Experience Longhorn (1): Let IE Block Pop-up Windows

Tuesday, October 28, 2003

.NET General

Zhanbo Sun talk about a nice new feature in IE with Longhorn, blocking popups.

Cool, but why this is not done already by default by IE today ?

And secondly, is this means we should expect a new version of IE? Remember few months ago the discussion about IE development being dead .

IE in Longhorn does a good job blocking pop-up or pop-under windows. Here is how to enable this useful new feature:

From Tools menu, select Internet Options ...
Select Privacy tab
In Pop-up window management group box, check Block pop-up windows option box.
You can also customize further with Options... button.

3 Comments

"means we should expect a new version of IE? Remember few months ago the discussion about IE development being dead"

I thought the statement from Microsoft was that no new version would be released until Longhorn shipped (probably with Longhorn IIRC).

Pete - Tuesday, October 28, 2003 4:27:00 PM

Thanks mike for the info, but I was talking about IE itself ;-)

Paschal - Tuesday, October 28, 2003 4:28:00 PM

I doubt we will see another IE upgrade for Windows XP, even when Longhorn does ship. I don't agree with this decision, but it does have potential monetary rewards.

-James

James Avery - Tuesday, October 28, 2003 4:40:00 PM

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