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if you block JS you get this message > This website is literally about JavaScript. I mean what did you expect, a .NET application? This website is 99.9% poorly

if you block JS you get this message > This website is literally about JavaScript. I mean what did you expect, a .NET application? This website is 99.9% poorly optimized and highly questionable JS. And yet, you have JS turned off.

franciscop 5y ago
If you open the console to check after you're finished, it says: "What, are you going to check if the results are accurate? Go ahead " But if you open it console while doing the test, it says: "Hey, stop cheating! "
- amelius 5y ago
  Why the hell can websites tell that I'm in the console? If I want to inspect some parts of a website (perhaps save an image), then I don't want that website to interfere.
  - woutr_be 5y ago
    They don’t. They just use “console.log”, you see it because you opened the console. It’s not like they know you’re there and then write a message.
    - hmsimha 5y ago
      Devtools can actually be detected to a certain extent - https://github.com/sindresorhus/devtools-detect https://github.com/sindresorhus/devtools-detect
      - amelius 5y ago
        This entire project should be copied verbatim into browser bug trackers, imho.
      - pityJuke 5y ago
        > Doesn't work if DevTools is undocked and will show false positive if you toggle any kind of sidebar. This annoys me every time because I use Tree Style Tab, and a website tries to detect DevTools. See Samy Kamkar's website [0]. [0]: https://samy.pl/ https://samy.pl/
      - khasan222 5y ago
        Seems like this guy is just using a width a height difference to detect this. Also some ‘window.FireBug’ property, that doesn’t turn up much currently in chrome or ff console on Ubuntu
  - timvdalen 5y ago
    While there are some ways to detect having devtools open[1], this website isn't actually using them. Instead, it just always writes these messages to the console. Before navigating to the answers, it clears the console so you don't see the messages that were logged before. [1]: https://stackoverflow.com/a/7809413/451847 https://stackoverflow.com/a/7809413/451847
    - shoeffner 5y ago
      This answer how facebook does (did?) it and why is also very interesting: https://stackoverflow.com/a/21693931 https://stackoverflow.com/a/21693931
  - LW9ucKsYuvuVeBa 5y ago
    Not used in this case but if you open the console docked (which is the default as opposed to a separate window) then the resolution of the window will change.
- Groxx 5y ago
  Noscript page also includes: <script>var answers="I SAID STOP CHEATING! >:( You will get answers and explanations at the end, you dang dastardly dangusson."</script> I love sites that have easter-eggs in noscript/console. Noscript I can see being annoying (i.e. instead of showing content), but there are some exceptions like this site.

franciscop 5y ago

If you open the console to check after you're finished, it says: "What, are you going to check if the results are accurate? Go ahead " But if you open it console while doing the test, it says: "Hey, stop cheating! "

amelius 5y ago
Why the hell can websites tell that I'm in the console? If I want to inspect some parts of a website (perhaps save an image), then I don't want that website to interfere.
- woutr_be 5y ago
  They don’t. They just use “console.log”, you see it because you opened the console. It’s not like they know you’re there and then write a message.
  - hmsimha 5y ago
    Devtools can actually be detected to a certain extent - https://github.com/sindresorhus/devtools-detect https://github.com/sindresorhus/devtools-detect
    - amelius 5y ago
      This entire project should be copied verbatim into browser bug trackers, imho.
    - pityJuke 5y ago
      > Doesn't work if DevTools is undocked and will show false positive if you toggle any kind of sidebar. This annoys me every time because I use Tree Style Tab, and a website tries to detect DevTools. See Samy Kamkar's website [0]. [0]: https://samy.pl/ https://samy.pl/
    - khasan222 5y ago
      Seems like this guy is just using a width a height difference to detect this. Also some ‘window.FireBug’ property, that doesn’t turn up much currently in chrome or ff console on Ubuntu
- timvdalen 5y ago
  While there are some ways to detect having devtools open[1], this website isn't actually using them. Instead, it just always writes these messages to the console. Before navigating to the answers, it clears the console so you don't see the messages that were logged before. [1]: https://stackoverflow.com/a/7809413/451847 https://stackoverflow.com/a/7809413/451847
  - shoeffner 5y ago
    This answer how facebook does (did?) it and why is also very interesting: https://stackoverflow.com/a/21693931 https://stackoverflow.com/a/21693931
- LW9ucKsYuvuVeBa 5y ago
  Not used in this case but if you open the console docked (which is the default as opposed to a separate window) then the resolution of the window will change.
Groxx 5y ago
Noscript page also includes: <script>var answers="I SAID STOP CHEATING! >:( You will get answers and explanations at the end, you dang dastardly dangusson."</script> I love sites that have easter-eggs in noscript/console. Noscript I can see being annoying (i.e. instead of showing content), but there are some exceptions like this site.