[PHYMAC]

Pop-ups are starting to sneak through the Safari pop-up blocker for me when I browse more often... Anyone having the same issue?

[oscar]

Funny thing, I just started noticing last night, and this morning.
So, Yes
(anyone savvy enough to figure out what javascript command is opening that new window_

[timmerk]

Never

[TETENAL]

Popups that come through are probably either initiated by Flash, or they are Flash pseudo-windows.

I couldn't think of a technical way to prevent them.

[MacGallant]

Me too! Ever since I installed the OSX 10.3.8 combo updater, I noticed that on rare occasions (maybe three times) pop-ups were getting through my Safari's pop-up blocker.
But rarely though. Strange, eh?

[MacGallant]

Me too! Ever since I installed the OSX 10.3.8 combo updater, I noticed that on rare occasions (maybe three times) pop-ups were getting through my Safari's pop-up blocker.
But rarely though. Strange, eh?

*****Moderator, Please delete this-- Accidental Double Post*******

[badtz]

me, four

[Millennium]

Popups work through a particular JavaScript call known "window.open()". The first pop-up blockers simply caused every call to window.open() to fail.

However, it became apparent that many sites actually used window.open() in a legitimate manner. It's very useful for many Web-based applications where you want to work on a particular item without changing it (spellcheckers being a popular example). There's even one site out there which has created a Clippy-like "assistant" for Web forms. These early popup blockers would ruin such apps; it was a case of throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Therefore, a new form of pop-up blocker was created: one which only allowed calls to window.open() if they were the direct result of clicking a link. I think OmniWeb may have been the first to do it this way, but the other browsers soon followed suit.

The problem is that pop-up vendors are starting to get smarter. For example, there are now techniques which attach pop-ups to links, so that when the link is clicked it'll work normally, except that it will also pop up a window. Because pop-up blockers let these calls through, they neatly sidestep the blocker.

[OptimusG4]

well don't go to interface-lift.com. That's where I discovered that the popup blocker wasn't working :/

[Webscreamer]

Funny... I JUST had one about 10 secs before I saw this thread and was like "wow. havn't seen one of these ina while."

[Severed Hand of Skywalker]

Ya in the past 24 hours I have had 2 or 3. Strange as I never ever got any before that.

[jasong]

Not to "me too" this thread, but me too.

Guess the web is about to suck again.

-- Jason

[tooki]

Applications forum, folks! Safari is an application!

tooki