[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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