On 03.10.2011 12:48, Tom S. wrote: --- Original Message ---
> Jay Garcia wrote: >> On 03.10.2011 10:15, Tom S. wrote: >> >> --- Original Message --- >> >>> 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/ >>> >> >> Not getting any popup(s) on the site, what are >> you seeing as a "popup"? >> >> > > It's usually an ad (using Flash) for Netflix. I > notice now that after it pops up, it can't get it > to repeat until after I close SM and open again to > the page. > > Here's a few more sites with the same action: > > http://snopes.com/ > > http://www.philly.com/philly/news/ > > http://freethoughtblogs.com/ > I get zero popups on those sites as well. Did you try creating a new profile to see what happens? -- *Jay Garcia - Netscape Champion* www.ufaq.org Netscape - Firefox - SeaMonkey - Thunderbird _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
