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Firefox Tests Beefed-up Popup Blocker
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| April 1, 2005
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Posted on 04/01/2005 1:55:01 PM PST by Eagle9
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This extension is still being tested.
You can download, read feedback from those who have tried it, and post your own comments or suggestions to the developer at the following link.
http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/asa/archives/007860.html
If you simply want to block all popups, this is the extension that you want.
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posted on
04/01/2005 1:55:03 PM PST
by
Eagle9
To: ShadowAce
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posted on
04/01/2005 1:55:56 PM PST
by
Eagle9
To: Eagle9
The problem with these pop-up ads is simple:
THEY WORK!
The advertisers wouldn't go to the trouble of working around your defenses to show you an ad, if it didn't pay off.
Unfortunately, there are apparently enough people who actually buy stuff this way to encourage them.
DON'T BUY IT !!!
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posted on
04/01/2005 1:58:21 PM PST
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: Eagle9
Now if they could figure out how to allow a "Quicktime" to play instead of showing a broken icon and locking up the browser so one has to perform the 3-finder salute, it would be wonderful.
Seems a lot of folks have this problem but I have yet to find someone offering a solution.
Anybody here, besides me, had this trouble?
Uninstall, reinstall of all components and programs did not help.
To: Eagle9
Good, maybe I will now be able to start reading Drudge again. There is more crap on his site than just about anywhere else I go.
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posted on
04/01/2005 1:59:50 PM PST
by
KevinB
To: rdb3; chance33_98; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; Bush2000; PenguinWry; GodGunsandGuts; CyberCowboy777; ...
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posted on
04/01/2005 2:02:59 PM PST
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: Izzy Dunne
The problem with these pop-up ads is simple:
THEY WORK! So true.
I recently read that close to 30% of Internet users have actually purchased a product from a spam email. Incredible!
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posted on
04/01/2005 2:05:58 PM PST
by
Eagle9
To: ShadowAce
Would be most appreciative if you would add me to the Tech Ping list.
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posted on
04/01/2005 2:08:53 PM PST
by
KevinB
To: N. Theknow
Hmm, just to eliminate the obvious...do you have quicktime installed?
I've always found problems with quicktime regardless of using firefox, IE, quicktime itself. I usually avoid it like the plague, and if i can't find the movie in any other format, I'll convert it to a different one :/
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posted on
04/01/2005 2:11:45 PM PST
by
tfecw
(Vote Democrat, It's easier than working)
To: Eagle9
They need to do something. When I started using FireFox I had virtually no popups. Now that it has been around for awhile I am starting to see them.
......mainly on Drudge.
He has to pay the bills I guess.
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posted on
04/01/2005 2:18:30 PM PST
by
KoRn
(~Halliburton Told Me......)
To: dd5339
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posted on
04/01/2005 2:19:38 PM PST
by
Vic3O3
(Jeremiah 31:16-17 (KJV))
To: KoRn
I installed this extension and just visited Drudge's site. No popups. I clicked on several articles, still no popups.
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posted on
04/01/2005 2:24:27 PM PST
by
Eagle9
To: Eagle9
I didn't install the Flash and other plugins for Firefox, so I haven't had the problem. If I need to see something in Flash, I'll fire up my Mozilla, which has all the plugins I could find. Coupled with my standalone pop-up blocker, it works well enough.
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posted on
04/01/2005 3:05:02 PM PST
by
PAR35
To: Eagle9
Nice! I think I'll give it a try.
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posted on
04/01/2005 3:14:35 PM PST
by
KoRn
(~Halliburton Told Me......)
To: Eagle9
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posted on
04/01/2005 3:15:50 PM PST
by
TomGuy
(America: Best friend or worst enemy. Choose wisely.)
To: tfecw
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posted on
04/01/2005 3:21:13 PM PST
by
TomGuy
(America: Best friend or worst enemy. Choose wisely.)
To: Eagle9
Same here!
Drudge = PWND!
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posted on
04/01/2005 3:27:50 PM PST
by
KoRn
(~Halliburton Told Me......)
To: N. Theknow
I got rid of Quick Time for that very reason, Got tired of it hanging up.
To: KevinB
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posted on
04/01/2005 5:40:55 PM PST
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: Eagle9
my mozilla firefox often attempts to send an error message home to its maker, but the error message cannot get out of my computer.
any ideas?
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posted on
04/01/2005 5:46:29 PM PST
by
ken21
( if you didn't see it on tv, then it didn't happen. /s)
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