Firefox blocking gmail popups

December 3, 2005 6:49 PM

Firefox is blocking gmail popups, such as the ones for attachments and user info. How to fix?

It didn't previously do this, I'm not sure how it got changed. Under tools - options - block popup windows - the box is not checked, so it should allow them, yes? no?

posted by anticlock to computers & internet (12 comments total)

You migt want to add gmail to the allowed sites list (button next to the block popups checkbox) just to be safe. It might fixt the problem.
posted by kyleg at 6:53 PM on December 3, 2005

And I might want to spellcheck next time. Also, on checking the gmail interface, this could be a javascript problem. Do you have any extensions on to block it, and it is allowed in your options settings?
posted by kyleg at 6:59 PM on December 3, 2005

Gmail is allowed under the popup options in firefox.

The exact message I get from gmail is: Grr! A popup blocker may be preventing Gmail from opening the page. If you have a popup blocker, try disabling it to open the window.

Java is enabled. Is there anything else that could override firefox?
posted by anticlock at 7:42 PM on December 3, 2005

Have you allowed mail.google.com in the popup blocker? Gmail needs that server whitelisted.
posted by Dipsomaniac at 7:47 PM on December 3, 2005

Yes, mail.google.com is allowed.
posted by anticlock at 8:03 PM on December 3, 2005

Also, usually when popups are blocked it gives you that little red X in the corner, but that doesn't happen in this case.
posted by anticlock at 8:06 PM on December 3, 2005

Well, it seems to have fixed itself out of the blue. For example the browse function now works for adding attachments. Oh well, another one of the mysteries that make life worth living, thanks for the suggestions.
posted by anticlock at 8:22 PM on December 3, 2005

A similar question about Firefox / Gmail interaction was asked just a few days ago.
posted by intermod at 8:44 PM on December 3, 2005

Well, then. It probably happened because you've been bad. That's usually why for me.

'Tis the season, and all. Still, it's good that it works.
posted by Dipsomaniac at 9:42 PM on December 3, 2005

Are you using the adblock extension? For whatever reason adblock has been particularly agressive since the recent update.
posted by andendau at 12:46 AM on December 4, 2005

Yeah, this happened for me too after upgrading to FF 1.5, and AdBlock was the culprit (I'm using OS 10.4.3, if that matters at all)
posted by fishbulb at 2:41 AM on December 4, 2005

What extensions are you running? Tabbrowser extensions used to, by default, block multiple tabs to the same URL. I didn't know this until I started using Gmail.
posted by yerfatma at 7:22 AM on December 5, 2005