Comments on: Annoying blog trait: please stop trying to hijack the browser window

By: Stephen

Stephen — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 19:48:54 +0000

Unfortunately this behavior is about to become a whole lot more common. Due to click-jacking, it’s very possible many sites will implement frame-busting scripts in order to prevent this exploit…

That is unless browser vendors find a way to fix it, and I honestly don’t see how it can be done without breaking some of DHTML core.

By: Doug Gibson

Doug Gibson — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 04:44:04 +0000

The other side of the site-owner monetization issue is that it can impact your earnings directly. Some ad networks flag those framed calls to your content (and therefore the ad calls) and may dispute them. Others may not serve the ads at all. I was actually thinking about re-adding a frame busting script to my largest site. Why? Google Images is my biggest referrer each month, and they pull up your page in a frameset…

But overall, I totally agree with your sentiment on this one Kay. In the age of RSS, you really need to realize that your content is being consumed in tons of different ways. But I would never have guessed that such an on-site script would present a problem without reading your complaint either. Even though the means to being inconvenienced by it are fairly round-about (using a partial feed from an aggregator and Firefox extensions to augment an online service), the underlying points is good food for thought.

By: Gary Barber

Gary Barber — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:55:34 +0000

@Raymond – from someone on lurking side of the ColdFusion community. Thankyou.

By: kay

kay — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:19:21 +0000

Sir, you are a Jedi and a Gentleman

By: Raymond Camden

Raymond Camden — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:04:30 +0000

I’ve removed the frame buster for now. It isn’t removed from BlogCFC code itself – I’ll have to think more on it, but for now, my blog is framable. Just don’t tell anyone. Shhhhhh.