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Why is eBay not using sandboxed iframes for the auction description/content?

You dont need JS to make amazing looking listings. Just look at all the customized subreddits with crazy stuff going on utilizing just CSS/HTML. All the 'tracking' needed for ebay listings could easily be done with a pixel as well.

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I was just about to comment that sandboxed iframes aren't really well supported but it seems like I'm completely wrong, they're much better supported than I expected http://caniuse.com/#feat=iframe-sandbox

Still it would leave a fair chunk of users with IE 9 or older no better than they are right now.

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