Post #208,632
5/25/05 11:38:59 PM
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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.
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Post #208,643
5/26/05 2:38:52 AM
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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
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Post #208,654
5/26/05 7:36:57 AM
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OT: Heh. That site's slogan: "nerds are for dorks". :-)
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Post #208,691
5/26/05 11:40:39 AM
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Interger?
calling the spelling police (or CRC)
A
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Post #210,116
6/6/05 7:51:56 PM
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worked good for a few days
but drudgereport and mail.com have gotten around this fix too
A
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Post #210,123
6/6/05 8:25:44 PM
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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)
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Post #210,124
6/6/05 8:29:07 PM
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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.
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Post #211,560
6/17/05 1:51:02 PM
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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.
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Post #211,582
6/17/05 4:38:03 PM
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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
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Post #211,586
6/17/05 4:58:46 PM
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Danke. :-)
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Post #209,765
6/3/05 9:20:34 AM
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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
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Post #209,767
6/3/05 9:37:50 AM
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That is very handy. Thanks
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Post #210,018
6/6/05 9:29:34 AM
6/6/05 9:29:54 AM
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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
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Post #211,331
6/15/05 2:30:24 PM
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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
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