Site problen.

Using Firefox 52.1.0 and XP Home I found a new site problem.
That window which pops up on many sites offering a way to sign
up for their enmail list This one, unfortunately, had no way to
exit the window and view the blurred site. Most so far have had
the 'X' in the upper right corner. Or you could just click on
the main window and the email ad would go away,

I tried ESC key, double-clicking on the main site, DEL button,
.... nothing worked. I finally just bailed out of the site.

Boy, these site programmers are finding more and more ways to
annoy their viewers!

Ideas?


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I love a good meal! That's why I don't cook.

On 05/05/2017 18:14, KenK wrote:

Boy, these site programmers are finding more and more ways to
annoy their viewers!

Ideas?

Don't visit them. Problem solved.




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With over 500 million devices now running Windows 10, customer
satisfaction is higher than any previous version of windows.

Good Guy wrote in newseid84$qk8$1
@news.mixmin.net:

On 05/05/2017 18:14, KenK wrote:

Boy, these site programmers are finding more and more ways to
annoy their viewers!

Ideas?

Don't visit them. Problem solved.

Many sites I only visit once so I can't anticipate problems.

And it seems more and more sites have such new problems. I suspect
eventually they all will.




--
I love a good meal! That's why I don't cook.

KenK wrote:

Using Firefox 52.1.0 and XP Home I found a new site problem.
That window which pops up on many sites offering a way to sign
up for their enmail list This one, unfortunately, had no way to
exit the window and view the blurred site. Most so far have had
the 'X' in the upper right corner. Or you could just click on
the main window and the email ad would go away,

I tried ESC key, double-clicking on the main site, DEL button,
... nothing worked. I finally just bailed out of the site.

Boy, these site programmers are finding more and more ways to
annoy their viewers!

Ideas?

Is is a secret web site? You want help on an unknown? With details,
probably the best advice is "Don't go there again". (Patient: It hurts
when I do something. Doctor: Don't do that something.)

Did you try disabling your adblocker to see if content or elements that
were no longer blocked would then appear or be available to let you
close the pseudo popup? The purpose of adblockers is to mangle web
pages by blocking resources expected by the page or even altering their
code. Web designers cannot code for graceful recovery for when their
code gets mangled in unknown ways. I use adblockers. They WILL mangle
some web sites. Tis the price for adblocking.

On 05/05/2017 18:42, KenK wrote:
Good Guy wrote in newseid84$qk8$1
@news.mixmin.net:

On 05/05/2017 18:14, KenK wrote:
Boy, these site programmers are finding more and more ways to
annoy their viewers!

Ideas?

Don't visit them. Problem solved.

Many sites I only visit once so I can't anticipate problems.

And it seems more and more sites have such new problems. I suspect
eventually they all will.





Please give us an link for us to try on Windows 10 machine to see if
this is XP problem or the site is crap.



--
With over 500 million devices now running Windows 10, customer
satisfaction is higher than any previous version of windows.

Ken,

Next time try "view" - "page style" - "no style". It (temporarily!)
disables CSS, and with it a lot of those overlays (or at least moves them to
a spot where you can scroll over them).

Regards,
Rudy Wieser


-- Origional message:
KenK schreef in berichtnieuws
...
Using Firefox 52.1.0 and XP Home I found a new site problem.
That window which pops up on many sites offering a way to sign
up for their enmail list This one, unfortunately, had no way to
exit the window and view the blurred site. Most so far have had
the 'X' in the upper right corner. Or you could just click on
the main window and the email ad would go away,

I tried ESC key, double-clicking on the main site, DEL button,
... nothing worked. I finally just bailed out of the site.

Boy, these site programmers are finding more and more ways to
annoy their viewers!

Ideas?


--
I love a good meal! That's why I don't cook.

Good Guy wrote in newseiea9$sg2$2
@news.mixmin.net:

On 05/05/2017 18:42, KenK wrote:
Good Guy wrote in newseid84$qk8$1
@news.mixmin.net:

On 05/05/2017 18:14, KenK wrote:
Boy, these site programmers are finding more and more ways to
annoy their viewers!

Ideas?

Don't visit them. Problem solved.

Many sites I only visit once so I can't anticipate problems.

And it seems more and more sites have such new problems. I suspect
eventually they all will.





Please give us an link for us to try on Windows 10 machine to see if
this is XP problem or the site is crap.



https://www.cooksillustrated.com/tas...9-curry-powder


--
I love a good meal! That's why I don't cook.

VanguardLH wrote in :

KenK wrote:

Using Firefox 52.1.0 and XP Home I found a new site problem.
That window which pops up on many sites offering a way to sign
up for their enmail list This one, unfortunately, had no way to
exit the window and view the blurred site. Most so far have had
the 'X' in the upper right corner. Or you could just click on
the main window and the email ad would go away,

I tried ESC key, double-clicking on the main site, DEL button,
... nothing worked. I finally just bailed out of the site.

Boy, these site programmers are finding more and more ways to
annoy their viewers!

Ideas?

Is is a secret web site? You want help on an unknown? With details,
probably the best advice is "Don't go there again". (Patient: It hurts
when I do something. Doctor: Don't do that something.)

Did you try disabling your adblocker to see if content or elements that
were no longer blocked would then appear or be available to let you
close the pseudo popup? The purpose of adblockers is to mangle web
pages by blocking resources expected by the page or even altering their
code. Web designers cannot code for graceful recovery for when their
code gets mangled in unknown ways. I use adblockers. They WILL mangle
some web sites. Tis the price for adblocking.

Not familiar with adblockers. Does Firefox have one built in? If not, I
don't use one as I never installed one.

Should I?



--
I love a good meal! That's why I don't cook.

VanguardLH wrote in :

KenK wrote:

Using Firefox 52.1.0 and XP Home I found a new site problem.
That window which pops up on many sites offering a way to sign
up for their enmail list This one, unfortunately, had no way to
exit the window and view the blurred site. Most so far have had
the 'X' in the upper right corner. Or you could just click on
the main window and the email ad would go away,

I tried ESC key, double-clicking on the main site, DEL button,
... nothing worked. I finally just bailed out of the site.

Boy, these site programmers are finding more and more ways to
annoy their viewers!

Ideas?

Is is a secret web site? You want help on an unknown? With details,
probably the best advice is "Don't go there again". (Patient: It hurts
when I do something. Doctor: Don't do that something.)

https://www.cooksillustrated.com/tas...9-curry-powder


Did you try disabling your adblocker to see if content or elements that
were no longer blocked would then appear or be available to let you
close the pseudo popup? The purpose of adblockers is to mangle web
pages by blocking resources expected by the page or even altering their
code. Web designers cannot code for graceful recovery for when their
code gets mangled in unknown ways. I use adblockers. They WILL mangle
some web sites. Tis the price for adblocking.




--
I love a good meal! That's why I don't cook.

Ken,

Next time try "view" - "page style" - "no style".

https://www.cooksillustrated.com/tas...9-curry-powder

Jup, disabeling CSS works like a charm there too. :-)

Regards,
Rudy Wieser


-- Origional message:
R.Wieser schreef in berichtnieuws
...
Ken,

Next time try "view" - "page style" - "no style". It (temporarily!)
disables CSS, and with it a lot of those overlays (or at least moves them
to
a spot where you can scroll over them).

Regards,
Rudy Wieser


-- Origional message:
KenK schreef in berichtnieuws
...
Using Firefox 52.1.0 and XP Home I found a new site problem.
That window which pops up on many sites offering a way to sign
up for their enmail list This one, unfortunately, had no way to
exit the window and view the blurred site. Most so far have had
the 'X' in the upper right corner. Or you could just click on
the main window and the email ad would go away,

I tried ESC key, double-clicking on the main site, DEL button,
... nothing worked. I finally just bailed out of the site.

Boy, these site programmers are finding more and more ways to
annoy their viewers!

Ideas?


--
I love a good meal! That's why I don't cook.

On 05/05/17 19:21, KenK wrote:
Good Guy wrote in newseiea9$sg2$2
@news.mixmin.net:

On 05/05/2017 18:42, KenK wrote:
Good Guy wrote in newseid84$qk8$1
@news.mixmin.net:

On 05/05/2017 18:14, KenK wrote:
Boy, these site programmers are finding more and more ways to
annoy their viewers!

Ideas?

Don't visit them. Problem solved.

Many sites I only visit once so I can't anticipate problems.

And it seems more and more sites have such new problems. I suspect
eventually they all will.




Please give us an link for us to try on Windows 10 machine to see if
this is XP problem or the site is crap.



https://www.cooksillustrated.com/tas...9-curry-powder



I finished Step one and when Step 2 came up I stopped because they
wanted my address and credit card details. It works on 10 so clearly
the problem must be with XP.

--
With over 500 million devices now running Windows 10, customer
satisfaction is higher than any previous version of windows.

KenK wrote:

VanguardLH wrote:

KenK wrote:

Using Firefox 52.1.0 and XP Home I found a new site problem.
That window which pops up on many sites offering a way to sign
up for their enmail list This one, unfortunately, had no way to
exit the window and view the blurred site. Most so far have had
the 'X' in the upper right corner. Or you could just click on
the main window and the email ad would go away,

I tried ESC key, double-clicking on the main site, DEL button,
... nothing worked. I finally just bailed out of the site.

Is is a secret web site? You want help on an unknown? With details,
probably the best advice is "Don't go there again". (Patient: It hurts
when I do something. Doctor: Don't do that something.)

Did you try disabling your adblocker to see if content or elements that
were no longer blocked would then appear or be available to let you
close the pseudo popup? The purpose of adblockers is to mangle web
pages by blocking resources expected by the page or even altering their
code. Web designers cannot code for graceful recovery for when their
code gets mangled in unknown ways. I use adblockers. They WILL mangle
some web sites. Tis the price for adblocking.

Not familiar with adblockers. Does Firefox have one built in? If not, I
don't use one as I never installed one.

Should I?

What add-ons are listed when you go to about:addons?
What is listed when you go to aboutlugins?

Not all adblockers must run as extensions inside of web browsers. Some
run as proxies. So you could be running a separate program as an
adblocking that interrogates your web traffic. Some companies run their
own content censoring that is upstream of their workstations. Some
folks use upstream content filtering, like with OpenDNS: you use their
DNS server to assist with blocking "bad" sites. There are a lot of ways
to block content than just with extensions added to web browsers. Even
some anti-virus software incorporates content blocking.

Are you in incognito mode? Mozilla added Disconnect.me's blacklist and
uses it in incognito mode.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb...protection-pbm

KenK wrote:

VanguardLH wrote:

KenK wrote:

Using Firefox 52.1.0 and XP Home I found a new site problem.
That window which pops up on many sites offering a way to sign
up for their enmail list This one, unfortunately, had no way to
exit the window and view the blurred site. Most so far have had
the 'X' in the upper right corner. Or you could just click on
the main window and the email ad would go away,

I tried ESC key, double-clicking on the main site, DEL button,
... nothing worked. I finally just bailed out of the site.

Is is a secret web site?

https://www.cooksillustrated.com/tas...9-curry-powder

That content is restricted to subscribers. Are you a subscriber? If
so, login and the interferring popup should disappear. From their home
page:

"TRY COOKSILLUSTRATED.COM FREE FOR 14 DAYS"

Well, that certainly does not look like a free public web site. Not all
web sites are free. Not all "free" web sites allow unfettered access to
all their content.

On 5 May 2017 17:14:50 GMT, KenK wrote:

Using Firefox 52.1.0 and XP Home I found a new site problem.
That window which pops up on many sites offering a way to sign
up for their enmail list This one, unfortunately, had no way to
exit the window and view the blurred site. Most so far have had
the 'X' in the upper right corner. Or you could just click on
the main window and the email ad would go away,

I tried ESC key, double-clicking on the main site, DEL button,
... nothing worked. I finally just bailed out of the site.

Boy, these site programmers are finding more and more ways to
annoy their viewers!

Ideas?

Just that I agree with you. I've found sites like that, that I have
to leave because I can't get past the popup. I don't see how that
benefits the webpage owners.

In message , KenK
writes:
Good Guy wrote in newseid84$qk8$1
:

On 05/05/2017 18:14, KenK wrote:

Boy, these site programmers are finding more and more ways to
annoy their viewers!

Ideas?

Don't visit them. Problem solved.

(-:

Many sites I only visit once so I can't anticipate problems.

And it seems more and more sites have such new problems. I suspect
eventually they all will.

Do you run your browser other than maximised? I do, and I sometimes find
maximising it brings the X (or whatever) into view. (I resent having to
do that, so I do indeed tend not to visit those sites again.)

As web designers work with bigger and bigger monitors, of course, this
will work less often, as even my full screen will not be big enough.


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