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327650 2005-02-23 20:55:00 since i updated to new FF a couple of weeks ago maybe??? i have been inundated by Popups, that i havent seen for so long since using FF.
cannot find a setting, does the new FF not do this anymore?
i stick to the same pages mostly unless looking for study info, no dodgy pages and my filtering for language is high...(LOL) so whats changed ? how are they getting thro?

OS XP
Firefox 1.0?
and newly installed Eudora, is the only changes i have done lately.

any ideas, help or clues for me?
not sure what site they are originating from, because the ad's in them are block by adblock or flash block, just not the empty box?????

irritating.
oh and have lost ability to click on smiley and add smiley recently too? this connected?

otherwise all working well.
beetle (243)
327651 2005-02-23 21:03:00 Have you tried ticking "Block popup windows" under Tools/ Options/Web Features?.
Because you've updated you may have to do it again?
Other than that, no idea sorry.
Lazydog
lazydog (148)
327652 2005-02-23 21:03:00 Check that you still have Firefox set to block popup windows (Tools > Options > Web Features > "Block popup windows"

You need javascript turned on to allow the add smilie feature to work.

Good luck :)
Mary (6534)
327653 2005-02-23 21:10:00 All ticked and nothing changed......
no idea what has changed.

hadnt actually thought about the java bit, but ?

cleared me cookies and cache to start fresh and see how we go.
if not? next step i spose is um?
grrrh still no smiley...:(
beetle (243)
327654 2005-02-23 21:18:00 Hi Beetle,
Several browsers are having the same problem, it's not you :-)
As far as I understand they are a new type of pop ups / pop unders.
Apple have just issued an update as Safari was affected too.
Sue (33)
327655 2005-02-23 21:22:00 Oh, so theres no fix for it yet?

must go and check the news board then . . . .



Thank you .

Thought i was just getting more loopy than usual :D




This does not explain why my smileys no longer work???????????????????????

from just mouse click and its on the page, instead of letter correctness . . . . . typing it in i mean . . . . . . whats changed?
:(
beetle (243)
327656 2005-02-24 00:47:00 Sue: Not quite....

Beetle: Dont worry, there were code changes just after 0.93 IIRC that allowed 'click-thru popups' to appear. so that when you click out and to a new page, some popups are allowed through then.

Im not sure why this was changed but I too noticed it. Apparently its for things like Webmessenger so they can load things in a new window. St00pid programmers - But admittedly it _is_ open-source. You dont like it, then change it yourself ;-)

Regards


Chill.
Chilling_Silence (9)
327657 2005-02-24 02:04:00 Or run Proximitron,and view only what you want no matter what browser you use, or what change to the code the dev's decide to make. Metla (12)
327658 2005-02-24 09:50:00 what do you mean change it myself????????????

how?
beetle (243)
327659 2005-02-24 10:13:00 This does not explain why my smileys no longer work???????????????????????
from just mouse click and its on the page, instead of letter correctness..... typing it in i mean......whats changed?:(Mary has already told you how to fix that in her post. :) Did you look at the javascript settings in Firefox as she suggested?

Under Preferences > Web Features. Enable javascript.
Jen (38)
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