On 8/30/10 1:54 PM, Ron Hunter wrote: > On 8/30/2010 12:13 PM, David E. Ross wrote: >> On 8/30/10 7:35 AM, Ant wrote: >>> On 8/29/2010 3:54 PM PT, David E. Ross typed: >>>> >>>> I have the PrefBar extension installed for SeaMonkey. I use the >>>> JavaScript checkbox to disable JavaScript whenever I view the Huffington >>>> Post, not because of what happens to navigation arrows but because of >>>> the annoying same-window popups. I also disable JavaScript for several >>>> other news Web sites for the same reason. The only problem is >>>> remembering to enable JavaScript before I visit a page where it is >>>> really needed. >>> >>> Strange, I don't get pop-ups there but then I do use AdBlock Plus. Is >>> there a way to white and black lists web sites for JS? But then other >>> features on those web sites would break. Ugh! >> >> The "popups" are not advertisements; they are not even true popups. >> They are in the form of large tool-tips, comments on the item over which >> the cursor is hovering. Thus, AdBlock Plus (which I too use) will not >> block them. Although they are not ads, they are very annoying because >> they often hide adjacent content. >> > My own personal definition of a 'popup' is ANYTHING that appears over > already present display information that is not requested by the user. > It really doesn't matter if it is advertisement, or not. If it obscures > content, and is not requested, then it is a popup. It appears that > Firefox devs need to reassess the current state of such distractions to > see if they can be prevented. This is just another of those 'arms > races' where advertisers, and others, seek to override the user's > preferences as to how they view content. >
I visit a number of Web pages where the tooltip type of "popup" happens to be important. Go to <http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/>. Hover your cursor over a tropical storm. You will get a popup that provides a summary about that storm. Currently, at <http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/index.shtml?epac>, the map shows a low-pressure area that is not yet a storm. The popup for that low-pressure area provides an estimated probability of whether it will become a tropical storm. -- David E. Ross <http://www.rossde.com/>. Anyone who thinks government owns a monopoly on inefficient, obstructive bureaucracy has obviously never worked for a large corporation. © 1997 by David E. Ross _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
