Feature Request: Block newsletter pop-ups
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Here's an example I just ran into: http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-3025021/windows-start-menu.html
... But it's seriously like every other website. I'm not sure why you're asking me to provide examples; don't you surf the web? Have you really not seen this before? LOL.
And then once I use the x button on the overlay, there's a cookie and it never pops up for me again on that website. So I'd have to clear all the userdata out of my browser to find them all again.
@Blaz: Thanks for the tip about the Annoyances filter; I would have never found that. I use the addon for Firefox; I don't like the VPN-ness of the full version. (I had a credit union tell me they were going to close my 20-year-old account because I used a VPN to access their website and they insisted that it was a security breach because "someone accessed my account from a different country" and I couldn't get it through their thick skulls how VPNs work.)
... But it's seriously like every other website. I'm not sure why you're asking me to provide examples; don't you surf the web? Have you really not seen this before? LOL.
And then once I use the x button on the overlay, there's a cookie and it never pops up for me again on that website. So I'd have to clear all the userdata out of my browser to find them all again.
@Blaz: Thanks for the tip about the Annoyances filter; I would have never found that. I use the addon for Firefox; I don't like the VPN-ness of the full version. (I had a credit union tell me they were going to close my 20-year-old account because I used a VPN to access their website and they insisted that it was a security breach because "someone accessed my account from a different country" and I couldn't get it through their thick skulls how VPNs work.)
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I just got one from this page with the Annoyances filter on: https://www.howtogeek.com/220986/how-to-use-all-of-windows-10’s-backup-and-recovery-tools/
... They don't always pop up immediately; sometimes they wait 'til you've been on the site for a couple minutes.
... They don't always pop up immediately; sometimes they wait 'til you've been on the site for a couple minutes.
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Only saw a newsletter item at the bottom of the page, not an overlay. Fixed that item at bottom of page (update in about 3 hours).
Also with mobile FF extension on Android I don't see a popup. According to your text you are on Android (due to VPN talk) and FF extension.
Also with mobile FF extension on Android I don't see a popup. According to your text you are on Android (due to VPN talk) and FF extension.
Here's another one: https://www.sierratradingpost.com/blog/lifestyle/peacoat-vs-parka/
Since these are so common, I guess I was kind of hoping someone would say there was a standard way to identify and block them, and not that they had to be blacklisted individually...
Since these are so common, I guess I was kind of hoping someone would say there was a standard way to identify and block them, and not that they had to be blacklisted individually...
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Sadly, things are never really that simple. Sites use different elements for such things, hence why they are dealt with on a site-by-site basis.
The popups for Sierra still appear. I'm guessing that certain things were changed in the site such that the filter lists no longer counter them.
Given that, one way to disable popups is to disable javascript for the site using an addon. The catch is that some features in the site might also be disabled.
Given that, one way to disable popups is to disable javascript for the site using an addon. The catch is that some features in the site might also be disabled.