How to stop flash pop-ups on TVGuide.com?

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How to stop flash pop-ups on TVGuide.com?

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Go to http://www.tvguide.com and then click Listings at the top. You should get a flash pop-up. Firebird stops actual windows from popping up by default but not flash pop-ups. I don't want to block all ads everywhere, I just want to block unrequested flash pop-ups. It has a close button at the top of the flash pop-up but it doesn't work in Firebird, or at least not that I could get to work. Is there a way to stop unrequested flash pop-ups without disabling Flash or all ads everywhere?
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I didn't get a Flash pop-up...sorry, can't help any beyond that.

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Clear your cache and go there a few times, you will get one eventually heh. The problem is it gets in the way of what I need to see and the close button doesn't work so it just sits there. Maybe you have them blocked with your Hosts file or something.
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I didnt get 1 either.........

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Actually, I think the ad that uses flash to popup tends to timeout for me, so I can't see it...
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Re: How to stop flash pop-ups on TVGuide.com?

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fingerprint wrote:Go to http://www.tvguide.com and then click Listings at the top. You should get a flash pop-up. Firebird stops actual windows from popping up by default but not flash pop-ups. I don't want to block all ads everywhere, I just want to block unrequested flash pop-ups. It has a close button at the top of the flash pop-up but it doesn't work in Firebird, or at least not that I could get to work. Is there a way to stop unrequested flash pop-ups without disabling Flash or all ads everywhere?


I know exactly what you mean. I wish I could figure out a way to disable them also. I suppose I could disable flash before visiting there but that would be a royal PITA especially since I visit there quite often.
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Re: How to stop flash pop-ups on TVGuide.com?

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marcw wrote:I know exactly what you mean. I wish I could figure out a way to disable them also. I suppose I could disable flash before visiting there but that would be a royal PITA especially since I visit there quite often.


This same problem, for me, has happened with Gecko-based browsers & Internet Explorer w/PopUpCop (a pop-up killer) when going to tvguide.com. The only way I got around it was to refresh the page. Sneaky bastards, aren't they? The least they could do is put a close button on those things.
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Well there is a close button on the one I kept getting (about the show O.C.) but it doesn't work with Firebird and just stays there on the page while you click close.
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A bug in Firebird?

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fingerprint wrote:Well there is a close button on the one I kept getting (about the show O.C.) but it doesn't work with Firebird and just stays there on the page while you click close.


After my last message on this subject, I went back to tvguide.com with IE (just for the hell of it) and ended up running into one of those ads again. Only (Surpirse!! Surprise) there was a close button on it. I'm starting to think it's not showing up in Firebird due to some bug. One that might be in Mozilla 1.5, too. Maybe this thread should be continued in the Firebird Bug Forum?
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DeepFreeze3, images in signatures are not allowed. Please modify your signature. Thanks
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Re: A bug in Firebird?

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DeepFreeze3 wrote:After my last message on this subject, I went back to tvguide.com with IE (just for the hell of it) and ended up running into one of those ads again. Only (Surpirse!! Surprise) there was a close button on it. I'm starting to think it's not showing up in Firebird due to some bug. One that might be in Mozilla 1.5, too. Maybe this thread should be continued in the Firebird Bug Forum?


The ad I ran into had a close button but wouldn't function; it didn't close the window. Didn't try with IE but I suspect it would've worked. This is with Firebird 0.7. Haven't run into any other problems yet.
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Post by Webb »

I have the same problem with 0.61. It would be nice if we found a solution but TVGuide.com is getting to be more trouble than it's worth. Since I only go there for the listings, not the scintillating articles, I'm looking into alternatives like Yahoo or my local web/newspaper site.
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Post by Gort »

You could install the extension called PrefButtons, which has a checkbox to disable plugins for the selected tab only. This would allow you to surf with tabs that are flash enabled while viewing on some tabs with flash disabled at the same time. Also, TBE has this function as well.
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vfwlkr wrote:DeepFreeze3, images in signatures are not allowed. Please modify your signature. Thanks


I find it "interesting" that you send me the same thing via private message, then post it again in an open forum for everybody to see. Hmmm ... what is this really about? Numerous people here post messages here with signatures that have images & colors, and they've never had a problem at all. Yet I just happen to have a problem with mine after recently standing up to a certain moderator in the Mozilla After Dark forum. One who was abusing his authority & trying to shut me up for simply speaking my mind, and "having the gaul" to post a message about something in his forum. What a "coincidence", huh? If somebody is doing his bidding, then they should at least have the balls to say so, instead of being gutless about it.

BTW: I was going to tell you this via private e-mail, but decided to "follow your example" and let the world know about this. ;-)

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