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On Mon, Mar 13, 2006 at 01:07:17PM +0100, A. Pagaltzis 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
> (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.
None that I can think of. Well, none that I want to work anyway, cos
the only ones I can think of are advertising shite. Really, I can't
think of a single site I've ever used where I would want popups to
appear other than in the circumstances I specified.
I suppose you're right, Firefox can't ignore them. It should still
block them though, but it already shows a little thingy at the top of
the window to tell me that it blocked a popup, so it needs to add
something there to "allow popups on this page/site" - in other words,
block by default, make whitelisting really easy.
It would also be nice if popup windows had a thingy saying "this is a
popup from your whitelist, click here to delete that whitelist entry".
--
David Cantrell | Reality Engineer, Ministry of Information
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their domestic servants, whether maid or drivers, run away
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