[Web4lib] OLPC computer, Gecko browser and popups
Francis Kayiwa
kayiwa at uic.edu
Wed Feb 20 14:23:29 EST 2008
Jon Gorman wrote:
> Firefox normally brings up a very light, hard to see yellow bar at the
> top of the page that says "allow popups" the first time or two you
> visit a site.
>
> Searching the firefox pages turned up
> http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Pop-up+blocker
>
> I don't know much about OPLC, but Gecko's the name of some of the
> underlying software driving several different kinds of browsers. You
> may not have much luck searching that as a keyword. Apparently the
> OPLC comes with default some sort of browser that uses Gecko.
I don't have easy access to the OLPC but their wiki seems to suggest
that it is possible on Browse
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Tests/Browse
Use your browser find to look for Pop-Up
Failing that the slow install of the full Mozilla Firefox is your next
best solution.
./fxk
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