popups

Post by **Jonathan** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 9:54 pm

Recently I've noticed an innovation on the behalf of the advertisers to get around Firefox's popup blocker. A good example is the snopes.com link that Vinny just posted.

http://www.snopes.com/rumors/pentagon.htm

Does anyone know a way to prevent Firefox from opening these popups?

Post by **Jonathan** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 9:59 pm

The ad doesn't popup every time. I'm not sure what the algorithm is.

bob · Post by **bob** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 1:58 am

I get no popup under Safari with the popup blocker option set. I opened the link in a new window several times, both with and without the popup blocker option set.

Alan · Post by **Alan** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 2:09 am

This is because Macs rule.

Post by **Jonathan** » Sun Aug 14, 2005 3:20 am

Actually, apparently my popup blocker wasn't set. Experimenting time!

Post by **Jonathan** » Tue Aug 16, 2005 3:27 am

Grr. I actually get the "Firefox prevented this site from opening a popup window. Click here for options..." message and the popup. http://dilbert.com

WTF?