Want to know how the popup windows blocking feature in the Firefox web browser works??
The Firefox web browsing software applications is very firm in dealing with popup windows. More often than not, popup windows are used by the owners of the web sites to push through advertisements that would otherwise not be viewed by the end user. As the very name suggests, a popup window just pops up when the visitor to the web site performs any action on the web site. Hence, whenever the end user logs into his or her account or logs out of his or her account, the web browsing software application opens another window, which invariably contains advertisements.
More often than not, these popup windows are extremely irritating and result in a lot of wastage of time. Whenever the popup window pops up, the end user has to stop his or her work and has to close the popup window to continue with his or her web browsing experience. Further, in case of other web browsing software applications, the fact that the popup window adds to the number of windows opened by the end user and clutters the toolbar and increases the resources consumed by the computer, popup windows are not just an irritant but are responsible for slowing down the work of the end user as well.
That is the reason why, the end user of the Firefox web browsing software application enjoys an inbuilt popup blocking facility. The default configuration of the Firefox web browsing software application is such that it does not allow popup windows to be activated. Hence, while you will see windows popping up if you use any other web browsing software application; you will never have to face the problem of popup windows if you are using the Firefox web browsing software application.
While there is no doubt that most of the popup windows are advertisements and are nothing but interruptions in the work of the end user, it is a fact that many web sites use popup windows to convey additional information to the end users or use it to demand additional information from the end user. More often than not, help windows open up as popup windows. In such a scenario, a feature that comprehensively blocks all popup windows without any exceptions whatsoever will not be of any use at all. Just as allowing popup windows without exception created a scenario where the end user could not enjoy his or her web experience; blocking popup windows without exception creates a scenario where the end user still continues to suffer.
The best solution to this feature is to empower the end user and enable them to choose between the popup windows that are to be allowed and the ones that are to be blocked. That is the reason why the default configuration of the Firefox web browsing software application is to block all popup windows without exception. However, every time a popup window is blocked by the Firefox web browsing software applications, the end user is informed by a strip message that is visible below the navigation bar of the Firefox web browsing software application or by an icon in the status bar of the Firefox web browsing software application.
By clicking the message or by clicking the icon, the end user can modify the configuration of the Firefox web browsing software application as far as popup windows are concerned. Hence, if you are visiting a website and if you wish to allow popup windows on that particular website, all you have to do is click on the icon in the status bar and configure the Firefox web browsing software application to allow popup windows on the web site. Once this is done, the Firefox web browsing software applications recognizes that the web site as an exception and it will not block the popup windows.
This is how the popup windows blocking feature in the Firefox web browser works.
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