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cphoenix · Joined: 02 Sep 2006 Posts: 3

http://www.x10.com/security/wireless_systems.html

I get a popup window--sometimes it seems to disappear in about 1/2 second, sometimes it persists (e.g. Dell ad, IIRC).

I'm using Adblock Plus v.5 d3 nightly 42 on Firefox 1.0.7 on XP.

Chris

Zachariah · Joined: 21 Jul 2004 Posts: 703 Location: Earth

firefox 1.5 (and higher) has much better built-in popup blocking abilities than the 1.0.x line
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Wladimir Palant · Joined: 05 May 2006 Posts: 66

@Zachariah: I think you are wrong on this - the major change came with Gecko 1.7.5 which is Firefox 1.0. The changes on the popup blocker since then have been minor. Yet 1.0.x isn't supported any longer so an upgrade is really recommendable...

@cphoenix: This isn't a new browser window, so it isn't a popup, just a regular ad on the page. You can add this filter to get rid of it:

Zachariah · Joined: 21 Jul 2004 Posts: 703 Location: Earth

now that you mention it, that does sound right ... my mistake

also I'm glad you noticed that it was not a true popup ... that term mislead me
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cphoenix · Joined: 02 Sep 2006 Posts: 3

The "vault" thing isn't a popup. But there was another popup that appeared to be a separate window. Sorry if I got it wrong--I do know the difference, but the ads do their best to confuse...

Zachariah · Joined: 21 Jul 2004 Posts: 703 Location: Earth

I wasn't criticizing what you wrote ... I was admitting that I didn't do enough research before answering.
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Wladimir Palant · Joined: 05 May 2006 Posts: 66

Ok, maybe there was a popup - but I don't have one now (not even blocked by Firefox). However, since Adblock isn't a popup blocker any popups not blocked are Firefox issues. Adblock is only sometimes fortunate enough to block the scripts that open popups.
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cphoenix · Joined: 02 Sep 2006 Posts: 3

OK, thanks for the clarification. I hadn't realized which program does what.

And, Wladimir--thanks for being a developer of Adblock Plus! It's really great to have the Adblock programs--they make the net *so* much more surfable! If wuffies existed, you'd be rich.