Website using full screen popup window with no controls as advertisement.

Bug #222725 reported by JacobSteelsmith
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firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Undecided
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

I'm not sure if this is the proper place for this report.

The website torrentscan.com is using a full screen popup browser window with no controls to display an advertisement. This popup is not blocked and there is no obvious way to get rid of it. It can be reproduced by going to the website and clicking in the search box on the left side of the screen. The site uses a cookie or similar technique to display it once.

The window cannot be resized in any corner. Moving to the top of the window produces no menu. There is no close and the URL cannot be modified. The only way I found to get rid of this window is to press F11 twice, then resize the window so the window decorator can be used to close it.

I know other bugs were marked as invalid, but I believe this technique, if used widely, could be detrimental for the experience of the average user.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Apr 26 12:43:23 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: firefox-3.0 3.0~b5+nobinonly-0ubuntu3
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/home/username/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-16-generic i686

Tags: apport-bug
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JacobSteelsmith (jacobsteelsmith) wrote :
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Miguel Diago (mdm) wrote :

I also experience this in an updated Ubuntu 8.04 visiting sites like elpais.com with no previous cookies from it.

I am attaching a screen shot of a fullscreen popup.

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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote :

is this still a problem with the latest ffox 3? If so, this is best dealt upstream as its not a ubuntu specific issue.

However, first, verify that this is not caused by some extensions (disable all in tools -> addons and restart). Then please search in http://bugzilla.mozilla.org to ensure that your bug isn't filed; then open a bug in http://bugzilla.mozilla.org and post your bug id (or the one you found matching your issue) here. Thanks!

Changed in firefox-3.0:
status: New → Incomplete
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Martin Mai (mrkanister-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

 We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!

Changed in firefox-3.0:
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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