I found an even older link (Dec. '07) where FF2 was doing much the same.bloodflowers wrote:http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic ... &p=3515595Ed Oscuro wrote:I just checked, and I had notify on popups enabled (but I also block many popups). FF3 is set to block popups.
So I can't imagine it's really an FF3 issue, unless it's a case of old settings confusing FF3 or it interacting badly with some software configurations.
In both explanations I've seen, this is in part the result of the site code obstinately trying to load a popup, and trying again when it doesn't detect the new window. Of course, even if this is true, I'd agree that FF3's behavior should be modified (if possible) to prevent this happening.
Anyhow, let me explain my end better, and why I said that, failing some bizarre settings conflict, or a software misconfiguration (the parts you decided not to bold, bloodflowers, that qualified my original statement), it seemed unlikely to me that FF3 would exhibit this behavior.
Step 0: Checked FF settings; the popup blocker is still on.
Step 1: Turned back on PM notification popups in my profile here.
Step 2: Sent myself a PM and closed the window before it redirected past the post congratulations screen (so that it would indeed give a popup when I came back)
Step 3: Opened FireFox back up, loaded Shmups, and saw the yellow popup blocked notification.
I didn't see any "X number served" count as in the video; just a single popup blocked. You're free to IP check (it would've been about 10 minutes ago) to see if there was a loop.
@ circuitface: I've only heard of this, and the buttons issue. I sound like a broken record on this, but when things start crashing for no good reason, it's possibly time to reinstall the OS. Myself, I wouldn't go back to FF2 - the new features alone are good, but it's also nice to keep ahead of the curve on security (note this isn't a security issue - FF ~1.5 had a bug at one time where popups could be used to execute anything remotely!)
