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A webapp based on a browser bug on visited links color

• nestlequ1k 17y ago
  can anyone explain the browser bug they are leveraging?
  • Gmo 17y ago
    It's using the :visited css pseudo-class. If you put visited link in a different color in your css, you can then check what is the current color of the link with Javascript, and from that infer wether the link has been visited or not
  • adrinavarro 17y ago
    Not really a browser bug: <style> .first:visited {background:url(visited-ycombinator.png)} .second:visited {background:url(visited-twitter.png)} #layer {text-indent:-10000px} </style> <div id="layer"> <a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/ class="first">first</a> <a href="http://www.twitter.com// class="second">second</a> </div> That code will hit a PNG file if you visited the link. Now just replace the PNG for a pixel beacon which logs every hit and it's done.
• _ck_ 17y ago
  I guess that's one more IP to block in the firewall.