KRA
07-09-2005, 11:15 PM
The expression "out of the frying pan, and into the fire comes to mind."
I have recreated the user's experience in my lab with a fresh Windows XP SP2
PC. There is no, repeat NO other software, except Windows XP SP2 with the
latest updates as of the second Tuesday in June 2005. Thus, pointing the
finger at other software is simply not an option. The PC resides behind a
NAT with Firewall.
A. IE6 Pop-up blocker is enabled.
B. IE blocks a pop-up on a web site which the user may want to trust,
displaying
the InfoBar.
C. The user opts to see the pop-up via the Temporarily Allow Pop-ups from this
site option. (Important, the user does not yet wish to add the site to
the
trusted list, which is why I presume that MS included the temp allow
setting).
D. IE6 then re-uses the currently open IE window to display the pop-up, thus
ruining the user's browsing experience. This particular website site
uses pop-
ups for legitimate business--to display additional information relative
to the
original web page that was supposed to remain open under the pop-up.
Since the user requested the pop-up be unblocked, it should be displayed, as
the web author intended--in it's own window. Yet IE6 ignore all these
settings.
I have already inspected:
Tools > Internet Options > Advanced Settings > Browsing >
Reuse Windows for launching shortcuts.
This setting is checked off--these users NEVER want to re-use windows. Rather
the opposite, all permitted Pop-ups should display in their own windows.
Each time the user clicks the IE icon, we want a NEW browser window. Each
time the user presses the Home Page Key on the keyboard, we want a NEW
browser window.
To do anything else gets in the way of whatever else the user is working on.
So the question is what configuration settings need to be set to ensure the
above desired behavior?
Again, adding sites to the trusted list should not be the answer--that is
merely a work-around, not fixing the problem. We are ware that holding down
the Ctrl key will also allow a pop-up link to display correctly. But again,
that is a work-around, not fixing the problem, therefore it should also NOT
be an acceptable answer.
If the user REQUESTED a blocked pop-up to be displayed, it should be
displayed correctly, in its own window, as the web developer intended. The
IE6 Pop-up blocker did its job by first blocking the pop-up, but when the
user says: "back off" it should back off, and not change the intended
behavior of the web site. To do anything different renders the pop-up
blocker a hindrance more so to the user than to any malicious pop-ups on the
web.
I have recreated the user's experience in my lab with a fresh Windows XP SP2
PC. There is no, repeat NO other software, except Windows XP SP2 with the
latest updates as of the second Tuesday in June 2005. Thus, pointing the
finger at other software is simply not an option. The PC resides behind a
NAT with Firewall.
A. IE6 Pop-up blocker is enabled.
B. IE blocks a pop-up on a web site which the user may want to trust,
displaying
the InfoBar.
C. The user opts to see the pop-up via the Temporarily Allow Pop-ups from this
site option. (Important, the user does not yet wish to add the site to
the
trusted list, which is why I presume that MS included the temp allow
setting).
D. IE6 then re-uses the currently open IE window to display the pop-up, thus
ruining the user's browsing experience. This particular website site
uses pop-
ups for legitimate business--to display additional information relative
to the
original web page that was supposed to remain open under the pop-up.
Since the user requested the pop-up be unblocked, it should be displayed, as
the web author intended--in it's own window. Yet IE6 ignore all these
settings.
I have already inspected:
Tools > Internet Options > Advanced Settings > Browsing >
Reuse Windows for launching shortcuts.
This setting is checked off--these users NEVER want to re-use windows. Rather
the opposite, all permitted Pop-ups should display in their own windows.
Each time the user clicks the IE icon, we want a NEW browser window. Each
time the user presses the Home Page Key on the keyboard, we want a NEW
browser window.
To do anything else gets in the way of whatever else the user is working on.
So the question is what configuration settings need to be set to ensure the
above desired behavior?
Again, adding sites to the trusted list should not be the answer--that is
merely a work-around, not fixing the problem. We are ware that holding down
the Ctrl key will also allow a pop-up link to display correctly. But again,
that is a work-around, not fixing the problem, therefore it should also NOT
be an acceptable answer.
If the user REQUESTED a blocked pop-up to be displayed, it should be
displayed correctly, in its own window, as the web developer intended. The
IE6 Pop-up blocker did its job by first blocking the pop-up, but when the
user says: "back off" it should back off, and not change the intended
behavior of the web site. To do anything different renders the pop-up
blocker a hindrance more so to the user than to any malicious pop-ups on the
web.