[WEB4LIB] Re: Fwd: pop ups

Raymond Wood raywood at magma.ca
Fri Jan 17 13:23:57 EST 2003


On Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 10:12:21AM -0800, c.murdock remarked:
> You could try using Mozilla or Opera instead of IE, though I
> don't know whether they're available for Win2k.  

Mozilla is cross-platform (GNU/Linux, Windows, Mac) - that's one
reason everyone in this forum should support it by using it  :)

> Both browsers allow you to block popups, without any add-on
> software.  Interestingly, Netscape, 

(i.e. the new generation 'Netscape', version 6+)

> which is based on Mozilla, doesn't have this capability.  I
> guess the Netscape team decided it conflicted with their
> commercial interests.  ;)

Exactly.  The new Netscape can be safely ignored - it is Mozilla
that is the real FLOSS (free/libre open source software) player
anyway.

Cheers,
Raymond



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