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Post #208,602 by andread 5/25/05 4:23:34 PM Reply	Why Does Firefox ask you to make Firefox your hoempage everytime you install an upgrade and why is it losing the battle against pop-ups A Play I Some Music w/ Papa Andy Saturday 8 PM - 11 PM ET All Night Rewind 11 PM - 5 PM Reggae, African and Caribbean Music [link\|http://wxxe.org\|Tune In]
Post #208,604 by boxley 5/25/05 4:39:09 PM Reply	popups? you getting popups? All tribal myths are true, for a given value of "true" Terry Pratchett [link\|http://boxleys.blogspot.com/\|http://boxleys.blogspot.com/] Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 48 years. meep questions, help? [link\|mailto:pappas@catholic.org\|email pappas at catholic.org]
Post #208,612 by bepatient 5/25/05 5:38:31 PM Reply	Infrequently but I see them too. If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. _{Fudd's First Law of Opposition} [link\|mailto:bepatient@aol.com\|BePatient]
Post #208,614 by n3jja 5/25/05 6:28:14 PM Reply	Can't remember the last time I got a pop-up with Firefox. Can't remember the first time, either. Can't remember anytime I've gotten a pop-up, period.
Post #208,621 by broomberg 5/25/05 7:40:17 PM Reply	I get them It's rare, but it happens. Here's a mention: [link\|http://www.edbott.com/weblog/archives/000300.html\|http://www.edbott.co...hives/000300.html]
Post #208,627 by Silverlock 5/25/05 9:58:45 PM Reply	I've seen them for a few months. The first was followed by no others for quite a while so I'm not entirely sure but I think it happened around October of last year. In the last month I think I've seen about five. ----------------------------------------- "In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for. As for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican." -- H. L. Mencken Support our troops, Impeach Bush. D. D. Richards
Post #208,632 by dws 5/25/05 11:38:59 PM Reply	Blame Flash Advertisers, or nerds on their behalf, figured out how to get Flash to pop up ads, bypassing the usual HMTL/Javascript checks that browers can do.
Post #208,643 by cforde 5/26/05 2:38:52 AM Reply	here's how to get rid of them... [link\|http://forevergeek.com/open_source/blocking_flashbased_popups_in_firefox.php\|blocking flash based popups] Have fun, Carl Forde
Post #208,654 by Another Scott 5/26/05 7:36:57 AM Reply	OT: Heh. That site's slogan: "nerds are for dorks". :-)
Post #208,691 by andread 5/26/05 11:40:39 AM Reply	Interger? calling the spelling police (or CRC) A Play I Some Music w/ Papa Andy Saturday 8 PM - 11 PM ET All Night Rewind 11 PM - 5 PM Reggae, African and Caribbean Music [link\|http://wxxe.org\|Tune In]
Post #210,116 by andread 6/6/05 7:51:56 PM Reply	worked good for a few days but drudgereport and mail.com have gotten around this fix too A Play I Some Music w/ Papa Andy Saturday 8 PM - 11 PM ET All Night Rewind 11 PM - 5 PM Reggae, African and Caribbean Music [link\|http://wxxe.org\|Tune In]
Post #210,123 by ben_tilly 6/6/05 8:25:44 PM Reply	There is another fix Don't go to drudge or mail.com. :-P Cheers, Ben I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
Post #210,124 by Another Scott 6/6/05 8:29:07 PM Reply	I pop in at DR ~ 1x a day. I never get popups. I'm using Mozilla 1.7x and Firefox 1.0.4. I also use [link\|http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html\|Spybot Search and Destroy] and am "Immunized" by it. Maybe you need something like that too? Hope you get it figured out. Cheers, Scott.
Post #211,560 by Another Scott 6/17/05 1:51:02 PM Reply	Spoke too soon. I just dropped by there (to see the headlines) and immediately got 4 popups from cruiseflorida.com Nasty. :-( I'm using Adblock v0.5d2 Nightly build 39 and Firefox 1.0.4. I'll have to see what else is available... Cheers, Scott.
Post #211,582 by SpiceWare 6/17/05 4:38:03 PM Reply	Re: Spoke too soon. [link\|/forums/render/content/show?contentid=209765\|Post #209765] Darrell Spice, Jr. [link\|http://spiceware.org/gallery/ArtisticOverpass\|Artistic Overpass]\n[link\|http://www.spiceware.org/\|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore
Post #211,586 by Another Scott 6/17/05 4:58:46 PM Reply	Danke. :-)
Post #209,765 by SpiceWare 6/3/05 9:20:34 AM Reply	Flashblock extension [link\|https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application=firefox&category=Web%20Annoyances&numpg=10&id=433\|Flashblock] Replaces Flash objects with a button you can click to view them. I've been using it for a few days and like it. Darrell Spice, Jr. [link\|http://spiceware.org/gallery/ArtisticOverpass\|Artistic Overpass]\n[link\|http://www.spiceware.org/\|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore
Post #209,767 by Silverlock 6/3/05 9:37:50 AM Reply	That is very handy. Thanks ----------------------------------------- "In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for. As for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican." -- H. L. Mencken Support our troops, Impeach Bush. D. D. Richards
Post #210,018 by SpiceWare 6/6/05 9:29:34 AM 6/6/05 9:29:54 AM Reply	silence is golden While I installed this to stop the last of the pop-ups, I'm really appreciating the disappearance of those noisy ads. Darrell Spice, Jr. [link\|http://spiceware.org/gallery/ArtisticOverpass\|Artistic Overpass]\n[link\|http://www.spiceware.org/\|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore Edited by SpiceWare June 6, 2005, 09:29:54 AM EDT Expand All History
Post #211,331 by SpiceWare 6/15/05 2:30:24 PM Reply	Newer version Firefox started crashing on occasion when accessing [link\|http://macslash.org\|MacSlash]. I don't hit that site often, so it took a bit to figure out that it was most likely crashing due to Flashblock. The extensions site has version 1.2.9. I found the main site for [link\|http://flashblock.mozdev.org/index.html\|Flashblock] and they have version 1.3.1. After installing that, the problems at MacSlash appear to have cleared up. NOTE - you can't just upgrade Flashblock. Follow the [link\|http://flashblock.mozdev.org/uninstall.html\|uninstall process] and then install the new version. Darrell Spice, Jr. [link\|http://spiceware.org/gallery/ArtisticOverpass\|Artistic Overpass]\n[link\|http://www.spiceware.org/\|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore
Post #208,628 by n3jja 5/25/05 10:04:34 PM Reply	Interesting. Haven't seen any evidence of this in OS/2. And I have one Windoze machine using Mozilla 1.7.3 that I'm not seeing it on. Anybody got a site that consistantly does this?
Post #208,672 by boxley 5/26/05 10:20:31 AM Reply	www.drudgereport.com All tribal myths are true, for a given value of "true" Terry Pratchett [link\|http://boxleys.blogspot.com/\|http://boxleys.blogspot.com/] Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 48 years. meep questions, help? [link\|mailto:pappas@catholic.org\|email pappas at catholic.org]
Post #208,772 by n3jja 5/26/05 11:01:17 PM Reply	Must be Flash, then. I don't have any Flash plugin loaded for either Mozilla or Firefox.
Post #210,623 by ubernostrum 6/9/05 11:23:55 AM Reply	No popups Nice little popup-blocker icon comes up down in the corner to tell me it blocked stuff, but nothing gets through. --\r\nYou cooin' with my bird? \r\n[link\|http://www.shtuff.us/\|shtuff]
Post #208,605 by JayMehaffey 5/25/05 4:41:05 PM Reply	Re: Why Does Firefox 1. Stupidity. 2. Evil is relentless. Jay

Why Does Firefox - (andread) - (24) - May 25, 2005, 04:23:34 PM EDT

popups? you getting popups? -NT - (boxley) - (22) - May 25, 2005, 04:39:09 PM EDT

Infrequently but I see them too. -NT - (bepatient) - (21) - May 25, 2005, 05:38:31 PM EDT

Can't remember the last time I got a pop-up with Firefox. - (n3jja) - (20) - May 25, 2005, 06:28:14 PM EDT

I get them - (broomberg) - (19) - May 25, 2005, 07:40:17 PM EDT

I've seen them for a few months. - (Silverlock) - (14) - May 25, 2005, 09:58:45 PM EDT

Blame Flash - (dws) - (13) - May 25, 2005, 11:38:59 PM EDT

here's how to get rid of them... - (cforde) - (8) - May 26, 2005, 02:38:52 AM EDT

OT: Heh. That site's slogan: "nerds are for dorks". :-) -NT - (Another Scott) - May 26, 2005, 07:36:57 AM EDT

Interger? - (andread) - May 26, 2005, 11:40:39 AM EDT

worked good for a few days - (andread) - (5) - June 6, 2005, 07:51:56 PM EDT

There is another fix - (ben_tilly) - June 6, 2005, 08:25:44 PM EDT

I pop in at DR ~ 1x a day. I never get popups. - (Another Scott) - (3) - June 6, 2005, 08:29:07 PM EDT

Spoke too soon. - (Another Scott) - (2) - June 17, 2005, 01:51:02 PM EDT

Re: Spoke too soon. - (SpiceWare) - (1) - June 17, 2005, 04:38:03 PM EDT

Danke. :-) -NT - (Another Scott) - June 17, 2005, 04:58:46 PM EDT

Flashblock extension - (SpiceWare) - (3) - June 3, 2005, 09:20:34 AM EDT

That is very handy. Thanks -NT - (Silverlock) - June 3, 2005, 09:37:50 AM EDT

silence is golden - (SpiceWare) - June 6, 2005, 09:29:54 AM EDT

Newer version - (SpiceWare) - June 15, 2005, 02:30:24 PM EDT

Interesting. Haven't seen any evidence of this in OS/2. - (n3jja) - (3) - May 25, 2005, 10:04:34 PM EDT

www.drudgereport.com -NT - (boxley) - (2) - May 26, 2005, 10:20:31 AM EDT

Must be Flash, then. - (n3jja) - May 26, 2005, 11:01:17 PM EDT

No popups - (ubernostrum) - June 9, 2005, 11:23:55 AM EDT

Re: Why Does Firefox - (JayMehaffey) - May 25, 2005, 04:41:05 PM EDT

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