Firefox Improves Pop-Up Ad Blocking

BlakeCaldwell writes "The popular open-source browser already contains a pop-up blocker by default, but this does not handle pop-ups launched by plug-ins such as Flash and Java. Mozilla employee Asa Dotzler wrote in his blog last week that Mozilla developers are responding to the increasing number of advertisers that are using plug-ins to launch pop-up ads."

Comments

test pop up link

[alatesystems]

Here's a test popup/popunder link for Firefox using flash.

Re:I've been testing it...

[ABaumann]

yes, but do you look at pr0n?

Re:How about. . .

[Anonymous Coward]

Ah, a bigot. I love bigots. I used to see people who were bigoted about race, or even religion, but now I'm seeing more and more technology bigots. They're no better.

ummm..

[ImaLamer]

I wouldn't know. Did IE update with Service Pack 2?

I've been too busy using Firefox.

Re:ummm..

[MegaFur]

Proper Bill Gates-speak would have you replace the word "borrowed" with "innovated".

Re:This is why I chose Firefox

[MoeDrippins]

> The POP Up blocker is already pretty good, so much so that is scares the pants off me just how much crap I miss out on evertime i go to an old Windows box with IE 5 or 6 Vanilla installed.

How many pairs of pants do you go through in an average week?

Re:Pop-ups.

[TractorBarry]

>I use IE exclusivly. *Please don't hit me*

What's the point ? you're obviously a masochist so you'd only enjoy it ;)

Re:I've been testing it...

[Anonymous Coward]

They're all under your browser window.

It's frightening the things that can lurk under the browser window. NEVER close it.

Re:I've been testing it...

[fishbot]

I just tried it on a pr0n site, and I quite definitely got a popup.

Not sure how they're going to fix that one with a browser extension, though...

Re:I've been testing it...

[spungebob]

i'd say you already have a 'browser extension' for it.

However, if you're unhappy with the size of your extension, i h4v3 s0m3 pi11z th4t cn f1x th4t 4 U!!!!!