Re: GPL Parental Controls

Ron Johnson wrote:
"Infinitely opening windows" != "the NY Times popping open a
'sidebar' window". And there are lots of sites that do that. Too
many to whitelist.

Not in my experience. I haven't noticed any reduced functionality from
not having popups. In fact it's kept me out of some ads from legit sites.
Quite frankly they don't have a legitimate use for popups or unders. They
want a side bar, use frames, it is what they were intended for many moons
prior to popups/unders.

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