Excellent work, thanks for that contribution, that's quite a list!
On 29 March 2013 20:30, Doctor McKay <mc...@doctormckay.com> wrote: > Rumor that Valve is considering removing the MOTD > entirely.<https://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?p=1922141#post1922141> > > Because of this, I decided to compile a > list<https://docs.google.com/document/d/14GFAlNwhtuoNq4XKqSFvPuAA7iZYmcztQiRT85FjTzU/edit?usp=sharing>of > plugins that would entirely or partially break if this change was made. > > > > Doctor McKay > http://www.doctormckay.com > mc...@doctormckay.com > > > On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 2:27 PM, 1nsane <1nsane...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Where did you hear this "rumor" from? >> >> >> On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 2:15 PM, Paul <ubyu....@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Disabling window.open(...)'s JavaScript function wouldn't effect pop-up >>> screens, however if the rumor that I've heard is true then that would >>> indeed be bad for such plugins, and could see the community shrink on TF2 >>> as a result. >>> >>> >>> On 29 March 2013 16:42, Mart-Jan Reeuwijk <mreeu...@yahoo.com> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Hmm, pop-up screens for plugins like !bp and many others are done by >>>> users, but its the server's plugin that pops the requested webpage to the >>>> client. I'd hate to see such go, unless some can be worked out with the >>>> steam overlay browser, but that would cause a lot of abuse is my guess. >>>> (servers loading up a huge site in there without the player aware etc). >>>> >>>> If it would be in the form of temporary "links" (bookmark) in the bar >>>> on top of the overlay browser, that those only get opened when the client >>>> clicks on them, that would end any form of abuse. >>>> >>>> ------------------------------ >>>> *From:* Paul <ubyu....@gmail.com> >>>> *To:* Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list < >>>> hlds@list.valvesoftware.com> >>>> *Sent:* Friday, 29 March 2013, 10:15 >>>> >>>> *Subject:* Re: [hlds] Suggestion and query regarding MOTD >>>> >>>> Hi guys, >>>> Yes I understand what you're saying. That isn't what I mean though. >>>> I've heard rumors (yes, on a forum, not exactly a reliable source I know) >>>> that there are plans in the works to make a massive change to the MOTD so >>>> that it can't be used by server plugins mid-game, and that it will only be >>>> usable at the beginning (when you connect), presumably due to rare problems >>>> such as what I mentioned occurring on certain servers. I'm guessing the >>>> rumors aren't true, but even so I was suggesting that it if the rumors are >>>> true that instead of doing that you could fix the problem by disabling the >>>> functionality of JavaScript's window.open(...), alert(...) and confirm(...) >>>> functions. Disabling those three functions would prevent any webpages that >>>> are loaded in the MOTD from either making an additional popup window, or >>>> temporarily losing mouse focus in the game to an alert/confirm box. >>>> Hopefully I've made myself a little clearer now, I didn't mean Java, I do >>>> mean JavaScript. >>>> >>>> Many thanks, >>>> Paul. >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>>> please visit: >>>> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>>> please visit: >>>> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>> please visit: >>> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > https://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/hlds > >
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