Comments on: Firefox popup blocking http://inodes.org/2008/06/20/firefox-popup-blocking/ Moo - Development, Trouble-shooting and Random thoughts... Thu, 01 Jul 2010 03:27:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: allyson http://inodes.org/2008/06/20/firefox-popup-blocking/comment-page-1/#comment-2545 allyson Sat, 13 Jun 2009 18:31:32 +0000 http://inodes.org/blog/?p=75#comment-2545 The allow button is getting me crazy. is there a way of letting Firefox LEARN the sites you approve? Does the same thing happen in Safari? Thanks The allow button is getting me crazy.
is there a way of letting Firefox LEARN the sites you approve?

Does the same thing happen in Safari?

Thanks

]]> By: hardy.dropblog - Why destination-based popup blocking fails http://inodes.org/2008/06/20/firefox-popup-blocking/comment-page-1/#comment-2432 hardy.dropblog - Why destination-based popup blocking fails Fri, 20 Jun 2008 02:23:09 +0000 http://inodes.org/blog/?p=75#comment-2432 [...] mused about having firefox allow popups based on destination, rather than source. Here’s why it’s a [...] [...] mused about having firefox allow popups based on destination, rather than source. Here’s why it’s a [...]

]]> By: Marty http://inodes.org/2008/06/20/firefox-popup-blocking/comment-page-1/#comment-2431 Marty Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:11:25 +0000 http://inodes.org/blog/?p=75#comment-2431 You'd want to have it both ways I think. You'd still want to allow sites you trust to have their way with your browser. Another example for "destination allowing" is the webmail provided by GMX.de. You have to allow popups in order to see attachments but that means you've opened yourself up to their ads as well (triggered by unrelated "on-click" events. argh!). Making that work would require full path matching though. You’d want to have it both ways I think. You’d still want to allow sites you trust to have their way with your browser.

Another example for “destination allowing” is the webmail provided by GMX.de. You have to allow popups in order to see attachments but that means you’ve opened yourself up to their ads as well (triggered by unrelated “on-click” events. argh!). Making that work would require full path matching though.

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