[WikiEN-l] Re: Previews

Mon Oct 31 04:04:50 UTC 2005

> >> Half the time I click on "Save Page" the next screen is a "Preview"
> >> (and my edits are not yet saved).
> >
>
> This bug is associated with a feature which prevents submission of forms by
> offsite javascript. For example, if a hacker wanted a page deleted, they
> could write some javascript, put it up on their website, then post a link to
> it on the user talk page of an administrator. The bug involved makes some
> unknown random event during an ordinary form submission appear essentially
> identical to this abuse scenario.
>
> -- Tim Starling
>

I had been wondering if this was just subtle encouragement for people
to use the preview button more :)