javascript alerts in gmail

[Scott V]

i think it would be good if you could disable the javascript alerts in
gmail via gmail's settings page. you know, the message boxes that warn
you all the time about stuff. as an advanced user, like most of us
are, i find them a pain in the a$$.

s.

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[vEDgar]

Like, for instance,...?

[Scott]

what?

[vEDgar]

What alerts?

[Mark]

Sounds like Spyware to me, either that or a seriously over cautious
security suite. GMail has no javascript alerts.

[Scott]

yes, gmail uses javascript alerts. you guys probably use IE and don't
know what the proper term means. take a note of this screenshot
(http://www.imageuploader.net/images/151960untitled.gif)

"GMail has no javascript alerts."

Mark, you are wrong. Very wrong. I love it when people make stupid
comments when they have no idea what they're talking about. Nice one.
s.

[Derek]

that should have been a gimme. of course gmail uses javascript. they
even add those cute little messages to the alerts.

[Scott]

yeah derek.... don't you think it would be good if we could turn them
off, though?

noobs need not reply... lol :P

[vEDgar]

I, for instance, don't think so. Whether I'm a noob or not, I leave to
your judgement.

Many things can happen while you write your mail, that would usurp your
Compose window for something else, and in such a case, if there wasn't
explicit message box, your message would be irretrievably lost. Even if
you have nothing open but Gmail, a scheduled task might trigger loading
of some web page. With that kind of risk you can never be too cautious.

[vEDgar]

//* I love it when people make stupid
comments when they have no idea what they're talking about. *//
You must love yourself very much, then.

[Scott]

vEDgar stop your trolling. i'm not going to bite. lol...

[Derek]

yeh i think they should include and option to turn the alerts off.. i
know gmail is in beta and i really don't need another window popping
up while im browsing in my other tabs.

[T. M. Tracy]

Well, Scott, that the hell is wrong with the sidebar in your gmail?

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[T. M. Tracy]

what*

[Fanis Hatzidakis]

On Fri, 1 Oct 2004 16:36:52 -0700, Derek <derek.p...@gmail.com> wrote:
>

> yeh i think they should include and option to turn the alerts off.. i
> know gmail is in beta and i really don't need another window popping
> up while im browsing in my other tabs.
>

*That* is different. The alert popping up while you're not even
looking at Gmail occurs when it tries to auto-refresh (every 3
minutes, is it?) but for some reason fails to load from the server.
That is your browser's alert saying that it couldn't read from the
website. I know Firefox does that.

As far as I've noticed, Gmail's only asks for your input or tries to
catch your attention with an alert ("Are you sure you want to discard
this message?", "Oops, the system is down", etc) only right after you
perform an action.. unless your tab-switching skills are so good that
you hit "send" and are immediately happily browsing in other tabs :)
In that case, yes, Gmail's "javascript alerts" will interrupt your browsing.

Fanis

[Scott]

dodgy adblock code in firefox. can't be bothered fixing it.

[Lee Gibbs]

There are javascript alerts in IE too.
What the hell's happened to Mozilla on your computer Scott? The
interface is 'mucked up'.
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[T. M. Tracy]

he said there was a problem with some anti ad code...

[Lee Gibbs]

stupid me - should have read - doh!


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[T. M. Tracy]

yes. shame.

[Lee Gibbs]

I think the question was asked last month when Scott sent in a
screenshot - ah silly me.

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[Mark]

Ok my bad, while I have javascript enabled, its is prevented from doing
certain things like the popup boxes in your screenshot.

[Scott]

that must break a lot of sites, musn't it?

[macb]

"that must break a lot of sites, musn't it?"

There are 6 or 8 things you can prevent scripts ffrom doing while in
Mozilla (or variants). I start with them all disabled. As I find
sites that don't work (such as Netflix relying on the ability of a
script to change gif files on a page for its rating system to work)
I'll re-enable that feature. Generally I end up with 3 or four of the
features permentantly left on for convenience. In the mean time I've
learned just how sloppy some web sites are put together. that
knowledge helps me decide which companies I want to do business with on
the Internet.

A company that can't get it's act together to support web standards on
a variety of browsers and operating systems probably can't implement
credit card security either.

As far as I know, the pop-up in question here works (somehow) with all
the options off (I could be wrong about this though). I know I've
seen it...but only rarely, as the screenshot shows, when a SEND has
timed out, or data in a SEND is about to be lost. I can't imagine
whay anyone would not want to be informed of this and (as I do) cut and
paste the data into a text editor to try again later. I hate re-typing
things.