[WEB4LIB] Re: windows that keep popping up

[jfruit at nslsilus.org]

On Sun, 20 Jan 2002, Thomas Dowling wrote:
> > For an experiment, I created a web page that causes a window to open when
> > closed...
> > 
> > My question is how can this beast be controlled.
> 
> 1. Disable JavaScript (or, in IE, disable it at least for the Internet 
> security zone); or
> 
> 2. Use a browser that allows you to disable pop-up windows.
> 


If you are using Windows, you might consider looking into Proximitron at 
http://proxomitron.org/ . The the program works with browser and filters
out all kinds of stuff from web pages. I got this from their web page:


"It works with most any browser (not just the big two)
and, for starters, can do the following  keen things... 

Stop or limit Pop-up windows

Control MIDI music and other sounds 

Freeze animated .GIFs - load only the first frame 
Kill most all advertising banners 

Stop Web-Branding and other scripts added by web space
providers 

Stop Pop-up alert/confirm boxes 

Remove slow web counters 

Stop web pages and ads from "auto-refreshing" 

Remove Dynamic HTML 

Prevent getting stuck in someone's frames 

Remove frames or tables altogether for that matter 

Kill or change selected Java scripts and applets 

Add your own scripts to pages! 

Remove or replace web page and/or table background images 

Stop Status bar scrollers 

Unhide URLs obscured by status line text 

Convert blinking text to bold 

Remove Layers and Style sheets 

And as they say, much, much more... "


I use it at home, and it is very handy.  Highly configurable. :)

John