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IE To Block Pop-Ups

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the late-to-the-party dept.

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...."

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  1. Wow!!! by b!arg · · Score: 5, Funny

    And maybe in a couple more years we'll get mouse gestures too!

    fp

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  2. Paul Harvey's Rest of the Story by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    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

    1. Re:Paul Harvey's Rest of the Story by thunderbird46 · · Score: 4, Funny

      I thought Hell already froze over when Apple released iTunes for Windows? :)

  3. but then by foggi3 · · Score: 4, Funny

    where will i download smiley emoticons and locate old school mates from?

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  4. Re:Sue? by Evil+Adrian · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

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  5. Re:Bad for users of alternative browsers? by CmdrTHAC0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Don't worry. Since it's only an update, nobody will install it.

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  6. The only problem... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...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.

    1. Re:The only problem... by Virtex · · Score: 4, Funny

      Viagra? Brings new meaning to the word "popup".

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  7. In related news... by jtnishi · · Score: 5, Funny
    REDMOND, Wash. -- Apr. 19, 2004 -- Today Microsoft Corp. announced a new $20 million advertising campaign for their Microsoft Windows(R) Server 2003 family.

    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."

    About Microsoft

    Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT") is the worldwide leader in software, services and Internet technologies for personal and business computing. The company offers a wide range of products and services designed to empower people through great software -- any time, any place and on any device.

  8. About time indeed... by Hanji · · Score: 4, Funny

    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.

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  9. Re:Vote with money by Stargoat · · Score: 5, Funny

    I believe that the proper reaction is: "About Fucking Time."

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  10. Patent?! by Cuthalion · · Score: 5, Funny

    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!

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  11. Re:Prediction by NialScorva · · Score: 5, Funny

    go back?

  12. Re:This is funny by LittleBigScript · · Score: 4, Funny

    Don't panic. It won't work until version 3, so there will be plenty of time for businesses to work around it.