Comments on: Opera tip: How to open closed pop-ups? http://operawatch.com/news/2007/12/opera-tip-how-to-open-closed-pop-ups.html A blog covering the latest buzz on the Opera browser and its competition. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:03:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Craig Parker http://operawatch.com/news/2007/12/opera-tip-how-to-open-closed-pop-ups.html#comment-71021 Craig Parker Tue, 01 Jan 2008 05:03:41 +0000 http://operawatch.com/news/2007/12/opera-tip-how-to-open-closed-pop-ups.html#comment-71021 Unwanted pop-ups are indeed annoying but the ads that are on the same page as the one you want to view is perhaps even more annoying. Just found this little web server that I'm running now on my machine and direct any traffic to it that would otherwise go to the ad servers (using /etc/hosts): http://code.google.com/p/kwakd/ And voila la, no ads! :) Unwanted pop-ups are indeed annoying but the ads that are on the same page as the one you want to view is perhaps even more annoying. Just found this little web server that I’m running now on my machine and direct any traffic to it that would otherwise go to the ad servers (using /etc/hosts):

http://code.google.com/p/kwakd/

And voila la, no ads! :)

]]> By: Steve Barker http://operawatch.com/news/2007/12/opera-tip-how-to-open-closed-pop-ups.html#comment-70465 Steve Barker Sun, 23 Dec 2007 12:13:18 +0000 http://operawatch.com/news/2007/12/opera-tip-how-to-open-closed-pop-ups.html#comment-70465 I have found the pop-up blocker to be spot on for my usage. However, I sometimes dislike sites that open links in a new tab e.g. http://www.arseblog.com (A football blog!) and love the ability to right mouse click the link, then press open - to open the link in the same tab. I have found the pop-up blocker to be spot on for my usage.

However, I sometimes dislike sites that open links in a new tab e.g.

http://www.arseblog.com (A football blog!)

and love the ability to right mouse click the link, then press open - to open the link in the same tab.

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