AF> From: "Adam Flinton" 


 AF> "Mark.Lewis"  wrote in message
 AF> news:609381.5e9c5c{at}harborwebs.com...
>> [RE: crazybrowser]
>>
>> >>week.  i am currently using it about 75% of the time.  I
>> >>think it was Geo who suggested it, but don't quote me on
>> >>that.  anyway, i really like it. the two main features i
>> >>like are popup blocking by default, and using tabs in
>> >>the browser instead of new browsers.
>>
>>
>>  JS> So it has the functionality of Mozilla 1.1?
>>
>> i've yet to see mozilla block any popups... i'm seriously
>> thinking about going back to webwasher over proxomitron
>> for this one item... granted, prox seems to have much
>> greater opportunities due to its "sed" like capabilities
>> but i just don't have the time or patients (or the other
>> ones) to ferret it all out... prox can even, evidently,
>> "block" cookies by altering their requests and maybe
>> even their data but again, i don't have the time or (see
>> above) to beat it into submission... its bad enough that i
>> have to beat everything else i have running across 4 or 5
>> operating systems into submission ;-(

 AF> Huh? Ummm do you use Moz? & if so.....go

yup... v1.1 for a few weeks now...

 AF> Edit/Preferences/Advanced/Scripts & Plugins Then untick the
 AF> box marked "Open unrequested windows" in the "Allow scripts
 AF> to" panel.

i'll be darned! i don't know how i missed that... i do wish, though, that
the help was in sync with the program... the help doesn't have
"scripts and plugins"... it has "scripts and webpages"
and doesn't even reference that particular setting...

 AF> Works pretty darn well here....

i just tested in on one annoying site and it does prevent what had been
getting thru... thanks!

)\/(ark