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I really want to use Safari, but for me the deal breaker is the fact that Safari doesn't seem to block pop-ups properly. Yes, they've changed it in the latest
by kovrik 8y ago
I really want to use Safari, but for me the deal breaker is the fact that Safari doesn't seem to block pop-ups properly.
Yes, they've changed it in the latest version. I have Block and Notify option selected in Privacy tab. But many popups still go through -- sometimes they open in a new tab, sometimes in a new window.
Is there a way to fix that?
Also, is there a Tree Style Tab alternative for Safari?
- saagarjha 8y agoWhat websites are you getting these on?
- Ibethewalrus 8y agoAny tech site has this annoying feature. Also: Some parts of NYTimes, and Slack.
- kitsunesoba 8y agoI consistently see it on random blogs.
- Reason077 8y agoThe worst thing about Safari is the “Do you want to receive notifications from this website?” pop-up that appears every time you hit some random notification-supporting website for the first time. There has got to be a better way to implement notification subscriptions than this annoying pop-up.
- atombender 8y agoYou can turn this off. Go to Preferences, then Websites, then Notifications, then at the bottom of the window there's a checkbox: "Allow websites to ask for permission to send push notifications".
- Wowfunhappy 8y agoI have this turned off and yet somehow websites still ask for push notifications. I legitimately don't understand what's happening there.
- ianai 8y agoWebsite push notifications shouldn’t be a thing. Way too ripe for exploitation.
- saagarjha 8y agoIt's nice for webapps, though.
- Reason077 8y agoI actually find notifications very useful and definitely don’t want to turn them off. But the way the subscription mechanism is implemented with a pop up is annoying and archaic. There must be a better way to let users know that notifications are enabled than sticking a pop-up in their face.
- jiveturkey 8y agochrome and FF also do this. all 3 have an option to disable the prompt (and not accept notifications).
- atombender 8y agoAgreed, popups are annoying. But Firefox doesn't seem to block them all properly, either. For example, try this [1] site. It's notorious for hijacking its own clicks; about 50% of the time you load that site, the search field will open a popup when you click on it to type. Same goes for real links. Unfortunately, I don't think there's a fix for Safari. I don't know of a tree-style tab extension for Safari, sorry. [1] http://rarbg.to/torrents.php http://rarbg.to/torrents.php