Re: weird!! pop-up problem

VK said the following on 11/30/2005 4:08 AM:
>>pop-up problem
>
>
> The pop-up problem has been discussed here many times (search the posts
> for "pop-up")
>
> The problem is that any modern browser (including IE 6 starting with XP
> SP2) has build in anti-popup activated by default.

And it only blocks popups that are non user initiated. Clicking a link
that opens a new window will not invoke the popup blocker in IE6.

> Also nearly any anti-virus program has its own anti-popup also. In the
> latter case IE cannot determine the popup state (its absence) and
> crashes.

Irrelevant but true.

> If your solution is not for intranet-only (so you cannot set each
> station in the needed way) then you have to start to migrate
> immediately on popup'less solution (iframe / div / browser state
> snapshot). Otherwise approx. by the first middle of the next year your
> site will be not functional for 90% of your visitors.
> For the migration period you may use try-catch block to notify your
> visitors:
>
> try {
> window.open(...);
> }
> catch (e) {
> alert("Blocked by popup blocker");

alert("For some reason, I couldn't open the window");

There are other reasons a window may not open besides a popup blocker.

> }
>

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