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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. Re:Counter-counter-attack by MustardMan · · Score: 1, Redundant

    See my sig to get a free ipod

    *ducks*