Owen Densmore <o...@backspaces.net> wrote: > Yesterday, I noticed in the middle of the "You just went to the Google > homepage" conversation, my GMail "accept this image" banner was on, but I > could see no image! > > WTF? > > So I look at the raw source, and indeed, this appears: > > https://app.yesware.com/t/ac60524099a2c2922efb3fea7fcd30ecf03a1=482/5bb54418d45ddd9646340c46dfba6e56/spacer.gif > > .. which when downloaded was a single pixel, invisible due to alpha=0 and > possibly being white. > > This seems to be a way of knowing when the mail was opened, the > yesware.com site can collect statistics on the image being displayed. > > Is anyone doing this on purpose? Or have you caught a malware in your > mail client that is looking at your usage? Or is it simply part of an > obscure formatting stunt? > > BTW: This then appeared in all the rest of the conversation which included > the initial email. > > -- Owen > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >
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