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Mozilla Firebird Raises the Browser Bar (DevX)
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Mozilla's Firebird. "Although there are numerous popup-blocking
add-ons for Internet Explorer, Mozilla has taken it one step further:
popup-blocking capability is built into the browser. It's not an
afterthought. If you have some sort of strange popup ad fetish or you visit
sites that use popups for necessary functionality, you can turn the feature
off (even for individual sites), but personally, I'm only sorry that the
popup blocker doesn't also make the person responsible for the popup ad
turn into a toad or something equally unpleasant. Popup blocking may not
be a sufficiently persuasive reason to switch browsers, but tabbed browsing
is a major advance."
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Mozilla Firebird Raises the Browser Bar (DevX) Posted Jun 5, 2003 19:04 UTC (Thu) by beejaybee (guest, #1581) [Link] OK, so Firebird is a new release. But it sounds like someone missed out on Mozilla which has had these same features for some time now.
Mozilla Firebird Raises the Browser Bar (DevX) Posted Jun 5, 2003 19:30 UTC (Thu) by proski (subscriber, #104) [Link] Firebird disables popups by default. It also provides an indicator that the site wants to open a popup window. By clicking on the indicator, popups can be enabled for that site.Blocking popups by default is a big deal. When you recommend Firebird to others you don't need to tell them how to enable popup blocking in the configuration. You just say - install Firebird and there will be no popups.
flash blocking Posted Jun 5, 2003 19:11 UTC (Thu) by mmarkov (guest, #4978) [Link] If only they could implement disablingof the flash animations by default. Or even managing of the flash thing per site.
flash blocking Posted Jun 5, 2003 19:39 UTC (Thu) by proski (subscriber, #104) [Link] It's bug 125168 - "Plugins need ability to be disabled on a per window basis". Please vote for this bug if you care.
flash blocking Posted Jun 5, 2003 20:07 UTC (Thu) by drathos (guest, #6454) [Link] I just read about a 'Click Flash To View' extension over at the MozillaZine Forums. It's available from extensionroom.mozdev.org, but mozdev seems to be down right now.
flash blocking Posted Jun 12, 2003 6:47 UTC (Thu) by yodermk (subscriber, #3803) [Link] Yes, I've been using Flash Click to View for a while, and you have no idea how happy I am about it! It makes browsing sites with a lot of Flash ads MUCH MUCH MUCH more bearable. Highly recommended.
Stop Animated GIFs Posted Jun 6, 2003 14:12 UTC (Fri) by utoddl (subscriber, #1232) [Link] Didn't Netscape have the ability to stop animating animated GIFs? You could hit the Escape key or some such. Mozilla doesn't seem to have that ability, and I miss it. Does Firebird do that?
Stop Animated GIFs Posted Jun 6, 2003 16:34 UTC (Fri) by JoeBuck (subscriber, #2330) [Link] Mozilla has an option, under "Privacy and Security/Images", that can control looping of animated images: the choices are "As many times as the image specifies", "once", or "never".
Stop Animated GIFs Posted Jun 9, 2003 4:31 UTC (Mon) by Ross (subscriber, #4065) [Link] I kind of liked the option to choose dynamically. In fact, I even likedthe way there used to be a button to toggle the display of images. :)
Stop Animated GIFs Posted Jun 8, 2003 12:55 UTC (Sun) by jsebrech (guest, #11709) [Link] To change this in firebird:- type about:config in the location bar This works in mozilla too, but since mozilla has a gui for this...
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