Chuck Hast wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 6:28 PM, Richard Smoot <rsmoot@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
>>> If you've got FF already blocking popups, it was probably invoked through
>>> Flash. �There's a setting under about:config that disallows that... looks
>>> like privacy.popups.disable_from_plugins. �Also using things that disallow
>>> Javascript (such as Noscript) and Flash (such as Flashblock) from arbitrary
>>> sites is a good idea. �I sometimes have to disable Flashblock to get some
>>> sites to work; you get what you pay for. �On the whole, it's a very good
>>> thing -- no more moving or interactive ads.
>> This kind of behavior is a lot worse in Windows. In Linux with FireFox,
>> usually just closing Firefox and restarting FireFox gets rid of it.
>> In Windows I sometime had to do the three fingered salute to get rid of it.
>> Stay away from web sites doing this.
>> I do have a site I like were I will get a big Netflix popup which easily
>> closes and does not come back during that session. This is the only one
>> of these new popups I,ve seen.
>> If I were still using Windows on the web, I certainly would not use an
>> AntiVirus that behaved this way.
>>
> There are some sites that I go to that have some silly little screen that
> migrates across the screen to the center, usually it either wants to have
> you answer some questions or look at something, Discovery.com is one
> that comes to mind, but several other sites that I go to do this just can not
> remember which ones they are. They are the only ones that appear to
> sneak through.
>
>
>
Ah, those are almost as annoying as those text highlight ones. If you
mouse over a highlighted keyword (usually done to make it look like a
link) some stupid advertisement is drawn on the page. Those are usually
done in a way that prevents blocking them without killing the website's
scripting too.
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