# Is a program for those Flash-looking pop-ups available? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 7, 2003, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-program-for-those-flash-looking-pop-ups-available/217478 "2003-12-07T02:09:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-program-for-those-flash-looking-pop-ups-available/217478/1 "2003-12-07T02:09:16Z")
I run two pop-up blockers (Google Toolbar and Pop-Up Stopper), and these programs work perfectly for IE pop-ups. However, I will sometimes get a rather keen looking Flash animation that usually advertises something entertainment oriented. They often have sound, and they completely obscure the page. The ‘close’ box is often hard to locate. Is there a program (or, better yet, a setting I could toggle) to avert these with? ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-program-for-those-flash-looking-pop-ups-available/217478/2 "2003-12-07T02:17:30Z")
You can do it with Mozilla. (I know, I know, you didn’t ask. ) ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-program-for-those-flash-looking-pop-ups-available/217478/3 "2003-12-07T02:17:59Z")
Well, I use Mozilla instead of IE, and it seems to successfully block the popups you describe (since I never see anything like you describe). Dunno if you want to do the somewhat drastic step of changing browsers, though. ---
**Author:** ![Alereon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Alereon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alereon)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-program-for-those-flash-looking-pop-ups-available/217478/4 "2003-12-07T02:23:29Z")
These are not popups, rather they’re Dynamic HTML (DHTML) objects. They can only be blocked by filtering out or disabling DHTML, and I know of no programs or settings that can do that. I’m afraid my only suggestion is the previously mentioned “use Mozilla.” ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-program-for-those-flash-looking-pop-ups-available/217478/5 "2003-12-07T02:34:17Z")
Is Mozilla intelligently blocking them, or it actually a bug in Mozilla that it doesn’t render DHTML objects? ---
**Author:** ![Alereon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Alereon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alereon)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-program-for-those-flash-looking-pop-ups-available/217478/6 "2003-12-07T02:53:43Z")
AFAIK, the objects are made to be compatible only with IE. ---
**Author:** ![CurtC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce73a5/32.png) [@CurtC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CurtC)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2003, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-program-for-those-flash-looking-pop-ups-available/217478/7 "2003-12-07T03:57:51Z")
That’s a great feature of IE. By the way, with Mozilla Firebird, there’s a simple add-on (extension) that makes flash animations not display. There’s just an empty rectangle that says “Flash click to play.” If I wanted to actually see the Flash for some reason, I’d just click in the rectangle. ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-program-for-those-flash-looking-pop-ups-available/217478/8 "2003-12-09T05:23:21Z")
Thanks for the insight; it turns out that I have Mozilla as an alternate browser. I may well begin reconsidering the pecking order. Thanks again! ---
**Author:** ![robo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a8b319/32.png) [@robo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robo99)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2003, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-program-for-those-flash-looking-pop-ups-available/217478/9 "2003-12-09T05:35:43Z")
I’ve been using Netscape 7.1 based on Mozilla. No more popups and nice cookie handling too. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-program-for-those-flash-looking-pop-ups-available/217478/10 "2003-12-24T00:38:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Alereon \* > \*\*AFAIK, the objects are made to be compatible only with IE. \*\* Opera shows them, but the ironic thing about it is that they usually show up all screwed up so I have to switch to IE to view that page just so I can close it (these usually have an X hidden on them somewhere.)