Pop Up Blocker

BobH · Post by **BobH** » 07 Oct 2018, 19:11

Recently I've been plagued with pop up windows in Firefox 62.0.3. The most irritating of them are persistent videos without the means to dismiss them.

Can anyone recommend a Firefox add-on pop up blocker that gives good results?

Post by **HansV** » 07 Oct 2018, 19:23

I use uBlock Origin in combination with NoScript.

John Gray · Post by **John Gray** » 07 Oct 2018, 19:32

I use uBlock Origin with Ghostery, but the latter is more for ad blocking rather than popups.

BobH · Post by **BobH** » 07 Oct 2018, 20:35

Thank you, Gentlemen!

I have these add-ons installed . . . Are there others you would recommend?

Post by **HansV** » 07 Oct 2018, 20:53

That's sufficient in my opinion - see how it works out for you...

ChrisGreaves · Post by **ChrisGreaves** » 07 Oct 2018, 21:11

BobH wrote:I have these add-ons installed . . .

Hi Bob.
Even though one says "Chrome", these are all functional for FF, right?

Cheers
Chris

Post by **HansV** » 07 Oct 2018, 21:18

AdBlock for Firefox - The most popular ad blocker for Chrome and Safari, now available for Firefox!.

John Gray · Post by **John Gray** » 08 Oct 2018, 04:51

I would have thought that having both Adblock and uBlock Origin was unnecessary, since they perform more-or-less the same function. uBlock Origin appears better thought-of nowadays.
(Unless something has changed?)

stuck · Post by **stuck** » 08 Oct 2018, 09:26

Wot John said, I wouldn't have both Adblock AND ublock both installed.

My understanding was that until Mozilla changed the way FF add-ons worked, i.e. pre-FF 'Quantum', Adblock Plus was the ad-blocker of choice. Since then though uBlock Origin has become the go-to adblocker. My experience is that uBlock Origin is more effective and has less impact on performance.

Ken

BobH · Post by **BobH** » 08 Oct 2018, 16:44

I disabled Ad Block. We shall see if there is any effect.

I have noticed that I can no longer add smilies by clicking them. Is this an effect, I wonder.

viking33 · Post by **viking33** » 08 Oct 2018, 16:58

BobH wrote:I disabled Ad Block. We shall see if there is any effect.

I have noticed that I can no longer add smilies by clicking them. Is this an effect, I wonder.

Don't think so, Bob. Still using FF? I have ad-block disabled also and use Ublock and can click on smilies OK.

BobH · Post by **BobH** » 08 Oct 2018, 17:56

I just discovered that I cannot insert smilies on a different forum. (I'm not disloyal!!!! REALLY!!!)

I think I'll uninstall and download a fresh copy of FF to see if anything changes.

BobH · Post by **BobH** » 08 Oct 2018, 18:27

OK. After uninstalling and downloading and installing a fresh copy of Firefox, I still cannot insert a smilie. I installed NoScript and uBlock Origin before browsing.

I also noticed the Pop Up Blocker hyperlink at upper left below the bar that shows the board linkages. I took a screenshot of it and saved it. I tried to add it to this post but could not. The image file appears but I cannot make the 'place inline' function work.

Seems I was dead wrong. Although I clicked the Place Inline button, the markup didn't appear but when I submitted the page, the image shows up. Still cannot add smilies.

Am I in Wonderland? Was that Alice (b. Toklas) I just saw? Never mind. The Red Queen is calling . . .

Curiouser and curiouser . . .

Post by **HansV** » 08 Oct 2018, 18:44

Make sure that you set Eileen's Lounge to Trusted in NoScript.

BobH · Post by **BobH** » 08 Oct 2018, 19:08

I did as you said, Hans.

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