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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. Excellent! by LiENUS · · Score: -1, Redundant

    This looks great and the fix is even available right now through an extension. I just wonder how the advertisers will get around this one. Hopefully they don't get around it for a good long time. Fortunately the advertisers who have been using these methods so far have not been very numerous.

  2. flashblock by sTeF · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Flash based popup/unders are very easily blocked by the very excellent flashblock extension.

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

    See my sig to get a free ipod

    *ducks*