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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. Browser Innovation by Liselle · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Ahh, Internet Explorer is finally getting pop-up blocking. This should be interesting (and a shame for Pop-Up Stopper and other companies like it that will be out of business). How long before you think they catch on to real browser innovation, like mouse gestures and tabbed browsing?

    I've got $20 on "sometime before the heat death of the universe".

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  2. Don't wait for the Service Pack by slutdot · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Get the Google toolbar for IE. It beats the hell out of any pop-up blocker that I've seen and it's pretty cheap too.

  3. Re:Patents good or bad? by Recluse · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It's called humor.

    -R-

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  4. Google toolbar blocks popups by Sindri · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Who cares!

    The google toolbar has been blocking popups in my IE for a few months now.

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  5. Hmmm by chris21274 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Why not just get Google's popup blocker? Simple install for IE and very unobtrusive. Just a thought...