Re: Still getting loads of popups with SP2!
From: Anonymous ("Please)
Date: 08/21/04
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Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 20:14:09 -0400
Trevor and Michelle Gough wrote:
> ActiveX and scripting can be used for a lot of different purposes other
> than popup ads and are routinely with many websites. Why can I with
> Opera or Mozilla or Firefox get fully functioning pages with popup ads
> blocked easily?
>
> By contrast, IE (not surprisingly, I guess) tries to fix the problem by
> shooting an ant with a rifle, so to speak. I assume all sites are not
> to be trusted and scripting and ActiveX are disabled for security
> reasons as IE is notorious for being vulnerable in any number of ways
> when these are enabled. Those sites I trust are put in the Trusted
> Sites Zone. This is common procedure that is advised by many security
> experts.
>
> The terrible side effect is that only my Trusted Sites will spawn
> popups, which is certainly undesirable.
>
> Come on IE .... can't you block the popups more intelligently than this?
>
> As for the other toolbars that block popups, I don't want them. Screen
> real estate is compromised even further which I find too distasteful.
>
> On Fri, 20 Aug 2004 08:30:36 -0600, Bruce Chambers
> <bruce_a_chambers@h0tmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Greetings --
>>
>> Well...., yes, actually, it does mean just that. What other
>> purpose did you think the ActiveX and scripting were for?
>>
>> While I'll admit Firefox does show promise, it's still got quite a
>> ways to go; I find it significantly slower than IE on the same web
>> sites, and any browser that needs a 3rd-party add-in just to sort the
>> bookmarks is still in the prototype stage. The built-in pop-up
>> blocker is nice, though. (Haven't found a use for the "tabbed
>> browsing" that so many rave about, but I'll concede that others might
>> find it useful.)
>>
>>
>> Bruce Chambers
>
>
In response to Bruce about the speed of Firefox, I've found just the
opposite to be true -- I find that Firefox loads web pages much faster
than IE.
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