On Sat 21 Jan 2023 at 07:30:28 (-0800), pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > > Another complication: Wikipedia > Preferences menu > Settings > > Privacy & Security > Permissions > Block pop-up windows . > > So I expect NoScript, uBlock or uMatrix to allow pop-ups but "Block ..." > can block.
Part of the confusion here may be that you don't state which sort of pop-ups you're talking about in each case. AIUI the "popup article preview" you mentioned earlier is not a pop-up in the usual sense, ie a separate window that pops up to display an advert. > From: Dan Ritter <d...@randomstring.org> > Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2023 14:14:22 -0500 > > Yes, because uBlock Origin is the less capable sibling and uBO > > can do that. Just block JavaScript on the wikipedia.org domain. > > The site remains largely functional but does not do previews. > > Thanks. Personally, I find that these previews save a lot of time by making it unnecessary to visit many of the article pages that I preview. Cheers, David.
