Pop Up Filters and Window.Open?

Do most filter this?

[Nick_W]

Hi all,

Opera stops window.open even if I click the link when I have pop ups disabled. Do all pop up filters act likewise?

I'm working with MoveabeType and their comments system uses pop ups and I need to know if I need to re-write that bit?

Many thanks

Nick

[BlobFisk]

Nick, in the case of Opera, is this the "Open requested pop-up windows only" behaviour rather than a total filtering of popup?

I think that most filters only block unrequested popups...

[Nick_W]

hehe! Good point ;)

I had it done via the quick prefs. Now I go into the regular prefs menu I see what you mean, thanks.

So are requested pop ups generally okay with other browsers?

Nick

[BlobFisk]

So are requested pop ups generally okay with other browsers?

AFAIK they are...

[coopster]

I believe it depends on user agent settings, but keep in mind that personal firewalls (ZoneAlarms for one) have features built in to block pop-ups. I haven't looked into details (requested versus js pop-ups) but can offer this from their ZA's help pages:

In the Ads to Block area, select the type of ad you want to block.

• Banner/skyscraper ads
  Blocks ads that appear in either a horizontal or vertical banner.
  
• Pop-up/pop-under
  Blocks ads that appear in a new browser window in front of or behind the window you are viewing.
  
• Animated ads
  Blocks ads that incorporate moving images.