Comments on: Flash:How to successfully open a new window in Firefox w/o being blocked???

By: Quentin

Quentin — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:33:09 +0000

I’m having the exact same problem…
I hope someone out there has a clue.

By: John O

John O — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 02:42:24 +0000

Sorry.. that was a typo in the post and not in my HTML. I was typing at a different speed than I was thinking. yes.. allowScriptAccess=”always”

Opening the new window works fine in other browsers. And it “works” in Firefox, but the new window gets caught in the pop-up blocker. The user has the option to add the site to Firefox’s trust site list, but I’d prefer (and my client would prefer) to not have the user go through that step for a choice the user made. This isn’t non-prompted spam ads, but a user’s choice to open the new window.

You can see an example here: http://www.yapiodesign.com/test/test4.html
allowScriptAccess is set to always. I’ve added a MouseEvent.CLICK event handler on both the onscreen graphic and the SWF that gets loaded in. Both trigger the pop-up blocker message in FF “Firefox prevented tehis site from opening a pop-up window”.

By: Michael Kaufman

Michael Kaufman — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 01:59:34 +0000

Hi, thanks for the post – just FYI, “true” is not a valid param for script access. There are only 3 values, “always” “never” “sameDomain”. I have never had a problem opening up a new window in FF w/ AS3. Have you tried on different systems?

By: John O

John O — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 21:06:04 +0000

Evert –
If the person clicks a link in the Flash app, its their choice, and shouldn’t be over-ridden by the browser.

By: Evert

Evert — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 20:38:41 +0000

Or: How to successfully annoy users, against peoples settings