Re: OT: ajax image galleries

2008-06-05 Thread Joseph Reeves
Yes, you're right, any site can redirect to anywhere else, but if that happens and I end up somewhere I don't want to be, I can blacklist both the original site and the target. I admit that this may be an exercise in futility, but at least it's possible. My personal mail client, and the one I use

Re: OT: ajax image galleries

2008-06-05 Thread Andy Powell
On Thursday 05 June 2008 09:31, Joseph Reeves wrote: Yes, you're right, any site can redirect to anywhere else, but if that happens and I end up somewhere I don't want to be, I can blacklist both the original site and the target. I admit that this may be an exercise in futility, but at least

OT: ajax image galleries

2008-06-04 Thread Chris Wright
2008/6/3 Marco Trevisan (Treviño) [EMAIL PROTECTED]: There are some pics and videos by Einstein from freeyourphone.de: - http://tinyurl.com/66ktzl (URL maps to http://freeyourphone.de/portal_v1/gallery/menu.php?gallery=membersalbum_id=8 ) Those AJAX image widgets seem to be designed

Re: OT: ajax image galleries

2008-06-04 Thread Cindy Mottershead
The ones you pointed to do lack the visual cues but that is due to the implementation, not the design. These usually are not implemented in AJAX, it is simple javascript. Most implementations supply the visual cues. The big advantage to using this 'lightbox' display is it focus all

Re: OT: ajax image galleries

2008-06-04 Thread Paul Bonser
On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 10:38 AM, Chris Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2008/6/3 Marco Trevisan (Treviño) [EMAIL PROTECTED]: There are some pics and videos by Einstein from freeyourphone.de: - http://tinyurl.com/66ktzl (URL maps to

Re: OT: ajax image galleries

2008-06-04 Thread Joseph Reeves
Disable javascript and it works much better. I use the NoScript FF extension. TinyURL on the other hand... Why would anyone ever use that? I never click on links unless I know where they link to. Here's a plan for abuse: 1: Discover browser 0-day exploit 2: Put up a gallery of FreeRunner

Re: OT: ajax image galleries

2008-06-04 Thread Andy Powell
On Wednesday 04 June 2008 18:12, Joseph Reeves wrote: Disable javascript and it works much better. I use the NoScript FF extension. Best FF extension imho. TinyURL on the other hand... Why would anyone ever use that? I never click on links unless I know where they link to. Here's a plan for

Re: OT: ajax image galleries

2008-06-04 Thread andy selby
Those AJAX image widgets seem to be designed adversarially. They prevent tabbed browsing of images, make it difficult to link to an image, impose additional delays on the viewer, and introduce a new UI for navigating the galleries that doesn't fit in with any existing browser. Yeah, I don't

OT: TinyURL [Was: OT: ajax image galleries]

2008-06-04 Thread AVee
On Wednesday 04 June 2008 22:55, Andy Powell wrote: tinyurl is useful instead of typing in twattishly long urls which many sites insist on using. Generally you don;t want to click on a link provided by someone you don't know/trust. Not only that but if I use this url as an example - look what

Re: OT: TinyURL [Was: OT: ajax image galleries]

2008-06-04 Thread Joerg Reisenweber
Am Do 5. Juni 2008 schrieb AVee: On Wednesday 04 June 2008 22:55, Andy Powell wrote: tinyurl is useful instead of typing in twattishly long urls which many sites insist on using. Generally you don;t want to click on a link provided by someone you don't know/trust. Not only that but if I

Re: OT: TinyURL [Was: OT: ajax image galleries]

2008-06-04 Thread Lowell Higley
On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 5:51 PM, Joerg Reisenweber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Am Do 5. Juni 2008 schrieb AVee: On Wednesday 04 June 2008 22:55, Andy Powell wrote: tinyurl is useful instead of typing in twattishly long urls which many sites insist on using. Generally you don;t want to