Time For An Update? Posted on 27/02/2005Author AKMAPosted in Uncategorized4 Replies Seems as though the Bad Guys have devised a way to induce Safari to generate pop-behind windows, even when the “block pop-ups” preference is checked. I’m just saying. . . . Share this:TwitterFacebook
Yes– I don’t know how it’s done, of course, but it’s happened more than once lately that something has turned off Safari’s pop-up blocking without my consent. Ish. Reply
It’s not just Safari, but other browsers AND OSes including Firefox, Mozilla, OmniWeb, and Camino. It’s a new subversive tactic. See the discussion at Macslash: http://macslash.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/21/1610229&mode=thread&threshold=-1 Reply
Yes– I don’t know how it’s done, of course, but it’s happened more than once lately that something has turned off Safari’s pop-up blocking without my consent. Ish.
I’ve noticed it recently in Firefox, too.
Is it time to switch to Firefox?
It’s not just Safari, but other browsers AND OSes including Firefox, Mozilla, OmniWeb, and Camino. It’s a new subversive tactic.
See the discussion at Macslash:
http://macslash.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/21/1610229&mode=thread&threshold=-1