Re: Blocking those damned popovers

[WaltS48]

On 09/30/2015 03:48 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> This is supposedly what's used to block all those evil, annoying
> popovers that appear on 75% of the sites out there nowadays:
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/sqwertz/21854336661/in/photostream/lightbox/
>
> As you can see, in the 2-3 weeks I've been using it it hasn't been
> very effective.
>
> Is there a better solution other than turning off javascript?
>
> -sw
>


I haven't noticed any popovers in 99.9% of the sites I go to daily.

Must be different sites.

Maybe one of the popup settings in your about:config changed. My are all
default.

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[Christian Riechers]

On 09/30/2015 09:48 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> This is supposedly what's used to block all those evil, annoying
> popovers that appear on 75% of the sites out there nowadays:
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/sqwertz/21854336661/in/photostream/lightbox/
>
> As you can see, in the 2-3 weeks I've been using it it hasn't been
> very effective.
>
> Is there a better solution other than turning off javascript?
>
> -sw

Didn't you subscribe to any filter lists?

[B00ze]

On 2015-09-30 15:48, Sqwertz <swe...@cluemail.compost> wrote:

> This is supposedly what's used to block all those evil, annoying
> popovers that appear on 75% of the sites out there nowadays:
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/sqwertz/21854336661/in/photostream/lightbox/
>
> As you can see, in the 2-3 weeks I've been using it it hasn't been
> very effective.
>
> Is there a better solution other than turning off javascript?
>
> -sw

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/strict-pop-up-blocker

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[rebro]

Am 01.10.2015 um 04:36 schrieb Sqwertz:

> On Wed, 30 Sep 2015 21:33:38 -0400, B00ze wrote:
>
>> On 2015-09-30 15:48, Sqwertz <swe...@cluemail.compost> wrote:
>>
>>> This is supposedly what's used to block all those evil, annoying
>>> popovers that appear on 75% of the sites out there nowadays:
>>>
>>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/sqwertz/21854336661/in/photostream/lightbox/
>>>
>>> As you can see, in the 2-3 weeks I've been using it it hasn't been
>>> very effective.
>>>
>>> Is there a better solution other than turning off javascript?
>>

>> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/strict-pop-up-blocker
>
> These are not the old-style popups.
>
> http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-popover.htm#
>
> Ironically, that site contains a REALLY annoying and obnoxious
> popover. Reload the page if you can't get past it to read the site
> underneath the popover.
>

With NoScript, Disconnect, and ABP on this annoying and obnoxious
popover does not show at my end.

[Keith Nuttle]

Unless there is one site that you must visit that requires Java, I would
disable it or remove it.

I do not have java on either of my computers and have noticed no
negative effects.

[rebro]

I understand your word of warning all too well but apart from sites that
might require the Java plugin I also run several programs that are
dependent on JRE.
As you see above popovers have not caused any nuisance on
<http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-popover.htm#> at my end.

[WaltS48]

On 09/30/2015 10:37 PM, Sqwertz wrote:

> On Wed, 30 Sep 2015 16:30:39 -0400, WaltS48 wrote:
>
>> On 09/30/2015 03:48 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>>> This is supposedly what's used to block all those evil, annoying
>>> popovers that appear on 75% of the sites out there nowadays:
>>>
>>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/sqwertz/21854336661/in/photostream/lightbox/
>>>
>>> As you can see, in the 2-3 weeks I've been using it it hasn't been
>>> very effective.
>>>
>>> Is there a better solution other than turning off javascript?
>>>
>>> -sw
>>>
>>
>> I haven't noticed any popovers in 99.9% of the sites I go to daily.
>

> You've had to have seen them, you just don't know what they are.
>
> -sw
>

Well, give me a link where one appears so I know.

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[WaltS48]

On 09/30/2015 10:36 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Wed, 30 Sep 2015 21:33:38 -0400, B00ze wrote:
>

>> On 2015-09-30 15:48, Sqwertz <swe...@cluemail.compost> wrote:
>>
>>> This is supposedly what's used to block all those evil, annoying
>>> popovers that appear on 75% of the sites out there nowadays:
>>>
>>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/sqwertz/21854336661/in/photostream/lightbox/
>>>
>>> As you can see, in the 2-3 weeks I've been using it it hasn't been
>>> very effective.
>>>
>>> Is there a better solution other than turning off javascript?
>>

>> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/strict-pop-up-blocker
>
> These are not the old-style popups.
>
> http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-popover.htm#
>
> Ironically, that site contains a REALLY annoying and obnoxious
> popover. Reload the page if you can't get past it to read the site
> underneath the popover.
>

> -sw
>


Ah, a link!

Like I said I don't see those on 99.9% of the sites I go to, and if I
do, never go there again.

That one never finished loading.

[Caver1]

On 10/01/2015 12:27 PM, Sqwertz wrote:

> On Thu, 1 Oct 2015 09:49:12 -0400, WaltS48 wrote:
>
>> On 09/30/2015 10:37 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>>> On Wed, 30 Sep 2015 16:30:39 -0400, WaltS48 wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 09/30/2015 03:48 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>>>>> This is supposedly what's used to block all those evil, annoying
>>>>> popovers that appear on 75% of the sites out there nowadays:
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/sqwertz/21854336661/in/photostream/lightbox/
>>>>>
>>>>> As you can see, in the 2-3 weeks I've been using it it hasn't been
>>>>> very effective.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there a better solution other than turning off javascript?
>>>>>
>>>>> -sw
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I haven't noticed any popovers in 99.9% of the sites I go to daily.
>>>
>>> You've had to have seen them, you just don't know what they are.
>>

>> Well, give me a link where one appears so I know.
>

> Provided you don't have some sort of javascript-blocking add-on,
>
> http://foodbabe.com/
>
> After 5 seconds or a scroll, the popover appears once for each browser
> session. (NOTE: I am in no way endorsing this site - I hate that
> bitch).
>
> -sw
>

No popovers for me. Firefox 40.0.3

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[rebro]

Am 01.10.2015 um 18:29 schrieb Sqwertz:

> I already said that noscript would block it, but I find noscript much
> too obtrusive and renders too many sites useless. I need Javascript,
> but not the popovers.
>

I cannot share your reservations regarding NoScript at all. With the
NoScript Icon in the Add-On Bar (thanks to the Classic Theme Restorer)
and the NoScript Switch ("Temporarily allow all this page") in the
Navigation Toolbar I am as flexible and quick as anyone can be in
switching the tool on and off.

[WaltS48]

On 10/01/2015 12:29 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Thu, 1 Oct 2015 11:02:37 +0200, rebro wrote:
>

> I already said that noscript would block it, but I find noscript much
> too obtrusive and renders too many sites useless. I need Javascript,
> but not the popovers.
>

> -sw
>

Try <https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/disconnect/>

[John McGaw]

And none for me with FF 42.0b2. And of course I _HAVE_ a
javascript-blocking add-on as all right-thinking security-conscious
annoyance-avoiding user does. I didn't bother to try switching NS off since
I never do that on an untrusted unknown site.

[Paul in Houston, TX]

Sqwertz wrote:
> This is supposedly what's used to block all those evil, annoying
> popovers that appear on 75% of the sites out there nowadays:
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/sqwertz/21854336661/in/photostream/lightbox/
>
> As you can see, in the 2-3 weeks I've been using it it hasn't been
> very effective.
>
> Is there a better solution other than turning off javascript?
>
> -sw

I agree. Popovers are on most sites now and are becoming increasingly annoying.
News sites are especially fond of them.
Only way I have been able to not show them is to disable JS.

[Tonya Marshall]

I get one if I scroll down on the presenting page. I use ublock but it
doesn't block the popover. I have the prefbar and unchecked javascript
and it doesn't come up at all after several tries.
http://prefbar.tuxfamily.org/

[B00ze]

On 2015-09-30 22:36, Sqwertz <swe...@cluemail.compost> wrote:

> On Wed, 30 Sep 2015 21:33:38 -0400, B00ze wrote:
>

>> On 2015-09-30 15:48, Sqwertz <swe...@cluemail.compost> wrote:
>>
>>> This is supposedly what's used to block all those evil, annoying
>>> popovers that appear on 75% of the sites out there nowadays:
>>>
>>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/sqwertz/21854336661/in/photostream/lightbox/
>>>
>>> As you can see, in the 2-3 weeks I've been using it it hasn't been
>>> very effective.
>>>
>>> Is there a better solution other than turning off javascript?
>>

>> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/strict-pop-up-blocker
>
> These are not the old-style popups.
>
> http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-popover.htm#
>
> Ironically, that site contains a REALLY annoying and obnoxious
> popover. Reload the page if you can't get past it to read the site
> underneath the popover.

My apologies, I was a bit quick on the reply. I know what you mean now
with Pop-Overs, I see them here and there, usually in the corner of the
window, trying to get me to answer some poll or something. I run
NoScript, so I don't see them much (I see none on WiseGeek) but I do see
them more and more, and YES, they are annoying!

Off to read the rest of the thread, maybe someone has a better idea on
how to block them.

Best Regards,

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[jetjock]

B00ze wrote:

> On 2015-09-30 22:36, Sqwertz <swe...@cluemail.compost> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 30 Sep 2015 21:33:38 -0400, B00ze wrote:
>>
>>> On 2015-09-30 15:48, Sqwertz <swe...@cluemail.compost> wrote:
>>>
>>>> This is supposedly what's used to block all those evil, annoying
>>>> popovers that appear on 75% of the sites out there nowadays:
>>>>
>>>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/sqwertz/21854336661/in/photostream/lightbox/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> As you can see, in the 2-3 weeks I've been using it it hasn't been
>>>> very effective.
>>>>
>>>> Is there a better solution other than turning off javascript?
>>>
>>>
>>> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/strict-pop-up-blocker
>>
>>
>> These are not the old-style popups.
>>
>> http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-popover.htm#
>>
>> Ironically, that site contains a REALLY annoying and obnoxious
>> popover. Reload the page if you can't get past it to read the site
>> underneath the popover.
>
>
> My apologies, I was a bit quick on the reply. I know what you mean now
> with Pop-Overs, I see them here and there, usually in the corner of
> the window, trying to get me to answer some poll or something. I run
> NoScript, so I don't see them much (I see none on WiseGeek) but I do
> see them more and more, and YES, they are annoying!
>
> Off to read the rest of the thread, maybe someone has a better idea on
> how to block them.
>
> Best Regards,
>

I don't have an answer for blocking them per se, but if you are using
uBlock, you can left click it's icon and then click the little medicine
dropper by "on this page". As you drag the mouse over the pop-over,
various parts will turn red. You sometimes have to move the mouse to
various corners or edges to get the whole pop-over red, but once you do
just left click. A window will open at the lower right asking if you
want to block or not. Just click OK and the offending pop-over will
disappear. If your screen still looks like it has a semi-transparent
film over it, that is part of the pop-over. Some will have this---some
won't. If you have it, just repeat the blocking process but this time
select the whole page. After a while you will be able to recognize if
that film is there when the pop-over first opens. Then you can skip the
first step and just select the whole page to block. Careful though, as
you don't want to wind up blocking the page content by mistake. That's
why I use the two step process! Now, you will be able to visit that page
repeatedly with no more pop-overs! I know it's not a great solution, but
it's all we have for now.

AdBlockPlus Element Hiding Helper will also do the same thing using
"rules" if you are using ABP.

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