On Sat, Apr 14, 2007 at 02:10:34AM +0200, pagalt...@gmx.de said: > * David Cantrell <da...@cantrell.org.uk> [2007-04-14 01:45]: > > That Firefox will *ever* open another window without my > > explicit instruction to do so is a bug. So I have good reason > > to hate both. > > The most, uh, "successful" ad popups work via Flash, but the same > could conceivably be done using any other plugin. In that case, > the browser really cannot know if the plugin is opening a window > on your behalf or arbitrarily. The answer to that is to use stuff > like FlashBlock which prevents Flash content from playing back > without your explicit request. [snip]
NoScript FTW. The number of sites that actually _need_ javascript
in order to display whatever it is I'm interested in is a relatively
small (and fairly constant) number.
Active content is the source of pretty much 100% of browser annoyances
and security issues, and is largely unnecessary. Combine NoScript
with Adblock and FiltersetUpdater.G and you're all set.
(naturally, don't use MSIE and don't run Windows. :))
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Less and less is done
until non-action is achieved
when nothing is done, nothing is left undone.
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