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gruez01/17/20252 repliesview on HN

Default configuration for most browsers is to allow popups if it was initiated by a user action.


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xp8401/18/2025

They also usually open tabs on most new window operations (I think when the page doesn’t specify window dimensions) rather than windows. Which doesn’t matter much but to my laziness makes it even easier to line the evil page’s double click target with the “allow” button you’re meant to hit.

yellow_lead01/18/2025

Ah, thanks, that makes sense.