Comments on: PopBox! – A Javascript Image Magnifier

By: Steven

Steven — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 07:43:57 +0000

For some reason I’m not seeing the spam…
If I did though, it is probably a XSS, although I wouldn’t be suprised if WP was hacked with how open-sourced they are.
Now about the actual post, I think it’s a great concept, although it is screwed in Opera 9 and IE6… I figured IE would bug out, but Opera? Come on guys.

By: Copongcopong

Copongcopong — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 02:13:17 +0000

your entries are spammed or wp is hacked, there are just hidden.

By: Charles

Charles — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 23:36:32 +0000

I prefer non-intrusive image popups that don’t break validation. But hey, for those of you who develop so simply they don’t care about valid HTML, PopBox is great.

@Mislav: To get laid with AJAX, it’s all in how you request it and process the response.

By: Ollie

Ollie — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 21:28:46 +0000

Guys there is no magic here – that HTML is in the entry above. Clearly intended for bot eyes only.

View source – the content of the paragraph is hidden with some simple CSS:

Luckily – some feed readers strip inline styles such as this!

By: Andy Kant

Andy Kant — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 19:53:43 +0000

Pretty cool effect that could definitely have some applications. Generally though, I’m not sure that forcing the user to download a bunch of full size images is best practice.

By: nicholas

nicholas — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 15:40:43 +0000

yep, i got the spams on RSS too…

By: Olmo Maldonado

Olmo Maldonado — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 15:38:56 +0000

No tags on this one? How’d you find this? haha…

By: izb

izb — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 14:06:58 +0000

If you work out how they did it, let us know – coz that’s just weird.

By: Rey Bango

Rey Bango — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 13:48:38 +0000

Thanks for letting us know guys. I’ll make sure this gets looked into.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 13:36:29 +0000

LOLZ _|00z b33n pwnd

By: HÃ¥vard Pedersen

HÃ¥vard Pedersen — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 12:42:15 +0000

Too bad it looks like a trainwreck in Opera 9.5… :-/

By: Krof Drakula

Krof Drakula — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 12:28:18 +0000

Hmmm… on second glance, it seems your WordPress installation might have been compromised. They seem to point to another WordPress installation. Possibly an XSS exploit.

By: Krof Drakula

Krof Drakula — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 12:23:01 +0000

Because there’s a hidden tag in the poster’s article just below the last visible paragraph.

I someone trying to leverage Ajaxian’s popularity for his own personal gain? Tsk tsk tsk.

By: Vsync

Vsync — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 12:04:10 +0000

I liked it, nice thinking!