261678 - allow function on popup blocker won't allow new window/link still treats it as a popup.

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 260264

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[ken]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040913 Firefox/0.10
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040913 Firefox/0.10

for instance on coasttocoastam.com , when trying to follow a link[ there are
usually many to follow ] I never had a problem prior to the 1.0 release . now
when I try to follow the links I get a popup blocker message. after cliking
allow / apply , it still blocks it ! or on redclouds.com, while trying to attach
a photo, it treats the new window as a popup and after cliking allow it still
won't allow.
I hope that was clear enuf 4 u.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.clik on link or attach photo
2.popup blocker under toolbar shows
3.I clik allow and apply
4. again clik the link or attach photo button , and nothing happens
I arrow out of the page and try the same link or attach button and get the
firefox has blocked a popup message all over again

Actual Results:  
never allowed the link [ only a right clik could get a new page ] but the button
to attach a photo was never defeated
I'll probably have to change browsers now...this is a real pain for me.

Expected Results:  
after cliking allow , the link should have opened. or in the case of cliking the
button to attach, after cliking allow, the window should have popped.

Comment 1

[lars]

I'm running Firefox (Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040914
Firefox/0.10) under RedHat 9, and I'm also seeing this behavior.  Also see Bug
#262810, which I believe is related.

Selecting "allow popups from this site" does not, in fact, allow popups, and
ever after unchecking the "Block pop-ups" preference and restarting Firefox,
it's still blocking popup windows.

Comment 2

[OstGote!]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 260264 ***