Re: pop-up ads and denial of service attacks

[Mitchell Stoltz]

Ben Bucksch wrote:


> No, because there are too many sites of both sorts. So, even if 
> "legitimate" and illegitimate uses don't appear on the same site, this 
> approach still won't work. No matter how I set the default, I will break 
> on many sites. And I won't bother to alter the prefs (even with UI) for 
> every third site.

What if you could turn the blocking on for the current site via the 
context menu? Would that be convenient enough?

I'm worried about making "disallow window.open except on user click" the 
default, because I think even that might break a significant number of 
legitimate uses. It could be a pref that applies to all sites, though.


> 
> The per-site prefs are good for some special sites which I use often. 
> They are not good for random sites out on the net.
> 
>> someone could maintain a list of annoying sites which could be 
>> automatically banned from creating popups.
> 
> 
> Doomed approach, just like the "child-protecting" site blocker apps.


Doomed why?

    -Mitch