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Firefox and pub
\ MIMO (22 May 2007)
. \ Moz Champion (Dan) (22 May 2007)
. . \ squaredancer (22 May 2007)
. . . \ Moz Champion (Dan) (22 May 2007)
. . . \ Ron Hunter (23 May 2007)
. . . . \ John Doue (23 May 2007)
. . . . . \ Ron Hunter (24 May 2007)
. . . . . . \ Richard John (26 May 2007)
. \ »Q« (22 May 2007)
. . \ squaredancer (22 May 2007)

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Subject:	Re: Firefox and pub
Group:	Mozilla-support-firefox
From:	Richard John
Date:	26 May 2007

Ron Hunter wrote:
> John Doue wrote:
>> Ron Hunter wrote:
>>> squaredancer wrote:
>>>> On 22/05/2007 10:12, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused Moz
>>>> Champion (Dan) to generate the following:? :
>>>>> MIMO wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have this problem with firefox:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> When surfing the net, some websites have their pub like a java
>>>>>> applet with animation and so on! and sure a (x) sign to close it!
>>>>>> The problem is, even when closing them, the links under these pubs
>>>>>> are not active! Do you have any idea what to do??
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On my windows I tried IE, it's ok! but what to do for Linux?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Pub? Their pub? Sorry but I am not understanding what concept or
>>>>> feature you are referring to here.
>>>>>
>>>> possibly /probably the OP means...
>>>> some sites have (ads??) popups - java applets - that have an "X" to
>>>> close the applet, but some of those "X"s don't work.
>>>> This is a mean trick - I have even seen popups where that "X" is a
>>>> direct link to the ad-URL bad, bad!
>>>>
>>>> reg
>>> When I see a popup, which is VERY RARE, I just don't go to that URL
>>> again, ever! Any site that displayed such a popup would get put on
>>> my permanent filter list!
>>>
>>>
>> The OP possibly could have meant ads by PUB (as in publicity).
>>
> I suspect that the OP meant an ad that pops up, or slides down, and you
> have to click to close it, but that click takes you to another ad. I
> have seen a few of these, and they result in me never visiting that site
> again. The ads are usually javascript, so 'noscript' would block them,
> should one just HAVE to work that site.
>
>
Why didn't you say that in the first place? - Sheesh
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