You shouldn't hotlink someone else's JavaScript
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You shouldn't hotlink someone else's JavaScript
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Re: You shouldn't hotlink someone else's JavaScript
#2The hotlinked js in question is:
http://gsgd.co.uk/sandbox/jquery/easing/jquery.easing.1.3.js
That is a neat way to communicate ;)
Polymath sounds like a cool idea BTW, but probably difficult to monetize. Somebody must pay the tutors for producing/curating the content, but people have gotten so used to educational material being free...
Re: You shouldn't hotlink someone else's JavaScript
#3Screenshot for potential future confused HNers when Polymath realizes it and uses a real CDN: http://i.imgur.com/A8JzHtK.png
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Re: You shouldn't hotlink someone else's JavaScript
#5Ok there is a better way to handle this than adding some html to a page to make a banner, posting to HN, and hoping for the best.
Check for referal headers and throw a 301.
Re: You shouldn't hotlink someone else's JavaScript
#6Lots of services out there like browser-update.org tell you to load snippets of js over http from some random location they control. It's pretty unsafe unless you really know who's running the show over there and how secure their system is. Them being compromise could make every user site vulnerable.
Re: You shouldn't hotlink someone else's JavaScript
#7Lots of services out there like browser-update.org tell you to load snippets of js over http from some random location they control. It's pretty unsafe unless you really know who's running the show over there and how secure their system is. Them being compromise could make every user site vulnerable.
There is of course the maintenance issue... what happens when their script is updated and breaks how you use it?
Re: You shouldn't hotlink someone else's JavaScript
#8Ok there is a better way to handle this than adding some html to a page to make a banner, posting to HN, and hoping for the best. Check for referal headers and throw a 301.
I hope referrals will be disabled anytime soon. Firefox has AFAIK disable referrals to other domains by default.
Re: You shouldn't hotlink someone else's JavaScript
#9Ok there is a better way to handle this than adding some html to a page to make a banner, posting to HN, and hoping for the best. Check for referal headers and throw a 301.
Or just send the owner an email: http://www.whois.com/whois/whatispolymath.com
Re: You shouldn't hotlink someone else's JavaScript
#10whoops, not sure he wanted it here too.