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End Run Around Pop-up Blockers

Posted by timothy on from the rolls-downhill dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The pop-up arms race continues, cnet has this article on how advertisers are responding to pop-up blockers." Can't wait for a full page of javascripted user-initiated pop-ups.

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  1. Firefox's doing just fine - BURN THEM ALL by perseguidor · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I use firefox and I can't remember the last time some pop-up bypassed its blocker.

    From time to time a 'legitimate' (but still unnecesary from a design's point of view, IMHO) popup link gets blocked, but that is easily recognizable and just clicking on the bottom left attention sign allows you to unblock that site.

    Given the proportion of uses vs. abuses of popups, isn't it just logical to block them all then allow for exceptions?

    Of course, the article seems to refer to IE-based-toolbars/blockers.

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  2. Re:I don't get it. by sndtech · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Use Opera
    all you must do to change scripting behavior
    is hit F12 and select/unselect enable javascript
    you can also control the pop-up behavior
    from there and other things too

  3. Re:I don't get it. by jonadab · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Hie thee to xulplanet.com and install the Preferences Toolbar.

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  4. Firefox by Orion+Blastar · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Ah yes, Firefox 1.0 will be sweet when it comes out. Much better than IE, even on its best day!

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