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We’ve had far more annoying pop ups and banners since the 90s. One of Opera’s primary selling points at one time was its popup blocking capabilities and that wa
by addicted 3y ago
We’ve had far more annoying pop ups and banners since the 90s. One of Opera’s primary selling points at one time was its popup blocking capabilities and that was in the 90s or latest in the 2001/2002 timeframe from what I can remember.
- halJordan 3y agoHe's not saying that cookie banners were the first pop up. He's saying that you can delineate a before time and an after time that is delineated by the cookie banners. Before: pop ups were bad and browsers would advertise about how they defeated pop ups. After: pop ups are acceptable and you're bad if you want to defeat them.
- PaulHoule 3y agoI remember the popup (e.g. new browser window) crisis circa 2000. Those were easy to stop because the behavior is easy for a browser to identify so browsers can't open popups if the action wasn't initiated by a user event handler and can open only so many in that condition. Banners, modal dialogs and other kinds of "new popups" in general are a bit tougher. Usually there is some element you could remove from the DOM tree or display: none but the trouble is knowing which element!