Taleo - The Leader in On Demand Unbalanced Quotes
Sunday, 18. January 2009, 04:15:15
Load getacooljob.com in Opera, see error page (http://aac.taleo.net/servlets/CareerSection?art_ip_action=FlowDispatcher&flowTypeNo=13&pageSeq=1&art_servlet_language=en&csNo=2'%3E%3C/head%3E%3Cbody%20bgcolor=). At first sight it might look like a standard browser sniffer saying "go away and don't dare becoming our customer until you've found a browser we like"... until you look a bit closer at that address. See the junk at the end?
&csNo=2'%3E%3C/head%3E%3Cbody%20bgcolor= decodes to
The site apparently belongs to Taleo which is the "Leader in On Demand Talent Management". As they aren't talented enough to balance their quotes or use a validator to spot markup mistakes, the level of hype obviously exceeds their technical competence..
See also statements like "this Career Section does not allow the use of the BACK or FORWARD browser buttons during the application process" (source), the hideous sniffing here
and their "anti-multiple-tabs" JavaScript
&csNo=2'%3E%3C/head%3E%3Cbody%20bgcolor= decodes to
&csNo=2'></head><body bgcolor=and it's caused by the lack of a closing quote for the META tag's content attribute on the previous page:
<META HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" content="01; url='http://aac.recruitsoft.com/servlets/CareerSection?art_ip_action=FlowDispatcher&flowTypeNo=13&pageSeq=1&art_servlet_language=en&csNo=2'>
The site apparently belongs to Taleo which is the "Leader in On Demand Talent Management". As they aren't talented enough to balance their quotes or use a validator to spot markup mistakes, the level of hype obviously exceeds their technical competence..
See also statements like "this Career Section does not allow the use of the BACK or FORWARD browser buttons during the application process" (source), the hideous sniffing here
function stopEvent() {
var userAgent = window.navigator.userAgent;
var appName = window.navigator.appName;
if ((appName.indexOf("Explorer") >= 0) && (userAgent.indexOf("Mozilla/3") >= 0) && (userAgent.indexOf("Mac") >= 0)) {
return (true);
} else {
return (false);
}
}
and their "anti-multiple-tabs" JavaScript
//---------------------------------------------------------------------
// This method increments the count of browser using the career section
// on the current session in the document's cookie.
// This code is inserted only when IE browser is used
//---------------------------------------------------------------------
function setMultiBrowserDetection()
{
if (window.navigator.cookieEnabled)
{
// The multibrowser problem doesn't occur where cookies are not available
var cs_cnt = -1;
var index = document.cookie.indexOf("cs_cnt");
var countbegin = -1;
var countend = -1;
if (index == -1)
{
cs_cnt = 1;
}
else
{
countbegin = (document.cookie.indexOf("=", index) + 1);
countend = document.cookie.indexOf(";", index);
if (countend == -1)
{
countend = document.cookie.length;
cs_cnt = eval(document.cookie.substring(countbegin, countend));
}
else
{
if (countend < countbegin)
{
cs_cnt = 0;
}
else
{
cs_cnt = eval(document.cookie.substring(countbegin, countend));
}
}
if (cs_cnt < 1)
{
cs_cnt = 1;
}
else
{
cs_cnt = cs_cnt + 1;
}
}
document.cookie = "cs_cnt="+cs_cnt;
if (cs_cnt > 1)
{
// More than one browser is using the current session
window.document.location = "http://aac.taleo.net/servlets/CareerSection?art_ip_action=MultipleBrowserConflict";
}
}
}
complete with eval() instead of parseInt() (meaning that anyone who can get a cookie set on this site can XSS them).. When you stop shaking your head, I'd like you to opine on how much less talented a web site could possibly get..
WIDGETIZE
Chas4 # 18. January 2009, 04:38
Tells you that the page was written a while ago
most of the browsers listed are EOL
on http://www.taleo.com/support/
wow bad codeing
sirnh1 # 18. January 2009, 09:23
Anyway, when I open up that page (http://aac.taleo.net/servlets/CareerSection?art_ip_action=FlowDispatcher&flowTypeNo=13&pageSeq=1&art_servlet_language=en&csNo=2) in IE7, go to the source and scroll to the bottom, it says:
If I'm not mistaken. That's 2 times the same thing, (once as a script and once in the 'noscript tag') couldn't they just remove the javascript and the noscript tags? (Shows how much they where thinking. ) It wont break anything, but still... Why write some javascript that writes an image and a link when then the same link and image are in the noscript tag?
Andrew Gregory # 18. January 2009, 12:26
mabdul # 20. January 2009, 16:14
Anonymous # 23. January 2009, 15:46
@sirnh1: They did that because one of the links issues a Javascript window.open method at a certain size. The noscript version just opens a new window via target="_blank".
Speaking of which, since the attribute "target" goes away in XHTML, what replaces it? How do we get that functionality back? Wasn't it important enough to keep? Are we honestly supposed to attach new onclick events to any specially designated "A" tag that we want to load in a new window and use javascript to open them from now on?
oion # 19. February 2009, 18:00
The first thing I do on any Taleo site is to R-click and force the Taleo URL out of the frame. (Frame > Open or Open in New Tab) Then depending on the type of Taleo trickery, I may Edit Site Preferences and disable Javascript for that Taleo URL, or delete cookies, etc.
Chas4 # 19. February 2009, 18:55
Please do as follows to correct the problem:
1- Verify the version of your Internet browser. The minimum requirements are Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP1, Netscape Navigator 7, Firefox 1.0, or AOL 7. Free browser upgrades are available at www.microsoft.com, www.netscape.com, www.mozilla.com/firefox, and www.aol.com.
2- Close all your Internet browsers.
3- Open your Internet browser and apply again on the job. Avoid using Back and Forward buttons; use the Continue button instead.
4- If the problem persists, please visit http://www.taleo.com/support.
Thank you.
Error Reference Number: aac (20090219014956263)
strange different reference number this time
http://www.taleo.com/support/
has a different list
Browsers
Supported Versions
Where can I get it?
Internet Explorer*6.0 Download a free version at:
www.microsoft.com
Netscape Navigator7.x Download a free version at:
home.netscape.com
AOL9 and above Download a free version at:
free.aol.com
Firefox*1.0Download a free version at:
http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/
only one of the browsers in the list is still active by there company
If I set Safari to the user agent of Opera/9.25 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X; U; en) I don't get blocked
hallvors # 22. February 2009, 01:03
I can imagine! :-] The horror of not being able to use multiple tabs, not being "allowed" to go back and forward etc. The site is screaming for a User JavaScript that can neutralise all its user-unfriendlyness.. or perhaps just a clueful webmaster
Chas4 # 22. February 2009, 01:17
Anonymous # 11. March 2009, 05:58
GO TO HELL TALEO WHOEVER DESIGNED YOU WILL PAY!!!!!!
Anonymous # 8. April 2009, 22:14
And after all that.. is www.getacooljob.com functioning properly for *anyone*? Pain in the !!!!!
Anonymous # 21. July 2009, 17:14
Taleo is so fucking bad I've skipped over jobs because it was too difficult to apply. They say they work in Firefox, but the last time through their craptasm, I had to use Safari because none of the buttons worked in Firefox. I heard horror stories about that shithole 5 years ago, and apparently it hasn't gotten any better as the last time I used it was 6 months ago. I gave them my resume and their auto-prase function filled in my personal details with random words from the body. Of course my name is Mr. AIX CVS, and I live on Widows 9x/NT, OS/2, Netware... fucktards. Die in a fire!
Anonymous # 29. September 2009, 20:33
Yes, TALEO SUCKS!!!