New Firefox popups - stop them now

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August 8th, 2005, 04:48 AM
zencoder

New Firefox popups - stop them now
So I was very surprised to get a popup today on my freshly installed Ubuntu system when looking up a word at M-W.com. Especially since the ecru-colored notification bar showed up, telling me Firefox had blocked a popup...

Thankfully, EITPlanet had this article linked...thanks JPM!
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Like you, I love Firefox for many reasons, including popup blocking. So over the last few weeks I’ve been surprised to see occasional popups.

It turns out that some clever people figured out that you could launch popups from Flash, getting around the Firefox default settings.

Fortunately, you can get around it:
[list=1][*]Type about:config into the Firefox location bar.[*]Right-click on the page and select New and then Integer.[*]Name it privacy.popups.disable_from_plugins[*]Set the value to 2.[/list=1]

The possible values are:

0: Allow all popups from plugins.
1: Allow popups, but limit them to dom.popup_maximum.
2: Block popups from plugins.
3: Block popups from plugins, even on whitelisted sites.
August 8th, 2005, 05:01 AM
Maverick811

Hey, thanks for the heads up Zen...
August 8th, 2005, 06:54 PM
mohaughn

Are these the pop-unders that I see every now and then? I can't remember where I was seeing them now, but I made this change. Hopefully it stops them.

Thanks!
August 8th, 2005, 08:08 PM
Tedob1

thanks zencoder!

never knew that existed

using about:config i was able to fix an annoyance in firefox. [ctrl+rotate mousewheel] now only resizes text and no longer opens new pages in tabs or new windows. toggled middlemouse.contentLoadUrl and middlemouse.openNewWindow to false.....yes!

seems that the site formatting insists on inserting a space in between "about" and ":config" (on my mach at least) and that doesn't work!
August 8th, 2005, 08:14 PM
zencoder

Hakc and tweak via about:config

Yeah, I had the Firefox Hacks book on my digital bookshelf for awhile, but it wasn't as great as I had hoped. I want to disable the BACKSPACE == Go Back function. I am always backspacing in a form, I bumped the touchpad, and go back 5 or 6 pages. Major annoyance...
August 8th, 2005, 08:20 PM
Kthln01

i thought that was happening due to an error on my part. (figured i must have accidentally hit some combination of keys to trigger that)

Didnt know that was a Firefox standard.

Zen, if you find a way to disable the BKSP page relationship, let us know.
August 8th, 2005, 08:23 PM
KorpDeath

FYI - I don't get those pop unders or popups in Deer Park Alpha 2.
August 8th, 2005, 09:22 PM
Spyder32

Thanks zencoder for the heads up! :)

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FYI - I don't get those pop unders or popups in Deer Park Alpha 2.

I KNEW my friend suggested it to me for a reason! :D
August 8th, 2005, 10:32 PM
Egaladeist

The only problem with Deer Park Alpha 2 is that it's still in it's testing stages...

http://www.antionline.com/showthread...eer+park+alpha
Firefox Deer Park Alpha 2

http://www.antionline.com/showthread...eer+park+alpha
Deer Park Alpha 2 Available: a Preview of Firefox 1.1

I hope it gets released early because I'd like to check it out.

Eg ;)
August 8th, 2005, 11:34 PM
xierox

I can't wait any longer! I must try it out! :D
August 9th, 2005, 03:21 AM
devpon

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The only problem with Deer Park Alpha 2 is that it's still in it's testing stages.
I hope it gets released early because I'd like to check it out.

Go check it out now. Been using it for awhile, haven't had any problems so far, and it is fast as hell.

http://developer.mozilla.org/devnews...ha-2-released/
August 9th, 2005, 03:37 AM
Egaladeist

Hi devpon,

I thought when it was finalized it was going to be Firefox1.1 ? And I had read in the link I provided in one of the threads I posted ( which has since changed ) that it wasn't recommended for users of Firefox at the time because of potential conflicts...
that you'd first have to uninstall Firefox to download Deer Park 2 ?

You've been using it as your default browser?

I don't think it'd be any faster for me because I'm on dial-up at 45.2kbps.

Eg ;)
August 9th, 2005, 03:43 AM
devpon

Actually, I have both of them installed, but when I start firefox, it loads Deer Park. I have not had any conflicts "yet". So I guess you will have to take a chance or wait. Do you feel lucky? :D
August 9th, 2005, 03:49 AM
Egaladeist

Hi devpon,

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Current users of Mozilla Firefox 1.0.x should not use Deer Park Alpha 2.

http://www.antionline.com/showthread...eer+park+alpha
AntiOnline - Deer Park Alpha 2 Available: a Preview of Firefox 1.1

with the way my computer and my ISP has been acting lately...I think I'd need more than luck ;)

Eg ;)
August 9th, 2005, 03:51 AM
zencoder

I thought they were skipping from 1.0.6 to 1.5 with Deer Park 2. Anyway...devpon, how does it work with plugins, extensions, and whatnot?
August 9th, 2005, 04:48 AM
KorpDeath

works great so far with all my plugins and "whatnot"
August 9th, 2005, 08:30 AM
xierox

I have only 2 out of 8 plugins have conflicts and Firefox won't let them run (which IMHO is a good thing.) One of them is a miniT (it allows me to reorder my tabs by drag and drop, and it is now worthless now that Deer Park Alpha has this built in) and the other is a Radial Context Menu (Google it, first result.) So far I like it. Can't wait for the final release!

- Xierox
August 10th, 2005, 04:39 PM
jedi180

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Originally posted here by xierox
I can't wait any longer! I must try it out! :D

Me too! :cool:
August 10th, 2005, 10:26 PM
xierox

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Originally posted here by jedi180
Me too! :cool:

Hey, Jed, glad ya made it. :D
August 10th, 2005, 11:01 PM
CyberGlyph

Im glad i read this post. That has been driving me nuts on some of the sites i use regularly.. Thanks.