Good feature idea, not sure if we could ship it though. :( On 10/11/01 1:35 PM, "Rick Mann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Okay, you guys at MS finally added incredible preferences in IE 5 for Mac OS > X: Interface Extras. Everyone I know immediately sets them to the opposite > of their default settings (we set them to: place the insertion point, open > new browser window, use the current default). Aside from the improved > rendering capabilities, it is for these preferences that I can't wait for IE > 5.1 to come back to OS 9 (X is just not ready). > > Now, there's one more feature I'd really love: the ability to suppress the > creation of a new window by JavaScript. This way, all of those annoying > popup windows (ads) can be avoided. > > This feature is not trivial; I realize that. In general, if the popup window > is the direct result of a click, it needs to be allowed. This feature should > not suppress Command-clicking a link to open it in a new window. And, it > should not suppress popup windows from specific sites (that is, I should be > able to add domains and sites to a list to just allow normal functionality. > > You can enhance this feature more by providing an OPTIONAL prompt to add a > particular site/domain to the list when it attempts to open a new window. > > The content that would have appeared in the new window is simply ignored. I > think this is doable, and prevents one of the most invasive, intrusive > marketing techniques abused today, without preventing the legitimate use of > popup windows (login dialogs, help). > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Roderick Mann rmann @ latencyzero.com.sansspam > > > To unsubscribe send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To search the archives: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/macie-talk%40lists.boingo.com/> > To unsubscribe send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To search the archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/macie-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
