Re: Reason #1781 to hate Mosa^H^H^H^HNets^H^H^H^HMozil^H^H^H^H^HFirefox.

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From: A. Pagaltzis
Subject: Re: Reason #1781 to hate Mosa^H^H^H^HNets^H^H^H^HMozil^H^H^H^H^HFirefox.
Date: 19:03 on 12 Mar 2006

* Peter da Silva <peter@xxxxxxx.xxx> [2006-03-12 11:05]:
>>There have been more and more sites using flash to bypass the
>>Firefox pop-up blocking;
>
>Aha! That's why I don't see this, because flashblock keeps the
>secret flash from running!

Some sites also use `onmousedown` or other such events to show
popups, because the blocker lets those pass on the assumption
that the're user-requested. So you get a popup when, say, you
click into the text to select some of it. SitePoint is such an
offender, f.ex.

Regards,
-- 
Aristotle Pagaltzis // <http://plasmasturm.org/>;

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Peter da Silva 09:59 on 12 Mar 2006
- A. Pagaltzis 19:03 on 12 Mar 2006
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Martin Ebourne 14:51 on 13 Mar 2006
David Champion 15:26 on 13 Mar 2006
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Phil Pennock 23:47 on 17 Mar 2006
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