Ugh Firefox 1.0.3 popups no more?
Hi
I've updated to Firefox 1.0.3 and my site is misbehaving. Galleries were previously brought up in a new window. Typical syntax something like this:
This is so that if JavaScript is off, then you will be shown the gallery in the same window. What some people might not know is that if the onclick script returns false, then the href is used. Worked great until FF1.0.3.
I'm trying to test if you can bring up popup windows with window.open(), but even that doesn't work. Maybe it's just my machine, but I don't think so. You can test it out by going to Pixel Development
I'm all against popup windows just just appearing by themselves when you visit a website, but if it's in response a user action, like clicking on a button or link, then of course it is ok. FF gives no warning, nothing happens.
I wonder how many websites have suddenly been rendered unuseable.
Again, I just have one machine, so perhaps it's just me.
Peter
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Pixel Development Web Design, Photography
pmj7 posted this at 17:04 — 21st April 2005.
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Seems like I'm not the only one to see this.
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=253156
Reported solution: Uninstall User Agent Switcher and re-install it.
Peter
Touchup image processing applet
Pixel Development Web Design, Photography
bja888 (not verified) posted this at 17:32 — 21st April 2005.
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I didenty see any proublems with ur site when I just looked at it. Looks kinda nice.
Roo posted this at 18:30 — 21st April 2005.
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I still have Firefox 1.03, but when you enable the popup blocker you can go to Tools>>Options>>Web Features and click on Allowed Sites and put the urls of sites that you will allow popups from.
With popup blockers being intergrated into browsers now, personally I'd think twice about using popup windows.
Roo
Roo posted this at 04:26 — 22nd April 2005.
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I've just updated and I have no problems with your popup windows.
Fluffi posted this at 13:46 — 22nd April 2005.
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The general consensus today is that with browsers if anyone want's to open an item in a new window/tab then they can simply right click and that there is no need for onclick. This of course is implemented in xhtml where target was no longer allowed. More and more pop ups are frowned upon, really it wasn't a bad thing (though don't take this to heart, I don't mean anything by it in terms of your site).
RF
pmj7 posted this at 15:17 — 23rd April 2005.
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Hi
Thanks for the feedback.
The problem I saw was caused by the fact that the Firefox extension 'User Agent Switcher' is not compatable when updating to Firefox 1.0.3. Uninstalling it fixed the no-popup problem for me. Details can be found at http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=253156
Popup blockers, on default settings (Firefox and Explorer) will stop automatic popups. Popups created as the result of the user doing something, like clicking on a link, are not stopped unless you are using Explorer on the highest block setting.
The advantage of using a popup window is the increased space for actual page content - handy for lots of stuff in a small space. Case in point, the gallery tries to put a good size picture on a web page, while still fitting in a 800x600 visitor's monitor. "Popups are bad" is a guideline, not an absolute rule.
While XML no longer supports the link target attribute, you can modify link behavior with JavaScript (not just onclick).
Peter
Touchup image processing applet
Pixel Development Web Design, Photography
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