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Is Craigslist using Ubuntu? Is this picture proof?

Posted by odat on · 5 comments
Buntfu.com; By Ronnie Whisler
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While visiting Craigslist today before signing in I noticed that I the picture they used to display cautionary directions about scam addresses is most likely an Ubuntu screenshot of Firefox.

Just to make sure this wasn't some sneaky little script the Craigslist web-masters used to determine what OS a visitor was using. I visited Craigslist on a Windows computer with both Firefox and Internet explorer. Surely confirming that it is a static image not a dynamic one that is being displayed to everyone.

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Comments (5)

Seems like I've been here before, all I see is:

What is Buntfu? Give Buntfu

In firefox I see click title to view ... yadda yadda yadda. Annoying.
odat Story submitter ·
Sorry about the clicking to view title. I am going to change this. I had used this system because it fit nicely with some other areas of the site. However it is a pain for articles. Again my apologies.
Not your fault, I blame Buntfu.com
moopst,

If you saw anything after clicking your browser worked better than mine*. That is, after allowing scripting and at least one cookie to be set. Despite these efforts the area where I was to see the content remained adamantly blank.

YBT

* I am still running Firefox 3.0.18 on the machine I used to attempt to view that story.
@odat, has it changed yet? I won't bother until it has.

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