Browsers were able to fight window.open popups back in the day by intercepting/blocking the window.open API. This was, iirc, one of the killer features of firefox back in the day. But cat and mouse: websites are now abusing CSS to recreate the popup experience.
Bookmarklets like this are helpful (and this is a great successor), but bookmarklets are very difficult to install and use for the average internet user. I could not figure out how to install this on my iPhone without using desktop Safari to sync bookmarks.
Is there any hope of browsers being able to combat popup modals and other sticky gross things in an automated (and on by default) way that doesn't totally break sites that require sticky items for navigation or other, non-hostile features?
Bookmarklets like this are helpful (and this is a great successor), but bookmarklets are very difficult to install and use for the average internet user. I could not figure out how to install this on my iPhone without using desktop Safari to sync bookmarks.
Is there any hope of browsers being able to combat popup modals and other sticky gross things in an automated (and on by default) way that doesn't totally break sites that require sticky items for navigation or other, non-hostile features?