Firefox Tip: How To Stop Flash Popups

August 2nd, 2005 • Related • Filed Under

Firefox has a decent enough popup blocker built-in, but like most blockers it doesn’t stop Flash popups. To fix this do the following:

  • Type about:config into the Firefox address bar.
  • Right-click on the page and select New and then Integer.
  • Name it privacy.popups.disable_from_plugins
  • Set the value to 2

The possible values are:

  • 0: Allow all popups from plugins.
  • 1: Allow popups, but limit them to dom.popup_maximum.
  • 2: Block popups from plugins.
  • 3: Block popups from plugins, even on whitelisted sites

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    Everton is based in London and has worked in the internet and mobile space for over ten years now, and before that worked in corporate strategy and consulting. He has a degree in Economics from Cambridge University, and currently runs the Portal and online operations for one of the largest ISPs in the UK. He also writes for Windows 7 News.

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      Comment by pax on 10 November 2007:

      um there are no web pages listed under about:config

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