Pop-Up Blockers

General Information

Pop-up windows are separate browser windows that open from a single web site. This can occur when the user clicks on a button or link within a web page, or when a web page automatically opens other windows. SAGE uses pop-up windows on the eGC1 Certify, Finalize and Print page to display eGC1 errors in a separate window, to display the eGC1 in a printer friendly format, for displaying other information that needs to be printed out such as routing pages and for other purposes. To use these features in SAGE, you must configure your browser to either temporarily disable or turn off pop-up blocking or you must configure your browser to allow pop-up windows from SAGE.

Open a new browser window and without navigating anywhere follow the instructions below for the type of computer and browser that you use. Other software added to your computer's browser can also block pop-up windows (see the list at the bottom of this section). The Yahoo and Google tool bars, both very popular downloads, have pop-up blocking features. Check with your desktop support personnel for assistance with these.

Configuring your browser's pop-up blocker:

PC

• FireFox (by Mozilla) - PC
  1. From the menu of options across the top, click on Tools
  2. Select "Options" from the drop down list
  3. Select the "Content" tab/option
  4. Click "Exceptions..." next to "Block pop-up windows"
  5. Type "*.washington.edu" (without the quotes) in the "address of web site"" field.
  6. Click on "Allow"
  7. Click on "Close" to close the Allowed Sites dialog box
  8. Click on "OK" to close the Options dialog box


• IE on Windows XP w/SP2 - PC:
  Only the latest version of Internet Explorer on Windows XP with Service Pack 2 has pop-up blocking support at this time.
  
  However, there are many third-party pop-up blockers that work with Internet Explorer. For information on third-party pop-up blockers (Yahoo and Google Toolbars for instance), contact your desktop support staff for help.
  1. From the menu of options across the top, click on Tools
  2. Hover your mouse over "Pop-Up Blocker"
  3. Then select either "Turn Off Pop-up Blocker" or "Pop-up Blocker Settings"
  4. If you choose Settings, type in "*.washington.edu" (without the quotes) in the "Address of web site to allow" field
  5. Click on "Add"
  6. Click on "Close"

MAC

• If you are using FireFox on a Mac:
  
  1. At the top left, click on "Firefox"
  2. From the menu of options that drops down, click on "Preferences"
  3. Select the "Content" tab/option
  4. Click "Exceptions..." next to "Block pop-up windows"
  5. Type in "*.washington.edu" (without the quotes)
  6. Click on "Allow"
  7. Close window
• If you are using Safari on a Mac:
  Safari has pop-up blocking as of version 1.0.1. It is not configurable, it is either on or off.
  To turn it off, go to top, click on "Safari", Turn off Popup Blocker (simply uncheck it).

Other Pop-Up Blocker Software

Now that pop-up blocking software is included in most all browsers, the following "add on" pop-up blocking software is seldom used (with the exception of the Google and Yahoo tool bars).

• Yahoo Toolbar and Google Toolbar(built in pop up blockers)
• Popup Stopper Pro (from PanicWare)
• iHatePopUps
• Pop Up Stopper Free
• Pop Up Defender
• AdZapper
• AdAware
• AdsGone
• AdFree
• Internet Sweeper
• EasyBrowse
• AdSubtract
• XenoBlocker
• IE Doctor
• StopZilla
• Galaxy Spy
• YP.com... and probably many more not listed here.

Most of these have a little icon in the toolbar area of the browser. Click on it to go to a configuration menu where you can add a trusted domain, such as washington.edu. Sometimes when these are bundled with other downloads and installed, they may be well hidden with no apparent means of detecting they are there or how to configure them. Contact your desktop support person for more information.

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Last Modified: 7/30/09