On 12-06-2012 18:37, singhals wrote: > Be hereby reminded that some sites require pop-ups -- that is, the site > content is provided a sort of pop-up -- and if you completely disable > pop-ups, those sites are a waste of your time. > > I believe the Ellis Island site is one of 'em. The only pop-ups I ever see at ellisisland.org are when I ask to see a manifest at a size that can be read. -- Wes Groleau Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. — John F. Kennedy

On 2012-12-07, Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> wrote: > On 12-06-2012 18:37, singhals wrote: >> Be hereby reminded that some sites require pop-ups -- that is, the site >> content is provided a sort of pop-up -- and if you completely disable >> pop-ups, those sites are a waste of your time. >> >> I believe the Ellis Island site is one of 'em. > > The only pop-ups I ever see at ellisisland.org are when I ask to see a > manifest at a size that can be read. At least in Firefox, there's an 'Exceptions' button for the 'Block pop-up windows' checkbox. If you find a legitimate site that you do want to allow to do pop-ups, just block pop-ups in general but put said site in the exceptions list. -- Robert Riches spamtrap42@jacob21819.net (Yes, that is one of my email addresses.)