Re:Firefox desktop market share now below 9%
by atombender on Monday December 03, 2018 @09:22PM
(#18595458)
Agreed, popups are annoying. But Firefox doesn't seem to block them all properly, either. For example, try this [1] site. It's notorious for hijacking its own clicks; about 50% of the time you load that site, the search field will open a popup when you click on it to type. Same goes for real links. Unfortunately, I don't think there's a fix for Safari.
I don't know of a tree-style tab extension for Safari, sorry.
Re:Firefox desktop market share now below 9%
by Reason077 on Monday December 03, 2018 @09:19PM
(#18595435)
The worst thing about Safari is the “Do you want to receive notifications from this website?” pop-up that appears every time you hit some random notification-supporting website for the first time.
There has got to be a better way to implement notification subscriptions than this annoying pop-up.
Re:Firefox desktop market share now below 9%
by atombender on Monday December 03, 2018 @09:24PM
(#18595467)
You can turn this off. Go to Preferences, then Websites, then Notifications, then at the bottom of the window there's a checkbox: "Allow websites to ask for permission to send push notifications".
Re:Firefox desktop market share now below 9%
by Wowfunhappy on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @09:48AM
(#18599822)
I have this turned off and yet somehow websites still ask for push notifications. I legitimately don't understand what's happening there.
Re:Firefox desktop market share now below 9%
by ianai on Monday December 03, 2018 @09:25PM
(#18595477)
Website push notifications shouldn’t be a thing. Way too ripe for exploitation.
Re:Firefox desktop market share now below 9%
by Reason077 on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @05:38AM
(#18598163)
I actually find notifications very useful and definitely don’t want to turn them off.
But the way the subscription mechanism is implemented with a pop up is annoying and archaic.
There must be a better way to let users know that notifications are enabled than sticking a pop-up in their face.
Re:Firefox desktop market share now below 9%
by saagarjha on Monday December 03, 2018 @09:36PM
(#18595573)
It's nice for webapps, though.
Re:Firefox desktop market share now below 9%
by jiveturkey on Monday December 03, 2018 @10:11PM
(#18595779)
chrome and FF also do this. all 3 have an option to disable the prompt (and not accept notifications).
Re:Firefox desktop market share now below 9%
by saagarjha on Monday December 03, 2018 @09:09PM
(#18595358)
What websites are you getting these on?
Re:Firefox desktop market share now below 9%
by Ibethewalrus on Monday December 03, 2018 @09:31PM
(#18595521)
Any tech site has this annoying feature.
Also: Some parts of NYTimes, and Slack.
Re:Firefox desktop market share now below 9%
by kitsunesoba on Monday December 03, 2018 @11:13PM
(#18596174)
I consistently see it on random blogs.
Yes, they've changed it in the latest version. I have Block and Notify option selected in Privacy tab. But many popups still go through -- sometimes they open in a new tab, sometimes in a new window.
Is there a way to fix that?
Also, is there a Tree Style Tab alternative for Safari?