I've used the Google Toolbar for a while, and while it works great most of the time, there's one thing about it that really bugs me: there's no black list (or white list) that you can edit. See, the problem is that I've got the Merriam-Webster Collegiate toolbar installed, and it launches in a new window. The Google Toolbar sees the new window as a pop-up coming from whatever website I happen to be at, so there's no way I can make sure it doesn't get blocked.
So can anybody recommend a good blocker that will ignore all pop-up windows coming from a specified domain? It has to be free, of course, and I'd like something simple and easy to use that stays quietly out of the way. I think I'll try this one. It's got excellent reviews and lots of other nifty features. Anyone familiar with it?
Posted by Richard Berg (Member # 133) on :
Does holding Ctrl work?
Alternatively, Proxomitron is very configurable, though not what I'd call simple. When I used it, it was more for fixing annoying bugs in JS interfaces than for blocking popups, but there is a ton of helpful code already out there.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
My browser (mozilla firefox) has pop-up blocking built-in, and you can give it a white list.
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
But I can't install the Merriam-Webster Collegiate or Dictionary.com toolbars on Firefox, only on IE. And I use them enough that I don't want to switch browsers.
Richard, holding CTRL works, but I don't want to have to hit it every time I use the dictionary toolbars.
Posted by Richard Berg (Member # 133) on :
FWIW, I use Dave's quick toolbar thingie to do dictionary searches (and much more).
[ May 13, 2004, 12:20 AM: Message edited by: Richard Berg ]
Posted by peterh (Member # 5208) on :
I haven't tried it yet, but my Yahoo! page keeps showing me a banner ad for the yahoo toolbar with pop-up blocker. You may want to try that.
Posted by Mintieman (Member # 4620) on :
I'm not sure what the dictionary.com tool bar does exactly, but you CAN add both Merriam-Webster Collegiate or Dictionary.com to the search box, so you can search them quickly on Firefox here Posted by Bokonon (Member # 480) on :
Jon Boy, there is at least one plugin in Firefox that lets you highlight text and right-click to send to a dictionary search, and the nice thing is that you can use any dictionary site.
I use onelook.com, since it searches over 9-10 different dictionaries in one search.
[ May 13, 2004, 09:29 AM: Message edited by: Bokonon ]
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
We are currently testing out Pest Patrol here for our company.
We don't like, and forbid, the google toolbar for in-house. Because it's pop-up blocker will even block secondary internet windows that are SUPPOSED to come up from internal web pages, etc. (like little log-on secondary windows, or pages that tell the link to open in a new window).
So far we have liked Pest Patrol from our trials -- haven't rolled it out bank-wide though yet. I don't have a link.
We currently use Ad-Aware to clean up machines, but it doesn't prevent new stuff.
Farmgirl
Posted by Taalcon (Member # 839) on :
The google toolbar DOES have a 'white list'. If you're on a site that you want popups to allow, CLICK on the pop-up-blocker button in the bar, and it'll turn it off for that site always.
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Taalcon --
I know that, and you know that -- but try explaining that to 2000 moronic users....
Farmgirl
Posted by celia60 (Member # 2039) on :
Like Jon Boy?
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
no, that's not what I meant....
FG
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
Taalcon, the Google Toolbar's whitelist doesn't ignore or allow pop-ups based on the origin of the pop-up. Thus, if I'm on Hatrack and have pop-ups allowed, Merriam-Webster works fine. But if I go to another site and have pop-ups blocked, Merriam-Webster doesn't work. I explained that in my first post. This is why I'm looking for a new pop-up blocker.
And thanks for the Firefox recommendation, guys, but it's not what I'm looking for. I've tried it with the dictionary extension thingy, and it's not an equivalent replacement. The M-W toolbar I'm using does not access the regular free M-W site, but rather the Collegiate site, which requires a log-in. Also, it allows you to type in any word and search the dictionary, thesaurus, Spanish-English dictionary, and a couple other things.
Thus, I am looking for a good pop-up blocker, not an alternative browser or dictionary search tool.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Why don't you just sell your computer and get a mac?
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
Brilliant! It's exactly what I don't want, so of course it's the perfect solution to my problem.
Posted by Mabus (Member # 6320) on :
I hate to say it, but it won't be long till the Google bar fails you. It'll still block some popups--mine says it has blocked 1438--but many more will slip through. I don't know of ANY good popup blockers. Everything I have tried is a failure.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Glad we could be such good help for you Jon Boy Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
And just think! With a slick new iBook, I can enjoy all the coolness of a computer that says, "That's right, I'm a graphic designer" without the burden of the functionality of my PC.
Posted by peterh (Member # 5208) on :
Have you checked into the ones advertised at the bottom of the screen?
Posted by DSH (Member # 741) on :
Well, this is a "new browser recomendation", but give me a chance will ya?
Opera has a built-in pop-up blocker that has been 100% effective for me over the past 3 years. Not too long ago they added a new feature that allows "requested pop-ups only". I enabled that option several months ago and still have received no unwanted pop-ups.
Try it, you might like it!
[ May 13, 2004, 08:21 PM: Message edited by: DSH ]
Posted by Richard Berg (Member # 133) on :
Did you try Proxomitron? If you don't like it, I know that there have been similar programs recommended to me since its development went dormant that I can look up if need be...
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
quote:Well, this is a "new browser recomendation", but give me a chance will ya?
No.
quote:Did you try Proxomitron?
No, not yet. I'll give it a spin when I get home from work.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
I need a new pop up blocker, or something, because while I still have the Google toolbar (latest version), popups are getting through. They even appear when I go to Sakeriver or Hatrack or Yahoo mail, all sites that are not supported by pop ups as far as I know.
Do I have spyware? I never download anything from here!
Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :
You have spyware.
Download and run Adaware and Spybot search and destroy.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Already did. Twice. No good.
Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :
Which version of windows?
And are you familiar with msconfig?
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Yes. But you know what, I'm talking to Zev. Maybe he'll know.
Posted by Mabus (Member # 6320) on :
I have the same problem, Katharina. I recommend you play the Sims.
No kidding.
Each time I have played the Sims for any length of time since the popups started, a strange error message has appeared and thereafter the popups have gone away for weeks.
Posted by slacker (Member # 2559) on :
Katharina, download Hijack This and post what processes are running on your machine. Someone here will be able to point you in the right direction to get rid of the spyware.
JonBoy, until you move on from IE, you're going to suffer from popups & spyware. Maybe they'll get it right in SP2, but you can bet that it won't be long before someone finds a way around it (the Google Toolbar only worked for 4 months for me before I started getting popups). That, and you'll still get to deal with the fun minefield of vulnerabilities for IE.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Slacker, that's exactly what happened. My surfing habits haven't changed at all and I never download anything on that computer, but the Google toolbar stopped working.
I have to use IE at least for work things because many of things I use only work on IE. Any ideas for something besides the Google toolbar?
Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :
If you haven't already, go to msconfig, choose the startup tab, and uncheck everything you don't specifically want to start up (I'm assuming you're in XP or 2000).
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
fugu, don't worry about it. I know from Zev what to do.
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no, that's not what I meant....