[ale] [Fwd: Re: [ale] OT: Small gripe (How to disable pop-ups in Mozilla)]

[Michael E. Barker]

Ken Nagorski wrote:
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [ale] OT: Small gripe (How to disable pop-ups in Mozilla)
> From: "Ken Nagorski" <kenn at refriedgeek.com>
> To: db at stayonline.net
> 
> Hi there,
> 
> I use Mozilla in linux and I added this to the prefs.js file
> 
> user_pref("capability.policy.default.Window.open", "noAccess");
> 
> Thanks
> Ken
> 
> > I think galeon has that nice anti-popup feature :)
> >
> > -Dave
> >
> > On Thu, 2002-01-24 at 13:00, Chris Fowler wrote:
> >> It appears to me that sites like Ebay have realized that people have
> >> become immune to banners now.  Only pop-ups will do.  I've notice
> >> sometimes when I'm doing nothing on my PC that a web page will pop-up
> >> out from no where.    I know Kazaa does this.  Maybe real audio too.
> >>
> >>
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> But I don't want to go among mad people,
> Alice remarked.
> Oh, you can't help that, said the Cat:
> we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad.
> How do you know I'm mad? said Alice.
> You must be, said the Cat,
> or you wouldn't have come here.
> 
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> But I don't want to go among mad people,
> Alice remarked.
> Oh, you can't help that, said the Cat:
> we're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad.
> How do you know I'm mad? said Alice.
> You must be, said the Cat,
> or you wouldn't have come here.
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That works like a charm.  I went to yahoo, weather, and cnn and enjoyed
pop-up free browsing after that fix.

-Michael

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