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The Return Of The Pop-Up Ad

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the open-in-tab-is-a-nice-sidestep dept.

SYFer writes "Shortly after upgrading my Macs to OS X 10.3.8, I noticed that I was getting pop-up ads on Safari. It had been so long since I'd seen a pop-up, I completely forgotten how annoying they can be. I went over to Apple's Support site to see if there was a relationship, but learned that the timing is just a coincidence (even though there's a lot of the usual FUD and flailing of arms in the discussion forums). In fact, it turns out that the pop-up advertisers (what's the proper denigrating term here?) have finally defeated the pop-up blocking functionality found in many browsers. MacFixIt is running a front page article on the topic and says 'Contrary to initial reports, this problem isn't limited to Safari; subsequent reports have noted pop-under ads victimizing a number of browsers that provide pop-up-blocking features, including the latest versions of Safari, FireFox, Mozilla, OmniWeb, and Camino.'"

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  1. correct terminology by isecore · · Score: 5, Funny

    it turns out that the pop-up advertisers (what's the proper denigrating term here?)

    Poppers? Plippers? Flippers? Flappers? Wippers? Snappers?

    Sorry, kinda high on Red Bull right now.

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  2. Oh man... by FireballX301 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...am I lucky.

    Lynx is, and continues to be, the ultimate browser for ad-less internet browsing.

    Take that, 21st century!

    1. Re:Oh man... by useosx · · Score: 3, Funny

      You know what the ultimate crime is? Naming a god damn web browser "links." Do you have any idea how hard it is to find info on the links browser?

      Does anyone know if there some way I can get lynx or links to log into my US Robotics router? It uses standard home router authentication. But neither lynx nor links will work.

      I'd try elinks but I can't find a Darwin binary and I don't have dev tools installed.

  3. Re:How it mostly works by BWS · · Score: 4, Funny
    mistake in the code

    the HREF line should read
    <A HREF="javascript:goLink('http://www.google.com','h ttp://www.fark.com')">Go TO Fark.com</A>
    basically, produces popups whenver you click on a link
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  4. Adaptation by Elpacoloco · · Score: 4, Funny

    So....how long before firefox develops a popup blocker blocker blocker?

    I think I just confused myself. Yikes.

  5. Re:Well then... by MutantHamster · · Score: 5, Funny
    What good is a shotgun going to do? What are you going to do? Keep a log of all of the sites that use pop-ups, looks up who's personally responsible and then track them down by yourself in a vigilante style vendetta killing spree?

    I'm coming too. I'll go get my shotgun.

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  6. Re:How it mostly works by BWS · · Score: 4, Funny
    arg.. that's suppose to be (no spaces between http)
    A HREF="javascript:goLink('http://www.google.com','h ttp://www.fark.com')">Go TO Fark.com</A>
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  7. Mushroom mushroom by tepples · · Score: 5, Funny

    So....how long before firefox develops a popup blocker blocker blocker?

    Blocker, blocker, blocker, blocker, blocker, blocker, blocker, blocker, blocker, blocker, blocker, blocker, pop-up, pop-up

    Blocker, blocker, blocker, blocker, blocker, blocker, blocker, blocker, blocker, blocker, blocker, ARGH! Spam! A spam!

    (apologies to weebl)

  8. Re:How it mostly works by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Next you can demonstrate how to get +15 karma in 2 minutes

    Oh wait...

  9. Re:How it mostly works by Jim+Buzbee · · Score: 4, Funny

    You'd figure these kids would know what a lowid looked like by now..

    Not another one of these threads :-)

  10. Re:Well then... by Zorilla · · Score: 4, Funny

    What good is a shotgun going to do?

    He uses a Compy.

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  11. Re:They just don't get it, do they? by lostguy · · Score: 3, Funny

    Remember that these are the same people who think you want Viagra so badly that they should misspell it to get around your misguided spam filters, or that giving their messages subject lines like "Bobby, if you ever do that again I will kill you," will increase the chances that you'll buy their farm animal porn.

  12. Re:Um, no by Micah · · Score: 3, Funny

    > Your ID is not low.

    Neither is yours, you newbie! :D

  13. Re:How it mostly works by Phroggy · · Score: 3, Funny

    Not another one of these threads :-)

    Yep, 'fraid so.

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    $x='S24;r)>63/* h@<5+oZ)32"5cz';$me='phroggy'x$];
    $x=~y+ -xz+\0-Tx+;print$_^chop$me for split'',$x;
  14. Re:Um, no by rk · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hi! I just heard about this site from some of my hacker friends, and just wanted to say hi to you people!