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Firefox 3: From HTML Renderer To Information Broker - InformationWeek
Firefox 3: From HTML Renderer To Information BrokerInformationWeek, NY - Jan 3, 2007Looks like the Mozilla folks are working on turning Firefox from HTML renderer to information broker. Using technology called “microformats,” the browser …
The NSFW HTML Attribute (Slashdot)
phaln writes “Over at The Frosty Mug Revolution, PJ Doland makes a compelling case for a new HTML attribute in the spirit of the highly-regarded ‘nofollow’ attribute promoted by Google ? the NSFW attribute (rel=’nsfw’). His original idea has been refined and expanded by positive comments from readers, resulting in a semantic solution to the issue he raises in the original post. From the article: …
HTML Encoded Captchas (Slashdot)
rangeva writes to tell us about a twist he has developed on the common Captcha technique to discourage spam bots: HECs encode the Captcha image into HTML, thus presenting an unsolved challenge to the bots’ programmers. From the writeup: “The Captcha is no longer an image and therefore not a resource they can download and process. The owner of the site can change the properties of the Captcha’s …