On 10/3/11 8:15 AM, Tom S. wrote: > JD wrote: >> Tom S. wrote: >>> WLS wrote: >>>> Tom S. wrote: >>>>> Hello all, >>>>> >>>>> I have SM 2.4.1 running on Win XP SP3. >>>>> >>>>> Here's something that's bugged me for a long >>>>> while. I thought eventually someone else >>>>> would bring it up and soon after, it would be >>>>> fixed. Oh well. >>>>> >>>>> Why is it SM no longer stops pop-ups? >>>>> >>>>> When a page loads that has a pop-up, I have >>>>> assigned a "pop" sound and the highlighted >>>>> exclamation point shows on the bottom >>>>> toolbar. But then, if I should click anywhere >>>>> on the page, the pop-up will open into a new >>>>> tab, instead of remaining suppressed. This >>>>> happens on almost all websites that use >>>>> pop-ups. (Oftentimes, they will use Flash for >>>>> these pop-ups, but the Flashblock extension >>>>> disables it, so it only shows the "F" >>>>> button.) >>>>> >>>>> Is there anything I can change to prevent >>>>> the pop-ups from happening? >>>>> >>>>> TIA. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> You do not state whether you have Block >>>> unrequested popup windows checked under your >>>> Privacy and Security preferences. >>>> >>>> Are the offending popups Ads? >>>> >>>> I don't have Flashblock installed, but do have >>>> AdBlock Plus installed and never have a >>>> problem with unrequested popups. >>>> >>> >>> I double checked the preference setting, and it is >>> checked. However, I see in the disclaimer: "Even >>> if blocked, websites may use other methods to show >>> popups." So, that may be what's happening. >>> >>> I'm currently not using AdBlock Plus, which I >>> tried a long time ago, but didn't like the way it >>> worked back then. >>> >> >> Got any examples of pages that are giving you popups? >> > > Sure. Here's one (comics site): > http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/ >
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:7.0) Gecko/20110923 SeaMonkey/2.4 I got no popups at that site. I did see a few artifacts similar to tooltips when I hovered my cursor over certain links. -- 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
