Spoilers in thread previews

*stepurhan* · 02-26-2006, 12:58 AM

When you hover over a thread title you get a preview of the first part of the original post. Unfortunately, it this part includes any spoilered text that appears in clear. I'm guessing this is due to the way vbulletin works (previews text only ingnoring all tags?) and so there's no way of fixing it. Is that the case?

Kurufinwe · 02-26-2006, 01:26 AM

Just use Firefox. There's a faulty implementation in it which makes it display only a dozen words or so in those tooltips --- usually not enough to get spoiled.

Oh, wait, you meant a real fix?

***tabacco*** · 02-26-2006, 02:10 AM

It does that because it sets an HTML title attribute for the link, which is a text-only thing. If it's a problem, the best suggestion I can offer is to not read them.

*stepurhan* · 02-26-2006, 12:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tabacco

It does that because it sets an HTML title attribute for the link, which is a text-only thing. If it's a problem, the best suggestion I can offer is to not read them.

Fair enough. Usually the subject is enough to warn of possible spoilers so I don't see it as a huge problem anyway. Just have to be careful what I preview.

02-26-2006, 12:58 AM	#1
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02-26-2006, 01:26 AM	#2
Kurufinwe Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Santa Barbara, CA Posts: 3,038	Just use Firefox. There's a faulty implementation in it which makes it display only a dozen words or so in those tooltips --- usually not enough to get spoiled. Oh, wait, you meant a real fix? Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Currently reading: Dune (F. Herbert) Recently finished: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (J. K. Rowling) [++], La Nuit des Temps (R. Barjavel) [+++] Currently playing: Skyrim Recently finished: MCF: Escape from Ravenhearst [+], The Walking Dead, ep. 1 [+++], Gray Matter [++]

02-26-2006, 02:10 AM	#3
*tabacco* Friendly Server Admin Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Marin County, CA Posts: 4,087	It does that because it sets an HTML title attribute for the link, which is a text-only thing. If it's a problem, the best suggestion I can offer is to not read them. Share Share this post on Twitter

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