On Wed, 2004-12-15 at 16:41 +0100, Reinout van Schouwen wrote: > Good point. How about combining it with a system sound? (Yes I know this > wouldn't make a difference for a certain percentage of users that > can't/won't have sounds enabled.) Hrm, what would I hate more: a browser which blocks popup windows without warning me, or a browser which makes noises at me at pseudo-random times? The noises are far worse ;). FWIW, I went to a website with popup windows using Firefox and it took me quite a while to spot the "yellow bar" at the top saying the popup windows were blocked. I think the only attention-grabber besides a popup dialog would be using that notifications stuff in the panel (which I don't understand yet -- is it even finished?). And really, using the Epiphany popup blocker the way it is now, I really don't get that annoyed that I don't notice when popups are blocked. In fact, I feel the whole *point* of the popup blocker is that I don't notice. Of course, there's also the issue of a popup-blocking *dialog* arriving instead of a popup *window* is pretty silly. Then again, it's just one dialog on first use instead of lots of windows over the course of time. Another option is to allow popups by default, so that the only users who discover popups are the ones who go to the Preferences window. That's not too horrible an idea, when you think about it. The only drawback: it would be nice to have Epiphany block popup windows by default; that's a feature just about any user would want to discover. We've got a whole bunch of options which all suck here, and we've got to pick the one which sucks the least. If we were to change the current behavior, I think the least sucky alternative is the first-block dialog box. -- Adam Hooper <adamh densi com>
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