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Disable external link warning on the forums
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0xF Fx0
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#1 - 2012-01-29 14:41:36 UTC
How? Seriously, I am not a complete dimwit, nor am I in need of a babysitter. The most annoying thing is perhaps that it brings the opened tab to focus when I want to finish reading the post, then view the contents of the link.

This might very well be the least user friendly feature of any forum in the history of the internet. Like a wart on my nose, I just want it to go away!
Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
#2 - 2012-01-29 14:45:01 UTC
Yes please.

Let me turn jquery back on and let me get rid of this silly custom js nonsense I have to do to fix it.
Archbeholder
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#3 - 2012-01-29 14:45:11 UTC
No, this would be too easy.
EVE is about pain and suffering and forums shouldn't be enjoyable either.
0xF Fx0
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#4 - 2012-01-29 15:49:01 UTC
If anyone at least could explain the rationale why there is no ‘’Disable warning popup’’ check-box to be found anywhere, it would be great. As if links opening in new tabs/windows by default isn’t already painfully annoying, this brings it to a completely new level. An outrage, you might say.

(If there is a ‘’Disable annoying stuff’’ button somewhere that I have missed, please point me in its general direction so I can proceed in mash that sob like it wants it)
gfldex
#5 - 2012-01-29 17:21:03 UTC
0xF Fx0 wrote:
If anyone at least could explain the rationale why there is no ‘’Disable warning popup’’ check-box to be found anywhere, it would be great.


I can. It's called cover your ass. That's one of the results of bad management that puts it's focus on the company instead of the customer.

If you take all the sand out of the box, only the cat poo will remain.
0xF Fx0
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#6 - 2012-01-29 17:22:38 UTC
gfldex wrote:

I can. It's called cover your ass. That's one of the results of bad management that puts it's focus on the company instead of the customer.


How does this solution cover anyone's asses more than a disable button+ disclaimer?
Adunh Slavy
#7 - 2012-01-29 17:32:09 UTC
I like the warning page, please keep it.

Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.  - William Pitt
0xF Fx0
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#8 - 2012-01-29 17:33:50 UTC
Adunh Slavy wrote:
I like the warning page, please keep it.


Did I at any point ask for it to be completely removed?
Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
#9 - 2012-01-29 17:41:23 UTC
0xF Fx0 wrote:
(If there is a ‘’Disable annoying stuff’’ button somewhere that I have missed, please point me in its general direction so I can proceed in mash that sob like it wants it)
It's called “blocking the relevant javascripts and injecting your own custom JS to fix all the broken links”.

Granted, doing so breaks a vast array of forum functions, so it might not be the best of options (but it sure makes them a whole lot faster).
Solstice Project
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#10 - 2012-01-29 17:41:24 UTC
All this typing - and reading - about the warning window takes more time
that's needed to click YES for a few hundred times ...

But besides that bullcrap, whenever i use the middle mouse button to open a link,
it opens it in a new window and keeps the focus in the old one ...

... so you might want to consider checking your configuration ?

I can share the "pain" of having the focus switched,
but i can't understand the issue, because there's an easy workaround ?


Edit: Also ... only cowards hide behind alts.
Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
#11 - 2012-01-29 18:07:38 UTC
Solstice Project wrote:
But besides that bullcrap, whenever i use the middle mouse button to open a link,
it opens it in a new window and keeps the focus in the old one ...

... so you might want to consider checking your configuration ?
The problem is that it's completely browser-dependent. Some browsers do that, others do not. The fundamental issue is that the script breaks standard browser behaviour, which is a horribly bad idea to begin with. The old version where you got a warning page was a far better solution that the current scripted one since it didn't affect that behaviour and was reasonably easy to script away.

What we have now is just plain old unsound design.
Taint
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#12 - 2012-01-29 18:22:06 UTC
And when your acount gets hacked youl be back on the forums crying like a 6 year old girl.
Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
#13 - 2012-01-29 18:24:41 UTC
Taint wrote:
And when your acount gets hacked youl be back on the forums crying like a 6 year old girl.
You're assuming that the link warning is actually helping against anything and that people aren't just clicking through it.

That's a pretty huge assumption.

At any rate, I haven't been hacked so far, and I've completely disabled the link warning on my end.
0xF Fx0
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#14 - 2012-01-29 18:32:52 UTC
Taint wrote:
And when your acount gets hacked youl be back on the forums crying like a 6 year old girl.


Given the fact that 90% of the time when I click outgoing links, I am browsing via my laptop, which runs Arch Linux, I don't think I am under much risk from common keyloggers and the like.

Also, I browsed the old forums without this popup for years and as unbelievable as it might seem, I was never hacked.