Cannonfodder Posted December 29, 2002 Report Share Posted December 29, 2002 In windows, I use popup killer to prevent porn and advertisement popups from cluttering my viewspace, is there a linux app that does the same thing? I was hunting around in freshmeat, but maybe I was using the wrong keywords as I didn't find anything.. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emh Posted December 29, 2002 Report Share Posted December 29, 2002 The browsers Opera and Mozilla both come with pop-up blockers, so you don't need a third-party pop-up blocker. Mozilla: http://www.mozilla.org Opera: http://www.opera.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted December 29, 2002 Report Share Posted December 29, 2002 http://www.club-nihil.net/mub/viewtopic.ph...ighlight=popups http://www.club-nihil.net/mub/viewtopic.ph...ighlight=popups http://www.club-nihil.net/mub/viewtopic.ph...ighlight=popups http://www.club-nihil.net/mub/viewtopic.ph...ighlight=popups [EDITED] Galeon stops popups for me. I think you're looking for an app that you specify the sites....right? I've never used the above or any for that matter, so I don't know if they do this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamCat Posted December 29, 2002 Report Share Posted December 29, 2002 Opera works perfect for me. :) If your going to try Mozilla give Phoenix a whirl. It looks pretty nice. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyv Posted December 29, 2002 Report Share Posted December 29, 2002 http://www.club-nihil.net/mub/viewtopic.ph...ighlight=popupshttp://www.club-nihil.net/mub/viewtopic.ph...ighlight=popups http://www.club-nihil.net/mub/viewtopic.ph...ighlight=popups http://www.club-nihil.net/mub/viewtopic.ph...ighlight=popups [EDITED] Galeon stops popups for me. I think you're looking for an app that you specify the sites....right? I've never used the above or any for that matter, so I don't know if they do this. With mozilla you can create a css file for each user, so you can block ad's , make them almost invisible , anything you want if you know css. heres an example, it was posted on this forum awhile ago by i forget who, it works really well. You create a file called userContent.css which you place in the chrome directory of your user ./mozilla directory. [src*=ads.], [src*=ads/], [src*=doubleclick], [href*=doubleclick.] *, [href*=rd.yahoo.com] [src*=yimg.com], [width=60][height=468], [width=468][height=60], [width=120][height=600] { -moz-outline: medium dotted red; -moz-opacity: 10%; } /* i find this a bit much, but someone might like it. [src*=ads.]:hover, [src*=ads/]:hover, [src*=doubleclick]:hover, [href*=.doubleclick.] *:hover, [href*=rd.yahoo.com] [src*=yimg.com]:hover, [width=60][height=468]:hover, [width=468][height=60]:hover, [width=120][height=600]:hover { -moz-outline: medium dashed red; -moz-opacity: 100%; } */ [type=application/x-shockwave-flash] { display: none !important; } Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannonfodder Posted December 29, 2002 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2002 hmmm I've been using opera for years, but no popup killer that I know of. Do you mean the new beta? Have to check out some of the other browsers, thanks to all who replied. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted December 29, 2002 Report Share Posted December 29, 2002 hmmm I've been using opera for years, but no popup killer that I know of.I just booted to win98 where I use opera-6.01. I haven't upgraded because it crashed one day and now I have this nice tiny toolbar without the stupid advertisements :lol: Sure wish I knew how it happened so I could upgrade and hack the new version. Proves it can be done though. Anyway, it's the same in linux, so go to File>Quick preferences>Accept pop-up windows. If you open Preferences, go to Windows,and it in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted December 29, 2002 Report Share Posted December 29, 2002 Well, I just install opera-6.11-20021129.4-shared-qt.i386.rpm and it's at the above locations. i've been meaning to install opera for a while cause I like the full screen keyboard only browsing that opera can do, and it goes great with mutt-1.4i. Look mom...no mouse :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonChild Posted December 29, 2002 Report Share Posted December 29, 2002 Just in case... In phoenix, you can type words while you look at the page... Phoenix will find them on page. If they are links, hit enter to follow it. It works marvels! No mouse! And you can view your favourite sites easily! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannonfodder Posted December 29, 2002 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2002 Oh I see, but what if I have a popup that I need to use? The popup killer I was using in windows allowed a popup to show up and then I could ban it so it doesn't appear again. Or they hook up with a server list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted December 29, 2002 Report Share Posted December 29, 2002 Yeah, that's is what I was saying earlier. With the ecception of what johnnyv mentioned for mozilla, as far as I know the browsers either allow the popups or the don't. So if you don't want other software, for opera, hit F12>Accept pop-up windows, before you go to the site or refresh the site with F5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyv Posted December 30, 2002 Report Share Posted December 30, 2002 Yeah, that's is what I was saying earlier. With the ecception of what johnnyv mentioned for mozilla, as far as I know the browsers either allow the popups or the don't. So if you don't want other software, for opera, hit F12>Accept pop-up windows, before you go to the site or refresh the site with F5. You can do the same thing with mozilla, just tick open unrequested windows and refresh the site. Have to do it sometimes for some lameass sites. Btw that css for mozilla is for banner ads, not popup windows, it just makes banner ads 10% visible(not very visible). makes it much easier to read sites without the glaring ads. You can of course make them 0% visible. You could probably block popups by this method. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamCat Posted December 31, 2002 Report Share Posted December 31, 2002 F12...... SWEET! I hand't happened upon that little tid bit yet. I had been going to the File > Quick Preferences menu every time Guess I should pay more attention ot those funny characters next to the description in the menu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvc Posted December 31, 2002 Report Share Posted December 31, 2002 Better yet, go to Help>keyboard or mouse. A lot of cool stuff, like ctrl-shift-leftclick, to open a link in the background so you don't have to rt click-open in the background. [EDITED] Oh, and another good one is Alt>P....opens Preferences :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramfree17 Posted December 31, 2002 Report Share Posted December 31, 2002 Better yet, go to Help>keyboard or mouse. A lot of cool stuff, like ctrl-shift-leftclick, to open a link in the background so you don't have to rt click-open in the background.[EDITED] Oh, and another good one is Alt>P....opens Preferences :wink: mouse gestures. hold right-click on a link, motion down then up and the link is opened in another tab in the background. but that not everything, you could navigate backward and forward, duplicate the current window content, create a new blank window, minimize/restore/maximize or close a window using only mouse gestures. sheesh, im getting opera withdrawal sickness. ciao! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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