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IE To Block Pop-Ups
smd4985 writes "Next year MS will release a XP service pack that enables IE to block pop-up ads. Only a few years late. Maybe Mozilla.org/Opera should patent the technology to make it hard for Bill 'embrace and extend' Gates to kill those XCam ads...."
And maybe in a couple more years we'll get mouse gestures too!
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IE To Block Pop-Ups; Slashdot to not post dupes; Hell to freeze over
Can I get my $5 back? I cant believe I paid for this shit
where will i download smiley emoticons and locate old school mates from?
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I suppose Mozilla should go sue Google too, right?
No, they can't do that, because you can't spell Google with a dollar sign like you can with "Micro$oft", and you just wouldn't get the same laughs from the Slashdot crowd.
evil adrian
Don't worry. Since it's only an update, nobody will install it.
__CmdrTHAC0__
In Soviet Russia, Spanish Inquisition doesn't expect YOU!!
SCO, for staying out of it?
...is that they plan to have Clippy jump up and say 'It blocked a popup window for you. It looks like they were trying to sell you Viagra.' every time a popup is blocked.
That's funny since I just bought 4 books from Amazon, a rifle scope from swfa.com, and a sling and cheekpad from cactustactical.com using Mozilla and blocking pop-ups.
This guy is way out there
A rifle scope and a sling... somehow this doesn't seem top fit.
meh
DUDE! Then the Mozilla foundation can claim the rights to IE (and since IE is integrated into Windows, they can claim the rights to Windows too!)
A buffer overrun exploit was found in IE's new popup blocking. Aparantly, instead of popping the window up to the user's desktop, it attempts to execute it. A virus dubbed the Popper worm is rapidly spreading through computers blocking popups. As a workaround, please reenable popups immediatly.
Except that it isn't free software - RMS would probably excommunicate you for saying that :)
n/t
~Chris Hammond
Nothing pisses me off more then watching porn in a wmv format and having f'in pops open because MS created the ability to put popups in a video format running on Windows Media Player. *spit*
The campaign will use pop-under windows as the core of their advertising campaign. Utilizing a little-known bypass for their banner pop-up blocker mechanism in upcoming versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft will take 100% of the available pop-up banner impressions available for users. "This is a great day for Microsoft," said Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates. "Finally, our users will be able to view only those ads that our company sees fit to display to users."
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Nah, they'll just buy the Microsoft solution to popup blockers.
Do these guys know how to make money or what?
KFG
Or just don't use Internet Extremelycrappybrowser.
meh
If I have *one* person tell me, upon downloading this, "Hey, did you know that they can block popups now??", I think I *WILL* kill them.
A Minesweeper clone that doesn't suck
I believe that the proper reaction is: "About Fucking Time."
Hoist Number One and Number Six.
Maybe Mozilla.org/Opera should patent the [popup blocking] technology
"Method for not opening a new browser window when asked to"?
Prior art: Every browser before Netscape 2 did this, very effectively!
Trees can't go dancing
So do them a big favor
Pretend dancing stinks!
go back?
Great, knowing how well MS did with "The most Secure OS ever" (WinXP) I can rest assured that their solution to block ads will be better than Mozilla's ;)
Now where's my WinXP messenger spam script....hmmmm...
dude, this is MICRO$OFT we're talking about here.
They won't block the popups on MSN, or any of them that they benefit from. I also predict they will take "donations" to allow popups to get through.
But anyone can just modify the source code so that this doesn't happen... Oh wait.
If you liked licking my balls, add me to your foes list!
Keep your eyes to the sky.
MS is using its monopoly power to put pop up advertisement companies out of business. Typical!
Don't panic. It won't work until version 3, so there will be plenty of time for businesses to work around it.
Because it will be really slow and clunky and not render any pages correctly.
RMS would probably excommunicate you
This is a bad thing?
To all the skeptics, this is further proof that the courts made the right decision in allowing Microsoft to continue to innovate!!
What are pop-ups and why can't Mozilla show them? Am I missing something?? Will the next version of Mozilla finally be able to show these pop-ups??? Will Mozilla ever catch up with IE????
And in other news, IE will include tabbed browsing in a service pack to be released in 2007 with much fanfare of how it will revolutionize browsing the web!
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