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* On 2006.03.13, in <20060313120717.GM2783@klangraum>,
* "A. Pagaltzis" <pagaltzis@xxx.xx> wrote:
> * David Cantrell <david@xxxxxxxx.xxx.xx> [2006-03-13 12:55]:
> >Creating a new window under any other circumstance is WRONG.
>
> That is a fine theory, except so many webapps would cease to work
Well, yes. That happens if I change any number of other things too
(Javascript off? Java off? New windows in tabs? Cookies only from
issuing site?) but it doesn't mean that I shouldn't be permitted to
break so many webapps if I know what I'm up to. Most days I don't
use such web apps, so should be allowed to make them not work for my
sanity's sake.
> (yes, they're hateful; no, that doesn't mean Firefox can ignore
> them) that the popup blocking setting would have to be considered
> hateful ANYWAY. Maybe extra-strong popup blocking should be a
> hidden pref.
Hidden? No, thanks. Nobody should need any special command-line voodoo
(that's likely to change from one supported platform to another) to
enable basic features, regardless of how "this can break things if your
brain shuts down" they are. Just put warnings where suitable, and
support both named (by the user) and generic configuration profiles to
sweepingly change all your preferences:
o Open configuration (allows most actions; supports most web apps)
o Closed configuration (denies some actions; breaks some arcane apps)
o Tight configuration (you like sanity more than web developers do)
o Paranoid configuration (you talk to your shrink about privacy)
To accompany that, I'd like having a discreet little indicator somewhere
in the window frame area that lights up to tell me that some code has
attempted to open a window of {normal window | tiny irritating popup |
modal dialog[ue] } type, containing N separate visual elements. Hey,
maybe if I click the indicator or press the "open all the little
windows" keystroke, the window opens anyway, even if my preferences say
"don't open new windows."
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