Re: Popups that get past popup blockers

No pop up windows on that site when using Opera 7 with "open requested pop-up 
windows only" preference checked.

Regards,

Wendy

Quoting Jon CPEC <jscott(at)cpec.org>:

> Hey guys,
> 
> I was wondering if anyone was familiar with the technique used to get
> pop-ups past those popup blockers.
> 
> I'm using panicware's pop-up stopper, but have been getting pop-ups from
> pages that I thought I had the blocker turned on for.  It turns out the new
> windoes are getting past the normal popup blocker.
> 
> Any idea how they are doin gthis:
> 
> here's the URL (Worksafe)  It's a sports news site.
> http://www.kffl.com/nfl/
> 
> you have to click on the 1st link on the right
> "Hot Off the WIRE -Free Daily NFL news feed"
> 
> It takes you to the Hot off the wire news, and pops up a subscription offer
> in a smaller window, each time you visit the page.
> 
> I'm thinking they scripted something from the server side.
> 
> Weird part is when I went to view source in IE it wouldn't let me do so.  I
> used NN to do so, but that doesn't give you the same look at the source code
> as IE does.
> 
> Any Thoughts?
> 
> Jon
> 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Jon Scott - Web Project Coordinator
> CPEC
> Hartford CT, USA
> www.civicRADAR.com
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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