Rithiur

Thanks for the responses :) I was wondering how long it will take for someone to abuse it for the first time :P. I'd like to ask people not to do that. Popular searches is supposed to be fun feature, so that people can see which names have been searches often, not so that you can boost your own name on the top ;). Oh, but whatever. Oh, you should have seen my testing stats.... I've been searching for Zezima more than enough ;). I guess it's just easy name to remember for someone with 99 in all stats, so it's pretty good name for testing that kind of stuff :P Yeah, I admit that. I suppose I was kinda hoping that there would have still been some oldies around that recognize my name. And I was also just so excited that I have actually created something that people might find useful for a change (most of the stuff I create is absolutely useless). And I've been away for so long from the RS stuff that it didn't really even dawn on me that this could be considered as a keylogger, so it kinda surprised me. So, I don't really blame anyone. I was just a bit surprised, that's all. Actually, I have not. I'm a bit unsure about how to contact them properly regarding this. However, seeing that I could not exactly find information on their site that forbid people from doing this kind of stuff, and knowing that every stat signature thing use the same method (and the stats lookup use caching as well), I felt that I would not cause any harm to them. Should I recieve official word that stated otherwise, of course, I would discontinue this service. I certainly would not like to cause any problems to people.

I've added page there that explains some reason as to why this would not be a keylogger: http://koti.mbnet.fi/rithiur/rust/explenation.html Hmm.. Personally, I would disagree on that, but then again, I'm not Jagex. The thing is, this is not a program. It is not a macro program because it does not do any keypresses for you, it in no way gives you advantage to RuneScape itself because it does not interfere anyway with RuneScape itself. Basically, I'm not even sure if it is even possible from indetify from that client whether you have sidebar open or not, as it is simply feature of the browser. This sidebar is perfectly comparable to running another browser window simultaneously with the highscores page opened. And I believe you don't see anything wrong with that. However, if Jagex feels that this is violation against their rules (this could be also violation against their copyright, you know), then I have little choice but to take it down. However, unless I get such confirmation from someone reputable, I don't feel a reason to stop working on that. I have also added my views on this to the install page. If you find anything on this, I would seriously appreciate it :) You must have really low self confidence, don't you? :P

Hmm. I was afraid there might be problems with that. Like the installer says, it's more like a trick to get it work like that in IE. What browser version are you using? AFAIK, the requirement is to have 6.0 (dunno if 7.0 works). Also, if anyone knows better way to get it work in IE, I'd would appreciate it.

Oh, right, I forgot this could be easily interpreted as keylogger. I assure, however, that this is nothing like that. Let me explain. If you look at the install instructions, you can see that actually the word "install" is somewhat misleading. You are simply putting a bookmark in your web browser that will be displayed in your sidebar, and the sidebar will simply display a webpage, (this page to be exact). If you feel threathened, then why not just load the web page after you have launched RuneScape, that way at least it couldn't capture any passwords you type, at least? The only way I can think I could turn a web page like that into a keylogger, is that if I ran javascripts or flash on that page. However, a quick look at the source will reveal that the only piece of javascript I use on that page is onfocus="this.value=''" in the form, which will automatically clear the input form when it is selected with cursor. And as you are not actually installing any software onto your computer, a bare bookmark is hardly dangerous, or have you ever heard of viruses that were distributed by bookmarking pages by yourself? :P Now, with all these conditions met, I'd have to some kind of computer mastermind to device a virus that could hide itself in a simple webpage using a flaw that present in all browsers. And if I were capable of that, I would hardly be stealing RuneScape user passwords ;) And if you wanted to check on my background, you could see that I have my own website here: http://www.anthd.com/rithiur/, and that I previously ran a RuneScape related website RuneScape Hall. I dunno if GWS is still around here, but least he is one person that could confirm my identity as someone who is not likely to steal your RuneScape accounts :P (also, note my account registeration date: I've had account here for ages, I was even "betatesting" arenascape back then, when it was first released.) But I guess I could be just saying that all. There is always the possibility that someone hacked this account to spoil my reputation (assuming this was actually a keylogger) :P Anyway, to summarize it all up: This is not a software, you are not asked to install anything, and the install instructions on that html page will simply tell you how to display a bookmark in a sidebar instead of the main page, so that you can view the other webpage in sidebar while playing RuneScape in the main window. That is all there is to it.

The staff has checked this out and it is safe for download. :) - Weezcake Okay, so this may be a shameless plug, but this is something I honestly thought people would find interesting. Anyway, I've created a sidebar for IE, Opera and FF for looking up RuneScape stats from the highsores. It is a very simple and clean way to look up on other peoples stats while playing RuneScape. No need to open other browser window or use any other application for that purpose. Just open the side bar and lookup on people's stats right there at the same time your playing RuneScape. Don't understand? Well, here are some screenshots from different browsers to give you the idea: http://koti.mbnet.fi/rithiur/rust/images/screen_ie.png http://koti.mbnet.fi/rithiur/rust/image ... _opera.png http://koti.mbnet.fi/rithiur/rust/images/screen_ff.png Like the idea? Well, go ahead and read the install instructions then: http://koti.mbnet.fi/rithiur/rust/install.html Comments are welcome, and if you find any bugs, be sure to tell me. I wont be using it that much, so I can't honestly see right away if something goes wrong with it. Suggestions are also ok, but it's unlikely I'm going to add too much to it, since it's supposed be very simple, clean and helpful. [note] [note] [note]