On 8/31/10 5:41 AM, Phillip Jones wrote: > Ed Mullen wrote: >> David E. Ross wrote: >>> On 8/30/10 1:54 PM, Ron Hunter wrote: >>>> On 8/30/2010 12:13 PM, David E. Ross wrote: >>>>> On 8/30/10 7:35 AM, Ant wrote: >>>>>> On 8/29/2010 3:54 PM PT, David E. Ross typed: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I have the PrefBar extension installed for SeaMonkey. I use the >>>>>>> JavaScript checkbox to disable JavaScript whenever I view the Huffington >>>>>>> Post, not because of what happens to navigation arrows but because of >>>>>>> the annoying same-window popups. I also disable JavaScript for several >>>>>>> other news Web sites for the same reason. The only problem is >>>>>>> remembering to enable JavaScript before I visit a page where it is >>>>>>> really needed. >>>>>> >>>>>> Strange, I don't get pop-ups there but then I do use AdBlock Plus. Is >>>>>> there a way to white and black lists web sites for JS? But then other >>>>>> features on those web sites would break. Ugh! >>>>> >>>>> The "popups" are not advertisements; they are not even true popups. >>>>> They are in the form of large tool-tips, comments on the item over which >>>>> the cursor is hovering. Thus, AdBlock Plus (which I too use) will not >>>>> block them. Although they are not ads, they are very annoying because >>>>> they often hide adjacent content. >>>>> >>>> My own personal definition of a 'popup' is ANYTHING that appears over >>>> already present display information that is not requested by the user. >>>> It really doesn't matter if it is advertisement, or not. If it obscures >>>> content, and is not requested, then it is a popup. It appears that >>>> Firefox devs need to reassess the current state of such distractions to >>>> see if they can be prevented. This is just another of those 'arms >>>> races' where advertisers, and others, seek to override the user's >>>> preferences as to how they view content. >>>> >>> >>> I visit a number of Web pages where the tooltip type of "popup" happens >>> to be important. >>> >>> Go to<http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/>. Hover your cursor over a tropical >>> storm. You will get a popup that provides a summary about that storm. >>> Currently, at<http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/index.shtml?epac>, the map shows >>> a low-pressure area that is not yet a storm. The popup for that >>> low-pressure area provides an estimated probability of whether it will >>> become a tropical storm. >>> >> >> Nice example of a "good" use of the function. Unfortunately, it is all >> to often sorely abused. >> > Doesn't SM And Firefox both have pop-up blockers? and aren't they > already setup so you can white list legit Pop-ups such as for example > the weather websites. > > Only item I woul love to permanent kill is the NetFlix ad opens every > time you open another website. I believe they have infiltrated the > various sites without knowledge of the website owner. For example cNet, > ZDnet, and Computerworld news. as long as your on the main page fine (it > already has small ads which ignore). But as soon as I go to read an > article, bam!, up comes the NetFix ad, and the only way I can get rid of > it, is use back arrow to go back one page. then it doesn't show up any > more that session. > > In order to stop it it stops all Pop ups or pop overs . The way I'd > like to see it work. As soon as one of these things comes up, a message > would appear from SM or FF do you wish to ban forever the pop > up/popover. click yes/ or know the message would never show up again. if > you answered yes it woul be permanently block if no, no action would be > taken. >
The popup blocker in the Gecko-based browsers blocks actual popups, which are separate pages. What I have been trying to describe are more like tooltips within the page you are viewing. Did you visit the National Hurricane Center pages I cited? If so, did you hover your cursor over the storms shown on the maps? -- David E. Ross <http://www.rossde.com/>. Anyone who thinks government owns a monopoly on inefficient, obstructive bureaucracy has obviously never worked for a large corporation. © 1997 by David E. Ross _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
