Pop-up blockers are essential features in web browsers that help protect users from unwanted and potentially malicious pop-ups. However, there are instances where you might need to allow pop-ups for ...

To allow websites to show pop-up windows in Microsoft Edge, you have to disable the browser's pop-up blocker. Here's how you do that on desktop and mobile. Why Disable the Pop-Up Blocker in Edge?

The intrusive cookie consent pop-ups that appear every time a user tries to access a website are one thing that severely degrades the user experience on many websites. There aren’t many websites that ...

The very notion of browsing the modern internet without a pop-up blocker feels kind of like driving a car without a windshield: it's not strictly required, but doing so may be hazardous to your health ...

Many websites use pop-ups and overlays to get you to sign up for newsletters, request cookie access, or promote offers. Although some web browsers come with built-in pop-up blockers to deal with these ...

Pop-ups aren't all bad. Sometimes, you might run into a pop-up that's necessary to complete a transaction or download an important file. This works on a case-by-case basis since the internet is not ...

Have you ever been scrolling along, minding your own business, when an ad suddenly hijacks your page with a full-screen warning about a computer virus or account insecurity? These are invariably scams ...

If I middle click on a link in a forum post to open it in a new tab, Chrome reports that a pop-up has been blocked and fails to open the new tab. Allowing the 'pop-up' allows the tab to open. Left ...

I occasionally block Pop-ups with Safari. Part of the reason I subscribed was to assuage my guilt over using the blocker on Ars.<BR><BR>But when I clicked on this ...