Comments for inside aebrahim's head http://blog.ebrahim.org Ali Ebrahim on web standards, software developement, technology, politics and law. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:02:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 Comment on Google Munging Search Result URIs by aebrahim http://blog.ebrahim.org/2008/07/01/google-munging-search-result-uris/#comment-1016 aebrahim Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:30:26 +0000 http://blog.ebrahim.org/?p=206#comment-1016 Rich, that's basically correct and the old approach did not affect usability. The new approach does and makes both the copy link function "broken" and also makes the bottom statusbar of most browsers show a URL that is not easily human parseable. Rich, that’s basically correct and the old approach did not affect usability. The new approach does and makes both the copy link function “broken” and also makes the bottom statusbar of most browsers show a URL that is not easily human parseable.

]]> Comment on Google Munging Search Result URIs by Rich Dougherty http://blog.ebrahim.org/2008/07/01/google-munging-search-result-uris/#comment-1010 Rich Dougherty Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:31:21 +0000 http://blog.ebrahim.org/?p=206#comment-1010 Usually they're more tricky. Each link the Google's search results fires an onclick event which rewrites the 'href' into a tracking URL. That means that when you hover over the link, or copy it, you see one URL, but when you click it you go via a tracking URL. Usually they’re more tricky. Each link the Google’s search results fires an onclick event which rewrites the ‘href’ into a tracking URL. That means that when you hover over the link, or copy it, you see one URL, but when you click it you go via a tracking URL.

]]> Comment on Google Munging Search Result URIs by Robert O'Callahan http://blog.ebrahim.org/2008/07/01/google-munging-search-result-uris/#comment-1005 Robert O'Callahan Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:54:13 +0000 http://blog.ebrahim.org/?p=206#comment-1005 What Blake said. They've been doing this for years. It's to track which link you click on. The <a> feature was designed to eliminate the need for this but it was disabled due to misguided privacy concerns. What Blake said. They’ve been doing this for years. It’s to track which link you click on. The feature was designed to eliminate the need for this but it was disabled due to misguided privacy concerns.

]]> Comment on Google Munging Search Result URIs by Lee Houghton http://blog.ebrahim.org/2008/07/01/google-munging-search-result-uris/#comment-1003 Lee Houghton Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:13:13 +0000 http://blog.ebrahim.org/?p=206#comment-1003 It's kind of annoying, especially what happens when you try to copy it - and results in people pasting huge links to IRC >:(. As far as I know, it's just there for tracking. I guess it's nice to know this sort of thing in Personalised History, if you like that sort of thing, and also for Google Webmaster Tools... but it would be nicer if <a> worked, without having to break Copy Link Location. It’s kind of annoying, especially what happens when you try to copy it - and results in people pasting huge links to IRC >:(. As far as I know, it’s just there for tracking. I guess it’s nice to know this sort of thing in Personalised History, if you like that sort of thing, and also for Google Webmaster Tools… but it would be nicer if worked, without having to break Copy Link Location.

]]> Comment on Google Munging Search Result URIs by Blake Kaplan http://blog.ebrahim.org/2008/07/01/google-munging-search-result-uris/#comment-1002 Blake Kaplan Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:05:47 +0000 http://blog.ebrahim.org/?p=206#comment-1002 I think they've been doing this for a while. Randomly, you'll get munged links, allowing them to track whatever it is that they track and randomly you won't. I think they’ve been doing this for a while. Randomly, you’ll get munged links, allowing them to track whatever it is that they track and randomly you won’t.

]]> Comment on Firefox 3 and Hotmail Incompatibility? by Eurasianman http://blog.ebrahim.org/2008/06/20/firefox-3-and-hotmail-incompatibility/#comment-796 Eurasianman Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:49:31 +0000 http://blog.ebrahim.org/?p=204#comment-796 Installing the IE Tab add-on for FireFox 3 and changing the "rendering engine" allowed me to view Hotmail Full without issues :) Installing the IE Tab add-on for FireFox 3 and changing the “rendering engine” allowed me to view Hotmail Full without issues :)

]]> Comment on Firefox 3 and Hotmail Incompatibility? by shantharam http://blog.ebrahim.org/2008/06/20/firefox-3-and-hotmail-incompatibility/#comment-789 shantharam Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:54:48 +0000 http://blog.ebrahim.org/?p=204#comment-789 I tried with hotmail also its working properly. I tried with hotmail also its working properly.

]]> Comment on Firefox 3 and Hotmail Incompatibility? by shantharam http://blog.ebrahim.org/2008/06/20/firefox-3-and-hotmail-incompatibility/#comment-788 shantharam Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:52:21 +0000 http://blog.ebrahim.org/?p=204#comment-788 Hello, install IE Tab add-on from firefox website it will render IE compatible websites properly Link : https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1419 Hello,
install IE Tab add-on from firefox website it will render IE compatible websites properly
Link :
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1419

]]> Comment on Firefox 3 and Hotmail Incompatibility? by peter scott http://blog.ebrahim.org/2008/06/20/firefox-3-and-hotmail-incompatibility/#comment-764 peter scott Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:08:47 +0000 http://blog.ebrahim.org/?p=204#comment-764 This is a real pain in the ass... seems that with every new version of firefox, ie, hotmail... whatever... the whole internet experience is becoming more complicated, riddled with conflicts and less user friendly. shouldn't it be going in the opposite direction? This is a real pain in the ass… seems that with every new version of firefox, ie, hotmail… whatever… the whole internet experience is becoming more complicated, riddled with conflicts and less user friendly. shouldn’t it be going in the opposite direction?

]]> Comment on Firefox 3 and Hotmail Incompatibility? by Chris Cunningham http://blog.ebrahim.org/2008/06/20/firefox-3-and-hotmail-incompatibility/#comment-759 Chris Cunningham Sat, 21 Jun 2008 11:20:37 +0000 http://blog.ebrahim.org/?p=204#comment-759 <blockquote>Personally I find it highly surprising that Microsoft haven’t worked out a solution in the last couple of months for this highly visible bug resulting in widespread poor user experience</blockquote> Why? It's in Microsoft's best interest to perpetuate the idea that using alternative browsers "breaks the internet". This particular issue has been pointed out to them countless times, so it's definitely deliberate. - Chris

Personally I find it highly surprising that Microsoft haven’t worked out a solution in the last couple of months for this highly visible bug resulting in widespread poor user experience

Why? It’s in Microsoft’s best interest to perpetuate the idea that using alternative browsers “breaks the internet”. This particular issue has been pointed out to them countless times, so it’s definitely deliberate.

- Chris

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