03-19-2004, 01:00 AM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 29,160
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Pop-Up Blocker Will Be Turned On By Default With SP2
"Service Pack 2 for Windows XP, in addition to providing a host of security enhancements, will block pop-ups in Internet Explorer by default, Microsoft says. The beta version of the Windows XP update released in December last year always included a pop-up blocker, but the feature was turned off by default. Starting with the latest test version of Service Pack 2 (SP2), called Release Candidate 1 (RC1), pop-up blocking will be activated by default, according to an update to the fact sheet for Windows XP SP2 on Microsoft's Web site."
I truly hope that every Web designer out there who thought that a pop-up windows was a "cool" place to put navigation or another key element to the site is now re-thinking the merits of that approach. Pop-ups must die.
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03-19-2004, 01:11 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 256
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Hurrah ! Popups stink. Good riddance. Long live the popup killer ....
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03-19-2004, 01:11 AM
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Sage
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 784
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Oh I love pop-ups!
Like staring into the sun
They aren't annoying.
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03-19-2004, 01:31 AM
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03-19-2004, 01:39 AM
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Thinker
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 327
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The only popups I like are the ones that happen at wet tee shirt contests.
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03-19-2004, 01:49 AM
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Theorist
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 289
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This will be a significant update... It will break many other things too. till you turn off firewall rules etc...
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03-19-2004, 02:54 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Nov 2003
Posts: 176
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Good news...
Now if we could do something about those annoying "pop-over" ads that hover right over what you're trying to read until you find the miniscule "Close" button. :roll:
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03-19-2004, 03:36 AM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 1,213
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Originally Posted by cmorris
Now if we could do something about those annoying "pop-over" ads that hover right over what you're trying to read until you find the miniscule "Close" button. :roll:
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Even better than that is the Flash ad that popped up over an Amazon.com page last week and wouldn't close using the Close button or even clicking on the damn ad. I ended up making my purchase from another site. Amazon lost a $150 sale because of that ad.
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03-19-2004, 05:25 AM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 1,043
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Good old Pocket IE, at least to PPC2002, has never once popped anything up on me, though I have used MultiIE since it's initial release. And NetFront has permissions for pop-ups and new windows opening links in the options, so you can choose to let them happen, but by default it'll always ask first. Just two of the many reasons I find the Pocket PC a superior browsing experience. I have to chuckle when my wife calls from the kitchen with panic in her voice, asking me to help shut down cascading pop-ups she's tripped over on some site or other. She's using a notebook, still thinks the PPC is something of a toy... but who's asking who for help with their messed-up web experience? 
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03-19-2004, 06:26 AM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 56
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I've been using SP2 beta for the last few weeks on my Tablet PC, and the popup blocking is IMHO one of the best new features of IE. The implementation is superb, better than any of the add-on popup blockers I've tried for IE. Mozilla and its derivatives have had decent popup blocking for a while now. It's nice to see MSFT finally catch up.
P.S.: The new Tablet PC Input Panel in SP2 is great too. Normally I'd never run a beta service pack, but I got jealous after reading all the glowing reviews on Tablet PC sites.
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