Green hover color for bitcointalk.org links

[vodaljepa]

Good job guys!

[skeletonbit]

You should send 1 pm for each user in case they will not read this post

[n691309]

Good job Cyrus and theymos.

You should send 1 pm for each user in case they will not read this post

It isn't needed because there are 800k+ users registered, i think users will notice it gradually.

[botany]

It's annoying and time consuming for me when people report PMs as phishing links and you have to quote the message and look closely to check so this feature is useful. It might even be worth adding a holding page that gives you a warning after you click on a link asking you to double check the url and be careful with what info you enter. In the past others have tried phishing with fake blockchain.info links. Newbs likely wont realise what the green means as well.

A holding page for an external link sounds good, but it could get tiresome, especially if somebody is looking at the Press section.
If this indeed is implemented, there should be a way to disable it.

[Cyrus]

Now when a link leads to bitcointalk.org, it has a green hover color. For example:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=24.0
Meta
"Legit bitcointalk.org link"

(If you don't see it, you probably have a cached version of the CSS -- manually refresh this page or wait a few hours.)

This should make it easier to identify phishing, especially once your eyes get used to seeing it.

Credit for this idea goes to Cyrus.

Thanks for implementing this theymos.

You haven't been promising too much the other day.

We've been talking about it for some time and am glad to see he found the time and the right aproach to implement it.

[--Encrypted--]

http://bitcointalk.org
www.bitcointalk.org

^this one doesn't seem to work. or did I miss something?

[onlinedragon]

So far this don't work on Safari IPhone browser think I am not the only iPhone user who visits this forum. Although I like the idea and wish you the best making it work for all people.

[1Referee]

Good job Cyrus and theymos.

You should send 1 pm for each user in case they will not read this post

It isn't needed because there are 800k+ users registered, i think users will notice it gradually.

Noobs don't notice things even when you put it infront of their nose. For example, there is a sticky thread in the meta section explaining how activity works and how many activity points you need to reach a certain memeber level. But still people create plenty of threads asking when they will reach full member, or how many activity they can gain, etc. That's why it is indeed a good idea to send out PM's to all users to let them know about this new change.

[ColderThanIce]

So far this don't work on Safari IPhone browser think I am not the only iPhone user who visits this forum. Although I like the idea and wish you the best making it work for all people.

I don't think it'll ever work on mobile devices, since you can't really "hover over" a link on a mobile device as you can a normal computer. I guess theymos could always create a mobile stylesheet for the website, and make all Bitcointalk.org links appear green even if they haven't been highlighted, but considering that there isn't even a mobile version of the site I wouldn't expect that to happen.

[Quickseller]

Good job Cyrus and theymos.

You should send 1 pm for each user in case they will not read this post

It isn't needed because there are 800k+ users registered, i think users will notice it gradually.

Noobs don't notice things even when you put it infront of their nose. For example, there is a sticky thread in the meta section explaining how activity works and how many activity points you need to reach a certain memeber level. But still people create plenty of threads asking when they will reach full member, or how many activity they can gain, etc. That's why it is indeed a good idea to send out PM's to all users to let them know about this new change.

A newbie clicking on a phishing link is not going to be all that much of a problem and newbies are generally not the target of phishing links. The reason for both of these is the fact that very limited damage can be done with a hacked newbie account because of their low implied trust status and the ability of more moderators to moderate what newbies post.

[jacee]

http://bitcointalk.org
www.bitcointalk.org

^this one doesn't seem to work. or did I miss something?

I think it's supposed to have the https://

I don't think it'll ever work on mobile devices, since you can't really "hover over" a link on a mobile device as you can a normal computer. I guess theymos could always create a mobile stylesheet for the website, and make all Bitcointalk.org links appear green even if they haven't been highlighted, but considering that there isn't even a mobile version of the site I wouldn't expect that to happen.

It does work on mobile device. I'm only using mobile. Yes you can't hover but if you click the link it will turn green.

[1Referee]

Good job Cyrus and theymos.

You should send 1 pm for each user in case they will not read this post

It isn't needed because there are 800k+ users registered, i think users will notice it gradually.

Noobs don't notice things even when you put it infront of their nose. For example, there is a sticky thread in the meta section explaining how activity works and how many activity points you need to reach a certain memeber level. But still people create plenty of threads asking when they will reach full member, or how many activity they can gain, etc. That's why it is indeed a good idea to send out PM's to all users to let them know about this new change.

A newbie clicking on a phishing link is not going to be all that much of a problem and newbies are generally not the target of phishing links. The reason for both of these is the fact that very limited damage can be done with a hacked newbie account because of their low implied trust status and the ability of more moderators to moderate what newbies post.

My concern isn't that their account get hacked since their accounts are indeed worthless at that stage. It's more that anything can be hidden within a masked link. If some one with bad intentions spread out these links and promise people fake stuff, then noobs are more likely to click on them without thinking, and then a virus can get installed on their machine as soon as they click on that link. And you know what happens after that.

[magnific61]

When we begin solving captcha? 

[twister]

This is great .. security update. Might save some people from falling for phishing scams. How about having the page which says:

⚠ You're leaving the bitcointalk forum
OR
⚠ You Are Being Redirected to An External Site

that'll warn people right away??

[Decoded]

I was wondering why all my links were turning green all of a sudden. I thought it was some extremely late April fools joke. Heh.

Although I do agree with Twister. There should be a warning page that is much more obvious than a green font color change.

[ColderThanIce]

This is great .. security update. Might save some people from falling for phishing scams. How about having the page which says:

⚠ You're leaving the bitcointalk forum
OR
⚠ You Are Being Redirected to An External Site

that'll warn people right away??

I was wondering why all my links were turning green all of a sudden. I thought it was some extremely late April fools joke. Heh.

Although I do agree with Twister. There should be a warning page that is much more obvious than a green font color change.

I would disagree with twister's idea. Have you guys ever used a website that does that? It is extremely frustrating to try and open external links on websites like that if there's always a notice popping up in your face letting you know that you're leaving the website. I think the green link highlighting in place right now is a good warning method for people, plus it makes it much easier to open multiple links at a time compared to having a warning page. You'd have to manually click on each new link page to acknowledge you're leaving the site.

[suchmoon]

I would disagree with twister's idea. Have you guys ever used a website that does that? It is extremely frustrating to try and open external links on websites like that if there's always a notice popping up in your face letting you know that you're leaving the website. I think the green link highlighting in place right now is a good warning method for people, plus it makes it much easier to open multiple links at a time compared to having a warning page. You'd have to manually click on each new link page to acknowledge you're leaving the site.

Making it optional and default for newbies wouldn't be too bad.

[ColderThanIce]

Making it optional and default for newbies wouldn't be too bad.

That would be a reasonable compromise, but if something like that was to be implemented I think I'd also like a setting in my profile to turn the setting off, and only go with the green link highlighting on hover.

[Gleb Gamow]

Now when a link leads to bitcointalk.org, it has a green hover color. For example:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=24.0
Meta
"Legit bitcointalk.org link"

(If you don't see it, you probably have a cached version of the CSS -- manually refresh this page or wait a few hours.)

This should make it easier to identify phishing, especially once your eyes get used to seeing it.

Credit for this idea goes to Cyrus.

I promise not ask how much that innovation cost in this post. 

[Lauda]

http://bitcointalk.org
www.bitcointalk.org

^this one doesn't seem to work. or did I miss something?

I think it's supposed to have https://

Well, if you enter either of those links they will redirect you to the https version (at least that is what happens on my end). So why wasn't this been applied to these links as well?