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Like the title says:
Hello, I am a lady from Argentina and I have this problem: I have been using for a while - 'PopUpOFF - Blocker of
popups and overlays' - in my browser extensions (Edge) and suddenly it doesn't show up anymore.
I look for it and it just isn't there. When trying to download again (last time it was ok, activated and working perfectly) it shows that it is already installed in the browser.
I am using latest version of Microsoft Edge. Last Edge update: around 3pm Oct-23-2022. After this latest update, the icon disappeared from the bar. Also, it was no longer displayed among the installed extensions.
I swear I haven't uninstalled that, it's a great tool and very useful. After several attempts to reinstall, an error message is displayed: ''Sorry, we can't get the plugin details'' .
Maybe I did something wrong without realizing it?
Please help me to fix this problem.
Thank you very much in advance.
English is not my first language, sorry for the mistakes.
What's on your mind?
It would be nice to add the possibility to add an url to a whitelist (maybe even with a regex), so that all popups on this site won't be blocked.
An alternative solution would be to set a mode as default mode together with the option to change the mode for different websites.
Why would I like this feature?
I encountered a problem when trying to manage access to a github repo where it (rightfully) blocked the popup that appears to add/remove access.
Any plan to localize the extension?
I am available to translate it!
Add a button which will forward users to https://popupoff.org/submit-issue with website input prefilled
Describe the bug
May be related to #24.
I use the extension Popup Blocker (strict) and it shows this prompt when a popup is blocked:
The issue is that this extension blocks the prompt. It's not a big deal because I can click the other extension's icon and choose to allow or trust but it is an inconvenience. I prefer to use Aggressive mode but it does not happen for Moderate mode. I don't think Aggressive mode should be blocking other extensions.
To Reproduce
Expected behaviour
The prompt from the extension should be shown.
Actual behaviour
Prompt is blocked in Aggressive mode.
PC
Additional context
I realise that this might be by design for Aggressive mode. It seems like a bug since it's not content from the webpage but from another extension.
Unrelated: This extension has made the internet so much less painful. I just cannot go back to browsing without it. I love it.
Some sort of notification icon/button in popup, which won't disturb from using the extension
Instead of opening a pop-up window, the button (browser action) should probably just cycle though the three available modes. This way, any desired state can be reached with either one or two clicks on the button -- while currently, it needs a click to open the pop-up, then moving the cursor to the desired state, and finally activating it with another click...
(If someone prefers the list selection for whatever reason, they can still use it through the button's context menu, which basically implements the same functionality...)
Also, the hotkey should probably also cycle through modes -- which in this case could simply be implemented as the browserAction. (With _execute_browser_action as the command in the manifest.)
I just read the "Helping you secure your life online" Mozilla email.
I'm about to install PopUpOFF, but I'm wondering if there might be any conflicts or redundancy with currently installed addons; Ublock Origin, Behind the overlay, CoolieBro,,Canvasb;locker, I Still Don't Care About Coookies,
I had used Popup Blocker Ultimate in the past, but I was toggling it on and off depending on the situation.
Provide users with a textarea field, where they will be able to insert selectors of certain elements (like password manager window, adblock popup, etc), which should be ignored by the extension.
Hi, I tried the extension and I want to give a suggestion for the extension. There are 3 mode on the extension and as I understand, we have to choose one of them for each new website we visit and I think that it can be a bit tiring for users. In order to prevent this situation maybe you can add an option for each mode that "enable for all website".Thus we do not have to choose a mod for websites which we visited or we will visit. Thanks a lot.
Rather than hand-coding hotkey handling in the content script, use the commands API / manifest key -- which is not only cleaner, but also enables configuration of the key combo through the standard browser UI.
I'm using the Roboform password manager. When there is a field on the page that it can autofill, it will show a small Roboform icon next to the input field. This icon is, however, blocked by PopUpOFF trying to do the right thing. Is there a way to whitelist this icon?
Example of a login prompt with the Roboform icon on the right of the username edit field.
Is there a way to get this icon allowlisted? I've tried to "Inspect Element" on the icon, but it seems my browser won't let me. Please let me know if I can provide any further information.
Kind regards,
jdt1
Describe the bug
The loading still takes too long using the additional famous add-ons "AdGuard ad blocker" and "I don't care about cookies" on almost all sites (mostly stores). Often build in FF-banner warns that it slows down the website. Cooperation with such additional addons needs to be accelerated, so that the loading of the websites is faster.
PC (please complete the following information):
if i was a billionaire, would hire you for everything hahahaha😂
im stunned just like you probably are at how in the web nobody else in the global society had made something like this to hide the insane clutter on the web - until you did, congrats!!
i guess a fair amount of them are too busy creating clutter but that's how it always has been in history and things slowly progress over time
i guess there are a few things that do hide 'elements' like ublock origin but they dont make it easy like this extension does - this extension does it simply, and that's what makes it so good
like a user says in chrome review,
One button simple click and the page I was having issues with cleared immediately. Very impressed.
one of the biggest problems with the web is that navigation is on top. navigation should be on the side
the first thing that is helpful for us to see is the content - navigation is not the content we went to the page/site for - this is 1 of the things this extension helps clean up
to make the web better overall, 1 option in the future is to work at google/chrome. you're have a much bigger effect on the web
only 5 years of xp and a site like this! wow
this site is so clean, polish, and interesting that it's one of the few things that actually inspired me to learn to code one day... there isnt really any exceptionally good resources out there and i've seen most everything, it's a big learning curve
typically have js off, so dont know how it is with js on for all sites
i think after auto-hide it's pretty much perfect
other extensions that makes the web better:
a bunch of other things that make different things better
What's on your mind?
When shopping on apotal.de (no problems so far) and like to visit cart items (https://shop.apotal.de/view/showcart) you cannot click anything. Only if you clear the cache and fill out the cookie form manually first it works. Seems the addon does not unlock the overlay or apotal.de detects cookie blocker addon and bans one.
Though its not a frequently visited site, can you please help me and find a fix for this nasty method of apotal.de too?
Describe the bug
On some websites, parts are being removed which are essential to the website, if PopUpOFF is on (no matter what setting). An example is any community forum made with Discourse (here's a list of Discourse Forums). If you want to reply to a post, PopUpOFF hides the reply popup which is sticky at the bottom.
To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
Expected behavior
The reply field shouldn't be hidden because it is vital to the function of the forums
Screenshots
If applicable, add screenshots to help explain your problem.
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Additional context
An option to add/remove PopUpOff entry from right click context menu.
PopUpOff icon pinned next to the address bar gives me sufficient control over how the extension works. I don't need it in the context menu (plus it looks un-aesthetic!). Alternatively, you may consider removing the tag line - "popup and overlay blocker")
Thank you for making the extension. it's very useful :)
Happy New Year!
Describe the bug
The Pocket extension is used to save pages to the Pocket service. When PopUpOFF is enabled, the Pocket extension will save the page to Pocket properly, but it does not display the pop up from the Pocket extension where I can add a specific tag to the saved item. This means it goes into my Pocket uncategorized. This is a tricky issue as I don't want to turn off PopUpOFF on the given page, because I would have to do this for every page I want to save to Pocket. Ideally, PopUpOFF would not block a pop up triggered by the Pocket extension.
To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
Expected behavior
When clicking the Pocket extension to save the page, the Pocket extension tagging pop up should appear regardless of PopUpOFF setting as this is an extension pop up and not tied to the page itself that I'm on.
Screenshots
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Additional context
Note that the tagging pop up is specific to the Pocket extension and not to the page I'm on. I did have some weirdness when reproducing if PopUpOFF was already set to "Turn Off" for a page. I had to set up back to Moderate then again to Turn Off to get the Pocket pop up to appear. Also, it sometimes appeared when changing PopUpOFF for the page from Moderate to Turn Off and sometimes I had to click the Pocket extension again or after a page refresh.
I use the keyboard shortcut to set sites to dormant whenever I need to. But it doesn't actually show all the whitelisted sites anywhere.
It would be more convenient if there is a text field with a list of sites or comma separated sites. Maybe 3 fields, each for a mode.
Wildcards and regex would just be a nice bonus so it would be possible to do *.example.com rather than abc.example.com, xyz.example.com etc.
For easy and hard mode try traversing instead of looping. Ideally, compare the performance
P.S. is not applicable for static for there might be cases with fixed elems inside other fixed elems
Something missing- options can select full productivity, then works on www.tvnet.lv but it blocks some releted stories to right too off in https://www.thelocal.fr/20221210/frances-mediawan-buys-majority-stake-in-brad-pitts-plan-b/
So not ideal for every site
Hello, is there a framework for submitting sites that don't work on "aggressive" for example https://www.yummly.com/recipe/Thin-Mint-Ice-Cream-No-Churn-Ice-Cream--2135494?prm-v1#directions seems to bypass your algorithms
saw this on the twitter
'instructions' -> 'how to use'
'how to use' is:
also less letters
8 lettters vs 12 letters
also less space/bits in total xD
presets is a genius idea but seems better for a bigger app/tool/software
but is typically hard to do cos there's usually multiple use cases / combinations of settings so not a simple thing to do for many softwares (or really anything else in life)
default of auto-hide is pickable via settings i assume - picking 'hard'/clean/no sticky/no clutter
yea i agree 'easy' should be default upon install
not really any other comemnts just taht there's many many many many other thinigs in life the web and the world that needs to be made better
should release auto-hide so it can be tested whoever has it installed, and later iterate etc
Describe the bug
The Roboform password and form filling extension is blocked by PopUpOFF
To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
Expected behavior
Roboform icon pops up near each empty form
Screenshots
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Additional context
Add any other context about the problem here.
I just found this addon and it looks like it saves me so much time! I just have one question:
What happens with the cookie dialoges? Does it simply hide the dialoge without accepting anything? Does it accept all cookies?
Is it like I'm browsing the page without having "yet" accepted/rejected the cookies of the site?
Great plugin. I'd thought of implenting something like this via a GreaseMonkey script, because websites are getting too annoying these days in their (ab)use of JavaScript, and I was getting tired of manually removing the pop-ups via the Inspector. (I don't want to accept all of their cookies, but neither do I want to spend time manually unselecting all but the required ones. Neither do I want to agree to Google's latest TOS update, because, apparently, I don't need to and can simply remove it from the page.)
Having installed it, it's easy to forget that I have. But when making an online purchase, I think it blocked the confirmation 'pop-up' ('pop-in'?) that my order was confirmed. (I sat watching a spinning circle until I got notification of my order confirmation email.)
So maybe there needs to be a clear indication that some action has been taken by the plugin, with the opportunity to revert that specific action?
Also, changing the setting from 'moderate' to 'off' (or any other change) seems to cause the page to reload. In the case of an online purchase, the specific site actually stated "please don't reload the page", so in that case I would be boxed into a corner. Presumably the DOM elements added by a specific site's JS are (or at least can be) hidden with display: none and re-revealed by user selection, so there's no need for page reload? (The overflow setting for body or html is somewhat separate?)
Probably multiple issues here. Happy to try and help out if I find time...
I noticed (while working on my own extension...) that the console in the extension debugger in Firefox throws an error about missing character encoding in popup.html...
https://github.com/RomanistHere/PopUpOFF#tutorial---since-111
Describe the bug
Prevent the Simple Translate extension to popup the translation when needed.
To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
Select a text on a webpage and clic the button to translate.
No translation appears.
Expected behavior
The extension provide a balloon with the translation of selected text.
Screenshots
Clic on this button...
...then appears translation popup:
PC (please complete the following information):
Additional context
Add any other context about the problem here.
Github extension link:
https://github.com/sienori/simple-translate
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