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Re:F*** those popups – signing up those who deserve it by amyjess on Friday May 29, 2015 @11:14AM (#9625047)
I really wish there was a way to globally disable all lightboxes without having to disable JavaScript entirely.

Maybe a Machine Learning model to prevent scripts from executing if the classifier indicates it will spawn a lightbox...

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Re:F*** those popups – signing up those who deserve it by TheLoneWolfling on Friday May 29, 2015 @04:18PM (#9627022)
Something as simple as checking that nothing dynamic blocks too much text would detect most of them currently.

But it quickly turns into a cat-and-mouse game.

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Re:F*** those popups – signing up those who deserve it by markh1967 on Thursday June 04, 2015 @11:08AM (#9659782)
That would stop any drop-down menu navigation bars from working though.
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Re:F*** those popups – signing up those who deserve it by notdanariely on Friday May 29, 2015 @11:35AM (#9625209)
Love this idea. Would like to add that I'd love to block any fixed topnav that stays on the screen as you scroll down.
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Re:F*** those popups – signing up those who deserve it by emodendroket on Friday May 29, 2015 @11:43AM (#9625259)
I, too, wish there were a feature that would break Web applications that use modals for marginal benefit.
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