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Jan 10, 2010, 9:01:50 AM1/10/10
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Is there a way to prohibit mouse-over pop-ups such as those on the
www.Yahoo.com and www.MSNBC.com websites?
The FF built-in pop-up blocker does not catch these!
Using FF 3.5.7 on Windows XP Pro SP3.
Regards and TIA.
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Tarkus

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Jan 10, 2010, 12:47:12 PM1/10/10
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On 1/10/2010 6:01 AM, Avatar wrote:
> Is there a way to prohibit mouse-over pop-ups such as those on the
> www.Yahoo.com andwww.MSNBC.com websites?

> The FF built-in pop-up blocker does not catch these!
> Using FF 3.5.7 on Windows XP Pro SP3.

NoScript should work. I just went to the MSNBC site and couldn't
reproduce what you're talking about, even though I have NoScript allow
Javascript on the main site. FF does report that a pop-up window was
blocked, upon first going to the site.

Gualtier Malde

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Jan 10, 2010, 1:33:02 PM1/10/10
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I agree - NoScript blocks mouse-over popups. Problem is that I like having that
little news popup in my.yahoo.com but I am not given the option to allow that
specific site without allowing all of yahoo.com

Do you know a way I can narrow down the specificity?

Tarkus

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Jan 10, 2010, 1:47:49 PM1/10/10
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Well, as I'm sure you know, NoScript allows you to enable or disable
javascript on specific sources, but if it's yahoo.com itself causing the
popup you want to block, I don't know of a way to block it without
blocking yahoo.com itself.

Well, there may be another way. Try Adblock Plus combined with Element
Hiding Helper.

If you can provide a specific example, I'll give it a shot.

clay

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Jan 10, 2010, 8:26:54 PM1/10/10
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You talking about the pop up menus or the little bit of additional
information that pops up when you mouse over links?
If it's the latter, go into about:config, search:
browser.chrome.toolbar_tips
doubleclick to change to false.

John Thompson

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Jan 10, 2010, 9:55:08 PM1/10/10
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On 2010-01-10, Avatar <ava...@re.birth> wrote:

> Is there a way to prohibit mouse-over pop-ups such as those on the
> www.Yahoo.com and www.MSNBC.com websites?
> The FF built-in pop-up blocker does not catch these!
> Using FF 3.5.7 on Windows XP Pro SP3.

NoScript: http://noscript.net
Flashblock: http://flashblock.mozdev.org/

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-John (jo...@os2.dhs.org)

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