Re: pop-up ads and denial of service attacks

[Mitchell Stoltz]

> Certainly zones may be a useful extension later on, but they wouldn't be
> limited just to scripts. I think their primary use would be for
> whitelists for setting permissions on running local executables, and
> access to local Java classes, and things like that. Anyway, zone UI
> shouldn't block implementation of a basic UI for setting the default
> JavaScript settings.


Agreed, though I'd still like to see a zones UI at some point.



> The `Allow scripts to do the following' tree contains the following:
> [/] Open windows by themselves
> [ ] Move or resize existing windows
> [ ] Flip over or under other windows
> [/] Detect when I leave a page
> [/] Change status bar text
> [/] Load images or other objects
> [/] Set cookies
> [/] Read cookies
> [/] Access my History


This is a great list. While we're at it, can any helpful readers suggest 
any more things that users will want to block from this panel?

     -Mitch