I have no problem with IE7 at mudcat, but I do use Norton Internet Security which may override the Microsoft XSS filter.

I do get the message at the crossbeat site that says I can't look at it unless I add a Chrome add-in. I don't generally do add-ins until I have some idea of what they do, and so far Chrome only talks in ad-speak so I'll wait a while. Since XSS seems to be mainly used for advertising, I can pass on it until it does something useful (to me).

It is perhaps possible that those who are seeing the constant XSS warning see it because they've added the plugins that another site needs(?).

As Max indicated, adding the site to your IE "safe list" may kill the warning banner. That may also explain why I don't see it here, since I've had mudcat as "trusted" for about ten years.

Should the crossbeat site become of interest, I think I can work the problem, but I've been around here long enough to tell when the trolls are out (usually just from which threads are up at the top) and crossbeat probably won't tell me if the good people are coherent on any given day (it varies), so it's not really too interesting to me, and not a problem for me - at least now.

Another thread started on the subject laments the "proliferation of ads."

Some may have missed the comment by Max elsewhere about the possibility of giving GUESTS only the trash ads, and members only music related ones. I think that's a fine idea, but since the advertiser pays for each click that helps the 'cat I do get a certain satisfaction from occasionally clicking the trash - and making them pay - instead of making too frequent raids on the pockets of our friends. There's probably a trade-off point that I'll leave it to Max to find.

John