153362 - New windows still open when not requested (NYTimes)

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 126224

(SeaMonkey :: UI Design, defect)

Description

[Jeff Webb]

From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.0.0) Gecko/20020530
BuildID:    2002053012

Deselect "Open unrequested windows" in Mozilla, then visit NYTimes.Com web site.
Sometimes, a new window (ad) will still pop up. This seems to happen when the
site is requested from a bookmark (rather than from typing the URL).

Thanks,

Jeff

Reproducible: Sometimes
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Deselect "Open unrequested windows" in Preferences/Advanced.
2. Bookmark NyTimes.Com website.
3. Visit NyTimes.Com website from bookmark.


Actual Results:  Unrequested window (ad) appears.

Expected Results:  No new window should appear.

This only happens somethings -- particularly with the CheapTickets ad. Not seen
with other websites.

Comment 1

[alanjstr]

I noticed that this morning.  But as I searched through the code for the page it
happened on, I couldn't find the actual event.  They have two functions,
pop_me_up() and pop_me_up2().  However, neither of them are called by an onLoad,
just onClick.  The one included javascript only sets the CSS.

I have no idea now the NYTimes is getting that pop-up to happen, but they've
found a way around Mozilla.

Comment 2

[Jesse Ruderman]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 126224 ***

Comment 3

[Paul Wyskoczka]

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Comment 4

[Daniel Wang]

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