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Bug 341786 - popup blocker also blocks pages opened from flash applets
popup blocker also blocks pages opened from flash applets
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Product: epiphany
Classification: Core
Component: Backend
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Xan Lopez
Epiphany Maintainers
Depends on: 308179
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2006-05-15 00:43 UTC by Josselin Mouette
Modified: 2015-09-24 18:21 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Description Josselin Mouette 2006-05-15 00:43:43 UTC 
[ forwarded from http://bugs.debian.org/354137 ]

When the popup blocker is enabled, open webpage" actions from a Flash application running within don't work. In this case, the "popup blocked" indicator activates. Clicking on it does not allow to unblock the corresponding pop-up.
Comment 1 Christian Persch 2007-02-28 13:02:31 UTC 
Is this reproducible in firefox?
Comment 2 Javier Kohen 2007-02-28 18:56:44 UTC 
Yes, Firefox exhibits the same behavior. Is that good or bad? I don't know in their case, but Epiphany used to have a different behavior which was more consistent with the user clicking on an A/href link on a page that launched a new window.

Also, it seems Epiphany now opens the popup correctly when told to grant pending popup requests (this fails under some circumstances).

I'm using this site to test: http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx/centered_popup.htm
Comment 3 Christian Persch 2007-02-28 19:26:18 UTC 
If firefox behaves in the same way, that simply means it's a gecko bug, not an epiphany bug.
Comment 4 Sam Morris 2007-05-15 00:43:41 UTC 
Could this be https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=315468 ?
Comment 5 Fabio Durán Verdugo 2011-08-24 03:37:55 UTC 
 is the bug still relevant in epiphany webkit version?
Comment 6 Josselin Mouette 2011-08-24 07:43:01 UTC 
(In reply to comment #5)
>  is the bug still relevant in epiphany webkit version?

Yes, it seems so.
Comment 7 Jean-François Fortin Tam 2012-10-07 03:51:44 UTC 
Epiphany devs, is this _technically_ possible? Isn't flash a black box, or can you still detect when a popup originates from a plugin,block it and show some infobar to the user?
Comment 8 Michael Catanzaro 2015-03-29 21:34:18 UTC 
Dunno, but please only use NEEDINFO to ask a question of the bug reporter, not of developers.
Comment 9 Michael Catanzaro 2015-09-24 18:21:04 UTC 
Closing because Flash....