Pop Up Blocker

Standard Pop Up Blocker Details

The standard popup test consists of 9 sub-tests that check the quality of your popup blocker.   These tests range in complexity from common everyday popups to downright difficult to block popups.   The ability for your popup stopper software to recognize popups that should NOT be closed is also tested - these are considered GOOD popups.

Normal popup blocking

This test checks to see if your popup blocker can block normal popup windows, which are browser windows that do not have any toolbar, buttons or menus except for a simple titlebar.   This test adds 20 points to your popup blocker quality score if this popup is blocked

Full-screen popup blocking

This checks your popup blocker's ability to block a special type of popup window.   This window does not have any toolbars, button or menus and covers your entire screen. These are called "full-screen popups" are can only be seen with the Internet Explorer web browser.   This test adds 10 points to your score if this popup is blocked.

Channel-opener popup blocking

This type of popup launches a full-screen popup but contains a toolbar and can only be seen on the Internet Explorer.   Other browsers will just open a normal popup.   Adds 5 points to your popup blocker score.

Modeless dialog blocking

This popup can only be launched in Internet Explorer and opens a dialog window, not a popup, that forces the user to close it in order to continue working on the web page that opened it.   Adds 10 points to your popup blocker score.

Browser window popup blocking

This popup is exactly the same as a normal browser window.   Contains menubars, toolbars, and everything else that a normal browser has.   This test adds 20 points to your popup blocker score.

Popup Allowing Tests:

User-launched HREF-method popup allowing

The term "user-launched" refers to popup windows that are opened manually by the user.   This test checks to see if your browser allows a popup window to be opened from clicking a link.   It may think it's a popup and block it.   Adds 10 points to your popup blocker score.

User-launched JavaScript-method popup allowing

This test checks your popup blocker's ability to correctly allow popups that open when you click on a link.   The popups being opened can be a popup or series of popups that are opened by an instruction called from JavaScript when you click on that link.   Adds 10 points to your popup blocker score.

User-launched OnClick-method popup allowing

This test checks if your popup blocker allows popups that open when you click on a HTML object, which usually is a link.   Popup windows are opened by detecting when you click on that object.  Adds 10 points to your popup blocker score.

User-launched Delayed-method popup allowing

This test is the same as the JavaScript-method popup allowing, the only difference is that the popup being opened is delayed by a dialog box before it actually opens.   Adds 5 points to your popup blocker score.