The Return Of The Pop-Up Ad

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.'"

Comments

correct terminology

[isecore]

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.

Oh man...

[FireballX301]

...am I lucky.

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

Take that, 21st century!

Re:How it mostly works

[BWS]

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

Adaptation

[Elpacoloco]

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

I think I just confused myself. Yikes.

Re:Well then...

[MutantHamster]

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.

Re:How it mostly works

[BWS]

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>

Mushroom mushroom

[tepples]

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)

Re:How it mostly works

[Anonymous Coward]

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

Oh wait...

Re:How it mostly works

[Jim Buzbee]

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

Not another one of these threads :-)

Re:Well then...

[Zorilla]

What good is a shotgun going to do?

He uses a Compy.