Comments on: Firefox stops blocking popups http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=300 Helping PC users make sense of Microsoft software since 1991 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:54:09 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Andrew http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=300&cpage=1#comment-86720 Andrew Thu, 06 Jul 2006 10:09:22 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/wordpress/?p=300#comment-86720 ” Is the incredible popularity and utility of Firefox extensions a double-edged sword?” Having dipped your toe in the water of free and open software, you can always go the whole hog, and move to linux. It's not a tivial transition, but it makes it pretty much impossible for others to mess with your system! ” Is the incredible popularity and utility of Firefox extensions a double-edged sword?”
Having dipped your toe in the water of free and open software, you can always go the whole hog, and move to linux. It’s not a tivial transition, but it makes it pretty much impossible for others to mess with your system!

]]> By: me http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=300&cpage=1#comment-19298 me Wed, 17 May 2006 23:03:13 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/wordpress/?p=300#comment-19298 Firefox 1.5 and newer automatically block pop-ups from plugins, which was probably the main cause of pop-ups. There are other solutions for pop-ups in this knowledge base article: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Pop-ups_not_blocked Firefox 1.5 and newer automatically block pop-ups from plugins, which was probably the main cause of pop-ups. There are other solutions for pop-ups in this knowledge base article:

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Pop-ups_not_blocked

]]> By: Asa Dotzler http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=300&cpage=1#comment-501 Asa Dotzler Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/wordpress/?p=300#comment-501 " Is the incredible popularity and utility of Firefox extensions a double-edged sword?" Yes, it is. And it has caused lots of people lots of problems. --Asa ” Is the incredible popularity and utility of Firefox extensions a double-edged sword?”

Yes, it is. And it has caused lots of people lots of problems.

–Asa

]]> By: Neil T. http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=300&cpage=1#comment-502 Neil T. Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/wordpress/?p=300#comment-502 The problems with things like popups getting re-enabled and so forth is the reason why I gave up using the all-encompassing Tabbrowser Extensions (TBE) and then chose indivudual extensions which just offered the features I want. Ultimately, this was satisfied using the Mini-T extension (which allows you to drag and drop tabs to re-order them) and enabling a hidden preference to show some advanced tabbed browsing controls in the Options dialog which can force new windows to open in new tabs instead. TBE has, in the past, inadvertently enabled popups again, and this was one of the reasons why I stopped using it. The problems with things like popups getting re-enabled and so forth is the reason why I gave up using the all-encompassing Tabbrowser Extensions (TBE) and then chose indivudual extensions which just offered the features I want. Ultimately, this was satisfied using the Mini-T extension (which allows you to drag and drop tabs to re-order them) and enabling a hidden preference to show some advanced tabbed browsing controls in the Options dialog which can force new windows to open in new tabs instead.

TBE has, in the past, inadvertently enabled popups again, and this was one of the reasons why I stopped using it.

]]> By: Ed Bott http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=300&cpage=1#comment-503 Ed Bott Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/wordpress/?p=300#comment-503 Yes, it appears that TBE was the culprit here. After I set up a clean profile without TBE, the problem with the checkbox getting cleared went away. I still am getting (rare) popups, though. Even on a clean profile, I saw a popup this morning. So the game is on. Yes, it appears that TBE was the culprit here. After I set up a clean profile without TBE, the problem with the checkbox getting cleared went away. I still am getting (rare) popups, though. Even on a clean profile, I saw a popup this morning. So the game is on.

]]> By: matt http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=300&cpage=1#comment-504 matt Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/wordpress/?p=300#comment-504 Firefox's popup blocker seems to miss pop-ups triggered by macromedia flash's geturl() function. I'm using adblock to block flash banners and this seems to have taken care of the issue. Unfortunately, adblock seems to be blocking pop-ups that I want now. :( Firefox’s popup blocker seems to miss pop-ups triggered by macromedia flash’s geturl() function. I’m using adblock to block flash banners and this seems to have taken care of the issue. Unfortunately, adblock seems to be blocking pop-ups that I want now. :(

]]> By: Steve http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=300&cpage=1#comment-505 Steve Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/wordpress/?p=300#comment-505 I just started getting popups on my LINUX machine using Firefox. I was using Adblock but it made the "send" and "reply" buttons on Yahoo! Mail null and void. I just started getting popups on my LINUX machine using Firefox. I was using Adblock but it made the “send” and “reply” buttons on Yahoo! Mail null and void.

]]> By: Jer McG http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=300&cpage=1#comment-506 Jer McG Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/wordpress/?p=300#comment-506 <a href="http://www.clicksor.com/paypopup/redirads.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.clicksor.com/paypopup/redirads.php</a> [remainder of link, including URL that resolves to doubleclick.net, snipped - E.B.] Those are the responsible parties for the popup that showed up on my computer today - the first popup firefox did not block - and yes I was using tabed browsing. http://www.clicksor.com/paypopup/redirads.php [remainder of link, including URL that resolves to doubleclick.net, snipped - E.B.]

Those are the responsible parties for the popup that showed up on my computer today – the first popup firefox did not block – and yes I was using tabed browsing.

]]> By: Wynter http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=300&cpage=1#comment-507 Wynter Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/wordpress/?p=300#comment-507 Recently, some trolls from Hell in the guise of programmers have started using JavaScript to bypass Firefox’s popup blocker. So heres how to stop most if not all of it until the next upgrade.

1. Go here and download/install the Adblock extension. Once you install it you need to close and then reopen your browser for it to work.

2. Go to The Adblock Project and look for Filterset.G (or just go here). Save the 2005-02-14a.txt file as txt.

3. Go to the Firefox Tools>Adblock> Preferences> Adblock Options> Import Filters. Select the text file and bring it into adblock.

I hereby credit Otto von Chriek @ http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=221923 for saving my popup free experience.

Take that Hell trolls!

[Edited to make links clickable - E.B.]

]]> By: Heidi http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=300&cpage=1#comment-508 Heidi Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/wordpress/?p=300#comment-508 Wynter: Is there any pre-existing file that would be overwritten if we go through that process? Should it be? Thanks. Wynter:

Is there any pre-existing file that would be overwritten if we go through that process? Should it be?

Thanks.

]]> By: Ed Bott http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=300&cpage=1#comment-509 Ed Bott Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/wordpress/?p=300#comment-509 Heidi, I'm not Wynter, but I can tell you that this technique won't overwrite anything. It simply adds a list of sites to the Adblock list. Should be safe and effective. Heidi, I’m not Wynter, but I can tell you that this technique won’t overwrite anything. It simply adds a list of sites to the Adblock list. Should be safe and effective.

]]> By: Heidi http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=300&cpage=1#comment-510 Heidi Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/wordpress/?p=300#comment-510 Thanks, Ed Bott! Thanks, Ed Bott!

]]> By: ryan http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=300&cpage=1#comment-511 ryan Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/wordpress/?p=300#comment-511 Re: [FireFox] Popup Blocker Not Working <a href="http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12727198~mode=full" rel="nofollow">http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12727198~mode=full</a> Re: [FireFox] Popup Blocker Not Working
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12727198~mode=full

]]> By: Ed Bott http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=300&cpage=1#comment-512 Ed Bott Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/wordpress/?p=300#comment-512 There's a follow-up <a href="http://www.edbott.com/weblog/archives/000538.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> as well. There’s a follow-up here as well.

]]> By: F Thomas http://www.edbott.com/weblog/?p=300&cpage=1#comment-513 F Thomas Wed, 31 Dec 1969 17:00:00 +0000 http://www.edbott.com/wordpress/?p=300#comment-513 To block pop-ups from plugins, open your Firefox 1.0 or 1.0.1 browser, type about:config in the address field. Right-click in the resulting config page somewhere and select New -> Interger. Type privacy.popups.disable_from_plugins in the resulting dialog, hit OK, type 2 in the next dialog and youre all set.

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