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Firefox Improves Pop-Up Ad Blocking

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the it-makes-me-sad-that-this-is-necessary dept.

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."

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  1. A refreshing change... by Moby+Cock · · Score: 5, Interesting

    This is why I like to use FF. The rate of change from the devs is so much faster than most other browsers. (Opera may be better, I don't know, I never use it, I don't like the ads) Pop-ups are starting to bother FF users, so the Mozilla guys start to sort it out. Well done guys, and thanks.

  2. Pop-ups. by Pants75 · · Score: 5, Interesting
    I use IE exclusivly. *Please don't hit me*

    But I have hardly any trouble with popups.

    Maybe I don't go to the sort of sites that use them? Maybe I've just filtered those sites out of my brain?

    I don't know but the only sites I see popups on are Sciam.com and NewScientist.com

    Others might do it but I never notice.

    However, I do get pissed off with those floating flash ads which hover over the body of the page. Those are f*cking everywhere these days.

    If FF blocks those reliably then I'd be tempted to swap.

    Pete

  3. Prefbar lets you ignore most of the crap by bbtom · · Score: 5, Interesting

    PrefBar lets you change your settings. I use it to filter out most flash, animations, JS and Java - then tick them when I need them. Combine that with Flashblock and Adblock and you've got a useful browser.

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    catch (HumourFailureException e) { e.user.send("You, sir, are a humourless idiot."); }
  4. Re:Counter-counter-attack by davidmcw · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Remember that 5% is still 1 in 20 visitors, advertisers still care about these kinds of numbers and will try to get around it.

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    Just because your paranoid doesn't really mean they aren't out to get you
  5. Re:ummm.. by delus10n0 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Internet Explorer did; FireFox "borrowed" the concept.

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    Not All Who Wander Are Lost
  6. Baloney Re:well by voss · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Popup blocking does not stop ads on webpages, you can put all the banner ads any advertiser can want. You just cant force my browser to open windows.

    Lets get this straight...
    NO WEB AUTHOR HAS THE RIGHT TO DO ANYTHING OUTSIDE THE WEB PAGE ITSELF.

    Whether it is cookie, a popup, or whatever. The web page owners right to control what I view ends at the borders of the web page. Any website owner who uses code to deliberately bypass my popup blocker is hacking my web browser and I should be able to prosecute both the web page owner(as an accessory) and the person who put the code in there. Is that clear enough?

  7. Re:Counter-counter-attack by HomerJayS · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Or maybe, just maybe, there were already dozens of popup blockers written by 3rd parties available for IE for years.

    I use IE exclusively and haven't seen a pop-up ad (flash or otherwise) for over 3 years.