Re: [PLUG] disable plugin-based popups in Firefox

[Jeff Kaufman <cbr@sccs.swarthmore.edu>]

Toby DiPasquale wrote:
> I almost forgot...
>
> At the meeting, I had mentioned an about:config option for Firefox to
> disable popups that originated from plugins, but I couldn't remember the
> exact name or the site. I located the blog I originally found it on, which
> is here:
>
> http://www.petebevin.com/archives/2005/03/10/firefox_popups.html

Wouldn't this also disable user-initiated popups?  Normally Firefox will 
open a popup only when the user clicks, usually on a javascript link. 
In the case of popups caused by a plugin, however, firefox can't know if 
the popup is user-initiated.  (Or could it look at the timing between 
the mouse click it passes to the plugin and the request it recieves back 
to launch the popup?)

A solution I like better is the flashblock plugin, as almost all flash 
objects are ADs and the ones that aren't are usually annoying.  A 
blocked bit of flash can't open popups, and if you unblock it, you 
probably want to let it do what its supposed to.

Jeff

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Jeff Kaufman
http://sccs.swarthmore.edu/~cbr/


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