Wanting to disable pop-up search menus in my Web browser

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dennmac RemoveThis @dennmac.net (Dennis M) wrote:

> In article , David
> Stone wrote:
>
> >In article ,
> > dennmac RemoveThis @dennmac.net (Dennis M) wrote:
> >
> >> Is there a way to disable the Javascript pop-up search menus that have
> >> become so popular lately without disabling Javascript entirely? They just
> >> annoy me. I use Firefox 1.5.0.11. Thanks.
> >
> >Upgrade to Firefox 2 if at all possible - there are known problems
> >with 1.5 that will not be fixed, as development on that version has
> >ceased.
> >
> >Then try looking at the NoScript plugin - this enables you to
> >enable/disable Javascript on a site-by-site basis as you browse.
> >http://noscript.net or look at the Firefox plugins page.
>
> OK thanks for the reply!

If you want my advice:

Do upgrade to the latest version of Firefox.

But forget NoScript. Iit makes web browsing a bit of a pain, because
there are some scripts you want to run for normal browsing, and it
disables them all unless you manually override them for each web page
you view.

Instead, RUN (don't walk) to this web page and install AdBlock Plus!
With AdBlock Plus, ads will simply disappear forever, and you will
wonder how you did without it all this time:

AdBlock Plus:
<http://adblockplus.org/en/>

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Jolly Roger wrote:

> In article ,
> dennmac.TakeThisOut@dennmac.net (Dennis M) wrote:
>
> > In article , David
> > Stone wrote:
> >
> > >In article ,
> > > dennmac.TakeThisOut@dennmac.net (Dennis M) wrote:
> > >
> > >> Is there a way to disable the Javascript pop-up search menus that have
> > >> become so popular lately without disabling Javascript entirely? They just
> > >> annoy me. I use Firefox 1.5.0.11. Thanks.
> > >
> > >Upgrade to Firefox 2 if at all possible - there are known problems
> > >with 1.5 that will not be fixed, as development on that version has
> > >ceased.
> > >
> > >Then try looking at the NoScript plugin - this enables you to
> > >enable/disable Javascript on a site-by-site basis as you browse.
> > >http://noscript.net or look at the Firefox plugins page.
> >
> > OK thanks for the reply!
>
> If you want my advice:
>
> Do upgrade to the latest version of Firefox.
>
> But forget NoScript. Iit makes web browsing a bit of a pain, because
> there are some scripts you want to run for normal browsing, and it
> disables them all unless you manually override them for each web page
> you view.

I guess that depends on your personal browsing habits. Most of the
sites I visit use Javascript either to push advertising, or to make
the site "work" in internet explorer. I'm not really interested in
either case, so I don't really care if the script doesn't run, or
there are odd gaps in the layout (bbc.co.uk is the latest casualty
on this front, since they started pushing ads from doubleclick.)

NoScript gives you a very convenient menu item to allow or temporarily
allow scripts on sites that it is blocking. I've used AdBlock in the
past, but I haven't really needed it in FF 2 - the built in image
blocking works pretty well!

> Instead, RUN (don't walk) to this web page and install AdBlock Plus!
> With AdBlock Plus, ads will simply disappear forever, and you will
> wonder how you did without it all this time:
>
> AdBlock Plus:
> <http://adblockplus.org/en/>
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In article ,
David Stone wrote:

> In article
> ,
> Jolly Roger wrote:
>
> > But forget NoScript. Iit makes web browsing a bit of a pain, because
> > there are some scripts you want to run for normal browsing, and it
> > disables them all unless you manually override them for each web page
> > you view.
>
> I guess that depends on your personal browsing habits. Most of the
> sites I visit use Javascript either to push advertising, or to make
> the site "work" in internet explorer. I'm not really interested in
> either case, so I don't really care if the script doesn't run, or
> there are odd gaps in the layout (bbc.co.uk is the latest casualty
> on this front, since they started pushing ads from doubleclick.)

Yes, for me, it won't do. I visit various credit card, banking,
insurance, and other web sites that require scripts for normal
operation. While NoScript is just too much of a pain in those
situations, AdBlock Plus blocks the bad content without causing problems
with these web sites.

> NoScript gives you a very convenient menu item to allow or temporarily
> allow scripts on sites that it is blocking.

Yes, and it is great at what it does. I agree with that.

> I've used AdBlock in the
> past, but I haven't really needed it in FF 2 - the built in image
> blocking works pretty well!

Hold on. AdBlock Plus is NOT AdBlock - nowhere near it - light years
ahead of it, and better than anything you have seen with the older
AdBlock or with NoScript. To start with, it's now auto-subscription
based, and blocks a literal 99.9% of ads automatically with *zero*
configuration or maintenance. No other ad blocker can say that. I'm
pretty sure if you gave AdBlock Plus a try, you'd quickly find yourself
delighted with it! ; )

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In article ,
dennmac.DeleteThis@dennmac.net (Dennis M) wrote:

> In article
> , Jolly
> Roger wrote:
>
> >Instead, RUN (don't walk) to this web page and install AdBlock Plus!
> >With AdBlock Plus, ads will simply disappear forever, and you will
> >wonder how you did without it all this time:
>
> Ads are not the reason I was wanting to selectively block J/S, if you
> read/comprehended my OP. I want to kill the pop-up search menus.

You'll need to better describe what exactly you mean by "pop-up search
menus" then, because I'm afraid a lot of us have no idea what you are
talking about.

Also, it perfectly reasonable to expect that AdBlock Plus will be able
to help you block these things even though they aren't considered "ads"
in your mind. The only way to know for sure is to try it.

> Also, my ISP recently switched to a new Web email filter (Greymail) and --
> in an apparent attempt to "idiot-proof" the page -- every single function
> on the page is "explained" by an annoying pop-up tip box. I'd like to
> selectively kill that kind of J/S silliness too.

What makes you think you can't do either of these things with AdBlock
Plus? Have you even tried?

Have you tried any of the other solutions people have offered you in
this thread?

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In article ,
dennmac RemoveThis @dennmac.net (Dennis M) wrote:

> In article
> , Jolly
> Roger wrote:
>
> >Instead, RUN (don't walk) to this web page and install AdBlock Plus!
> >With AdBlock Plus, ads will simply disappear forever, and you will
> >wonder how you did without it all this time:
>
> Ads are not the reason I was wanting to selectively block J/S, if you
> read/comprehended my OP. I want to kill the pop-up search menus.
>
> Also, my ISP recently switched to a new Web email filter (Greymail) and --
> in an apparent attempt to "idiot-proof" the page -- every single function
> on the page is "explained" by an annoying pop-up tip box. I'd like to
> selectively kill that kind of J/S silliness too.

My kingdom for the same! Those little boxes are very irritating.
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