256870 - Block Popup Windows should give option to allow current site

Status: VERIFIED WONTFIX

(Firefox :: Settings UI, enhancement)

Description

[Austin Lowry]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040803 Firefox/0.6 StumbleUpon/1.73
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040803 Firefox/0.6 StumbleUpon/1.73

When adding a site to the list of sites that allow popup windows, Firefox should
give the option to allow 'current site'.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
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Comment 1

[Sean Umphlet (nosebleed)]

This seems like a good idea, but I don't think the preferences dialog(s) can
know which tab/window is "current" though.

Comment 2

[Austin Lowry]

You can 'Use Current Page' when you set your Home Page. Would that same type of
method work?

Comment 3

[Sean Umphlet (nosebleed)]

That says "Use Current Pages"... as in each tab open. Not any specific tab or
window.

Comment 4

[[:Aleksej]]

Reporter: do you still need this, when there is the “popup windows blocked” bar with that button?
Thanks.

Comment 6

[Samuel Sidler (old account; do not CC)]

Confirming as a valid RFE.

I recommend WONTFIX. The gist of this feature already exists in the info bar and adding more options to the preferences is really UI bloat.

Comment 7

[Mike Connor [:mconnor]]

Use Current is usually ok, but with multiple windows open on Mac its sometimes confusing.  The UI from the infobar is more than sufficient and is the right tool for the job.