Hi,

On 25 March 2010 17:21, Platonides <platoni...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Jean-Marc van Leerdam wrote:
>> Regardless of whether you succeed in hiding the 'view source' tab, how
>> will you counter URL manipulation by the user?
>>
>> AFAIK anyone can change the URL to
>>
>> ...index.php?title=Pagename&action=edit
>>
>> and then get presented with the 'view source' results (or the edit
>> window for that matter if the user/anon has edit rights).
>>
>> Or are you only concerned in the aestethics of the page rendering?
>
> The [view source] tab appears only when you don't have permission to
> edit it, so going to the direct url won't allow you to modify it.
>

Yes, I know that, what I wanted to add is that suppressing the 'view
source' tab as a means to hide the Wiki source from viewers is
insufficient.

-- 
Regards,

Jean-Marc
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