JavaScript

atticanneatticanne Posts: 3,009
edited December 1969 in The Commons

For the past couple of days I've been getting this in posts: (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

I haven't changed any settings. Running IE, Windows 7, 32-bit.

Comments

  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604
    edited July 2012

    That happens every time someone tries to post an email address.

    Now don't ask me why it does it, because I don't know, but that is why it happens

    like this [email protected]

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  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 37,919
    edited July 2012

    even fake ones? wendy♥[email protected] no THAT worked, what about no unicode ♥?
    [email protected] yes!!! it did it!!!

    Post edited by WendyLuvsCatz on
  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 37,919
    edited December 1969

    chohole said:
    That happens every time someone tries to post an email address.

    Now don't ask me why it does it, because I don't know, but that is why it happens

    like this [email protected]

    I can read it if I hit quote!
  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604
    edited December 1969

    Yes, that is one of the stupid things about it.

  • JaderailJaderail Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    I just noticed I'm in the same boat. And my Java is enabled.

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 37,919
    edited July 2012

    the @ symbol must do it!
    testing
    @@@@@ [email protected] wtf@wtf
    tested
    need@somethingDOTcom

    Post edited by WendyLuvsCatz on
  • frank0314frank0314 Posts: 13,439
    edited December 1969

    Non of us can figure out why it does it but the way we get around it is by putting a space before @ and after. You then have to specify that they need to take those out to email.

  • araneldonaraneldon Posts: 712
    edited December 1969

    Its purpose is probably to hide email addresses from programs that harvest them from web pages. Such programs probably don't do JavaScript, so the addresses remain invisible to them.

    This is my guess anyways; I haven't investigated why it isn't working properly.

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 37,919
    edited December 1969

    araneldon said:
    Its purpose is probably to hide email addresses from programs that harvest them from web pages. Such programs probably don't do JavaScript, so the addresses remain invisible to them.

    This is my guess anyways; I haven't investigated why it isn't working properly.


    oh look who decided to stop lurking and make a post!! ;-P
  • bad4ubad4u Posts: 684
    edited April 2014

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    edited April 2014

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