297732 - Javascript coding from a JS file are super-imposing links over words.

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[Scott]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511

Javascript coding from a JS file are super-imposing links over words.  This is
down without a plugin and it's rather annoying since it pops up these little
windows when you move down the page and happen to move over a super-imposed link
word.

Go over the underlined green words to see the popup box.


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to web site http://www.boutell.com/gd/
2. Find an underlined green word.
3. Mouse mouse over underlined green word.
4. Annoying ad window pops up on you.



Expected Results:  
Blocked it since I feel that this is no different than a popup window.  They are
just finding alternate ways to shove junk up in the way making surfing a lot
less enjoyable.  I feel this is a very POOR way to try to get people to go to a
advertisement site.  I for one, WILL NOT, go to sites that advertise in this
rude manner.

Comment 1

[zug_treno]

Related to Firefox bug 283976 and Firefox bug 295559?

Comment 2

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

There is no way to tell that the popup has advertising as opposed to explanatory
text.  Heck, it could be written in such a way that a _human_ wouldn't be able
to tell that...

Since the page is responding to specific action from you, there's no clear way
to tell that the response is not desired -- we can't read your mind.