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Forget the Javascript tricks; the idea that an ordinary person can look at a URL and decide if it is safe to open or not is ridiculous. Even if the browser coul
by NelsonMinar 14y ago
Forget the Javascript tricks; the idea that an ordinary person can look at a URL and decide if it is safe to open or not is ridiculous. Even if the browser could 100% show people what URL would open that doesn't give users enough information to then know if it's OK to click on it.
- jebblue 14y agoI think what bugs people is that the browser could be seen as tricking the user, even lying to the user; not whether the clickable link is bad but whether we should trust what the browser tells us in a very fundamental way.