Google reader popup when hit "mark all as read"; how do I get this to stop?

February 9, 2008 7:57 PM

When did google reader start having a popup in firefox asking "are you sure you want to mark these as read?" and how do I get it to stop?

Google reader started having this popup (seems to be when I use the mark all as read button with more than 50 items) when I hit mark all as read? Is there any way I can get this to stop? It's annoying. I don't think I installed any greasemonkey or firefox extensions lately that would be causing it. I also don't see any "check this box to stop the popup" under google reader settings either. Anything I'm missing? Thanks hive.

posted by uncballzer to Computers & Internet (2 answers total)

Best answer: I think a lot of people were accidentally deleting all their items and they complained...so google made the pop-ups. Previously, I used a greasemonkey script to make a popup, now I suspect people will make one to make the pop-up go away.

Regardless, I only notice the pop-up when I'm marking a lot of items. If I'm marking 10 it doesn't show up, but when I'm marking 100 it does.
posted by melissam at 8:05 PM on February 9, 2008

Best answer: I was going to say the same thing as melissam. It seemed to start happening this past week, and it only does it if you mark more than a set amount of items as read (I think 50 is about right).

I don't like it either, but I haven't found any way to turn it off.
posted by gemmy at 8:24 PM on February 9, 2008