Popup blocker in XP SP2 release candidate

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Scott Marquardt

Very bad. There's no ad hoc override, as with google's toolbar (ctrl key)?

It's not enough to be able to add a site easily from the status bar --
that's missing the point. Life isn't as simple as "good sites, bad sites."
There's a such thing as wanting to keep a site's popups blocked, but hey --
I want to run a bookmarklet (e.g., snipurl.com's), click on this particular
widget on the page, etc. Sure hope MS adds an override before this thing
goes final!
 
There is a new newsgroup dedicated to SP2 RC1 beta you should post to.
Please visit the following website for information:

Welcome to Windows XP SP2 Technical Preview Newsgroups
http://communities.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.asp?icp=xpsp2&slcid=us

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Windows XP - Shell/User

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| Very bad. There's no ad hoc override, as with google's toolbar (ctrl key)?
|
| It's not enough to be able to add a site easily from the status bar --
| that's missing the point. Life isn't as simple as "good sites, bad sites."
| There's a such thing as wanting to keep a site's popups blocked, but hey --
| I want to run a bookmarklet (e.g., snipurl.com's), click on this particular
| widget on the page, etc. Sure hope MS adds an override before this thing
| goes final!
|
| --
|
| Scott
 
Actually, you can override it, but now with something like hitting the
control key.
Click on information bar that comes down when a popup is blocked, and you
can choose to display the popups that were blocked.

It's really the same thing, it's just a different way of getting there.
 
Greetings --

Matter of opinion, I guess. I don't want to see pop-ups of any
kind, ever. So IESP2's new pop-up blocking feature suits me just
fine. If a web site designer can't figure out how to convey his/her
message without pop-ups, he/she will just have to get by without my
patronage.


Bruce Chambers

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Bruce Chambers opined thusly on May 6:
Greetings --

Matter of opinion, I guess. I don't want to see pop-ups of any
kind, ever. So IESP2's new pop-up blocking feature suits me just
fine. If a web site designer can't figure out how to convey his/her
message without pop-ups, he/she will just have to get by without my
patronage.
Click to expand...

Understood. But remember -- bookmarklets that generate popups aren't things
on a the target web site. They're locally run javascripts that won't work
right because IE interprets the popup as belonging to the current site.
 
Everyone is asking how to get a popup blocker and as mentioned - the sp2 blocker - blockers everything - including locally run javascripts. For me as a programmer - this is the MOST annoying addition to Windows XP. i have tried numerous times to complete the information helps way of getting RID of the information bar popups and not once has it ever gone away. I have tried both on the first canidate and the new canidate out. I would seriously like to know how to "completely" disable the information bar and its popup block becuase it is hindering the productivity of my company. If there is not legit way of disabling the feature, I will continue to ask around until someone can provide a registry hack for yet another problem with windows. Every new crazy edition to WinXP is making Linix look that much more appealing.
 
Hi craftart2003 :-)

Try the following, it might help with getting a resolution for the issue.

**********************************************************************
Per -
John Langhans
Microsoft Corporation
Supportability Program Manager

If you (or anyone else reading this message) think that Interent Explorer or
Windows
XP should provide more flexibility in how pop-ups are handled send your
feedback (in YOUR OWN WORDS, please) to Microsoft at:

http://register.microsoft.com/mswish/suggestion.asp

It's VERY important that, for EACH wish, you describe in detail, WHY it is
important TO YOU that your product suggestion be implemented. A good wish
submssion includes WHAT scenario, work-flow, or end-result is blocked by
not having a specific feature, HOW MUCH time and effort ($$$) is spent
working around a specific limitation of the current product, etc. Remember
that Microsoft receives THOUSANDS of product suggestions every day and we
read each one but, in any given product development cycle, there are ONLY
sufficient resources to address the ones that are MOST IMPORTANT to our
customers so take the extra time to state your case as CLEARLY and
COMPLETELY as possible so that we can FEEL YOUR PAIN.

IMPORTANT: Each submission should be a single suggestion (not a list of
suggestions

******************************************************
Hope this helps.

Jan :)
 
this URL might help:

http://blogs.msdn.com/jeffdav/archive/2004/06/21/161789.aspx

it says:
Registry Values and Levels

The various aspects of pop-up manager are controlled by values in the
registry under HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Int ernet Explorer\New Windows. The
registry values are all dword values, unless noted. Values are all either 0
or 1, unless noted.

PopupMgr - Whether the pop-up blocker feature is enabled or not. This is
the checkbox on the privacy tab of the Internet Control Panel.


craftart2003 said:
Everyone is asking how to get a popup blocker and as mentioned - the sp2
Click to expand...
blocker - blockers everything - including locally run javascripts. For me
as a programmer - this is the MOST annoying addition to Windows XP. i have
tried numerous times to complete the information helps way of getting RID of
the information bar popups and not once has it ever gone away. I have tried
both on the first canidate and the new canidate out. I would seriously like
to know how to "completely" disable the information bar and its popup block
becuase it is hindering the productivity of my company. If there is not
legit way of disabling the feature, I will continue to ask around until
someone can provide a registry hack for yet another problem with windows.
Every new crazy edition to WinXP is making Linix look that much more
appealing.
 
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