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[KarishBHR]

the best thing about firefox (well one of the best) was the lack of popups... as of late, they've been everywhere. Whats the most effective fix?

 

[borghe]

http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/experimental/popupsdie/

 

[Wolffen]

Download Adblock (if you haven't already).
https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=10&application=firefox
When you get to a site with lots of pop ups sneaking past the built in blockers in Firefox, click on the Adblock word in the lower right corner of the firefox window. It will show you any blockable items on the page you're currently at. Look for anything from doubleclick.net, adserver blah blah, etc. Don't forget about swf files (for flash ads) and jscript files (those scripts are how they're getting past FF's internal blocker). If you notice a certain marketer is pushing the ads, used the wild card feature to block all adds from them. So you could add:
http://*.doubleclick.net/* to your filter and all doubleclick.net ads and data would be blocked.

Hope that helps!

 

[Ecrofirt]

get adblock

then get filterset.g

 

[Wolffen]

The Popups Must Die extension can break legitimate popups (to the point you have to whitelist a site to allow any popups there, right?) though. "Click here for larger image" types of stuff, for example. PMD is a shotgun approach. (Not that that is a bad thing, per se).

 

[123rl]

I've just downloaded AdBlock - thanks for the recommendation. Is there a way to block ALL pop ups/pop under windows? Or do I have to manually block every one (or use wildcards on every url that appears?)

It's cool so far though...time to go to IGN and block all those annoying flash adverts!!

 

[gblues]

the best thing about firefox (well one of the best) was the lack of popups... as of late, they've been everywhere. Whats the most effective fix?

They're probably sneaking in thru Flash.

http://www.petebevin.com/archives/2005/03/10/firefox_popups.html

Nathan

 

[borghe]

wow. never saw that. thanks!!

 

[Tenacious-V]

Only thing that sucks is Adblock doesn't work in 1.06

 

[Wolffen]

Weird...I'm running Adblock on 1.06 right now...

 

[Teddman]

They're probably sneaking in thru Flash.

http://www.petebevin.com/archives/2005/03/10/firefox_popups.html

Nathan

I've tried that and Flash-based popups still get through. Anyone else had that experience?

 

[SpeedingUptoStop]

You have to change some about:Config settings to get it to work in 1.06, but it will. Go to the adblock creator's forums and check out their solutions.

 

[123rl]

I'm using adblock with 1.0.6 without any problems.

 

[borghe]

I've tried that and Flash-based popups still get through. Anyone else had that experience?

haven't had problems yet. make sure you pick integer and not string. I picked string and it didn't save my setting.

 

[ConfusingJazz]

Only thing that sucks is Adblock doesn't work in 1.06

Really, how do you mean, its been working like a charm for me.


And how come forecast fox has a new version like every 2 days or something?

 

[Ecrofirt]

Does no one pay attention to me?

When you get adblock, use filterset.g! It's a text file that blocks all kinds of ads.
http://www.pierceive.com/

Please get this.

And I've had adblock installed for ages, and I've had 1.06 installed since it came out, and adblock is still working like a charm.

There's a recommendation to get AdBlock Plus if you're on 1.06. If can be found here: http://bene.sitesled.com/adblock.htm

I haven't installed this, however.

 

[Particle Physicist]

Does no one pay attention to me?

When you get adblock, use filterset.g! It's a text file that blocks all kinds of ads.
http://www.pierceive.com/

Please get this.

yup. this man knows whats up. adblock has been working for me on 1.06 as well.. on both mac and pc.

my firefox question::

when firefox cant load an image, nothing shows up.. is there are way to make it display a red x like in IE ?

 

[andthebeatgoeson]

I've tried that and Flash-based popups still get through. Anyone else had that experience?

I was going to say the same thing. Maybe that wasn't the solution.

 

[andthebeatgoeson]

I've done the 'about:config' and the filtersetg. Neither stop some popups from like StileProject. Maybe Javascript can get some popups thru?

 

[Ecrofirt]

I don't get any popups at stileproject

 

[Scrow]

popups...?

oh yeah, i remember those.

 

[aparisi2274]

I'm using adblock with 1.0.6 without any problems.

same here....