Getting rid of sneaky Firefox pop-ups

[reuber1]

I'll flat out admit that I didn't find this out on my own, but I didn't see this anywhere here and noticed that a lot of GDF'ers are aware of the awesomeness that is Firefox. Firefox rocks in the pop-up blocking category, but there are still a couple of sneaky one's out there that sneak by. Some folks out there have been using Flash to get around the default settings, and it's annoying as hell. Here's how to do this:

1. Type about:config in the Firefox address bar
2. Right click on that page and select New > Integer
3. Call the integer privacy.popups.disable_from_plugins
4. Set the integer value to 2

There you have it, at least so far. I haven't had any pop on me yet.

Here are the definitions of the different integer values:

0. Allow all pop-ups from plugins
1. Allow pop-ups, but limit them to dom.popup_maximum
2. Block pop-ups for plugins
3. Block pop-ups for plugins, even on whitelisted sites

[morea]

NICE!

Thanks reuber!

[Mynock]

since we're on the topic of Firefox, is there anyway I can get a spell checker in the toolbar, like the newest google toolbar. It checks the editable spots like this one for spelling mistakes. The google toolbar is only for ie on the pc side, is there a similar tool or a conversion for firefox? once I have that then I will have no regrets

[Neuro]

Cool beans! Thanks!!

[Mynock]

Originally Posted by Mynock

since we're on the topic of Firefox, is there anyway I can get a spell checker in the toolbar, like the newest google toolbar. It checks the editable spots like this one for spelling mistakes. The google toolbar is only for ie on the pc side, is there a similar tool or a conversion for firefox? once I have that then I will have no regrets

Tada, my life is complete
Clicky
Thank you google!

[jaugustavo]

that is one hell of a trick, thanks a ton.