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One flagrant design issue with web page is the 'alert' method.
You have to close the popup before you can close the window / tab!
Just stumbled on a malicious web page which spew some sounds file warning you have a virus and then made itself top most and kept an always open alert dialog (re-open it as soon as I close it)
I had to kill Chrome with the task manager, losing all my other tabs!!!
Now I wonder.... is there a way to disable model alert dialog that prevent tab closing in chrome?
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Thanks for the interesting link!
They mention chrome extension in the link... Which I just tried one without success...
On the other hand I notice that once clicked the first popup, the second one has a checkbox "prevent further message box" (which I suspect is an inbuilt chrome feature)
problem solved! 
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I had the same problem and was about to mention the "prevent..." option but you found it already. I hate web pages that think they are making you like them and more likely to buy their product by trying to force you! What on earth do they hope to achieve?
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Well, these people were obviously crook, hoping to trick me into buying their spyware / virus...  
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That's one benefit of Firefox - the alert popup is only modal to the page that triggers it. It doesn't block any other tab, or the browser's UI. 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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That's a good selling point!
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Although it does mean you can end up with lots and lots of pop-ups all at once.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Mylady Brittle, @User-11407112, how could you leave us hanging on friday?
Rules for the FOSW ![ ^]
if(this.signature != "")
{
MessageBox.Show("This is my signature: " + Environment.NewLine + signature);
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("404-Signature not found");
}
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Soorryy.... The extremely one 
I completely forgot that it was my turn on Friday 
It must be because it's out fasting month and I get home so early (14:45 local time) from work, and I feel soooo sleepy these days that I fall asleep as I get home 
But how could I forget that I was up for Friday, in any case. Ahhh  Sorry
Today's FSOW on its way  
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Brittle1618 wrote: Today's FSOW on its way
That sounds very good
Rules for the FOSW ![ ^]
if(this.signature != "")
{
MessageBox.Show("This is my signature: " + Environment.NewLine + signature);
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("404-Signature not found");
}
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Oh yeah, it is... Good for health 
Check it, it's there
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Caffeine and pizza make endless wreck, fouled. (5,4)
Good luck!
Peter
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Well...you aren't up tomorrow... 
But I'll leave it and see if anyone else gets it first.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Not much gets past the mighty Griff! 
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Well, I'm a developer, and things like this fuel my imagination!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Ah, now I see it! 
You have just been Sharapova'd.
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And I gave you another two hours to post it! 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I'm heading out for the night. You clearly know the answer, so if someone else gets it within the time limit, give it to them. Otherwise, it's yours.
Thanks,
Peter
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Break fast? 
Well, I know that's one word, but still...
You have just been Sharapova'd.
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No, but an interesting train of thought.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Caffeine and pizza
make (anag)
endless wreck, wRECk
fouled FOULED
CODER FUEL
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Very elegantly explained! Tuesday is yours.
Cheers,
Peter
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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I won a whole day? Brilliant!
Does that mean you lot have to pay me to use it?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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For this instalment of Pete's Book Of The Whatever, we have this little gem: Sleights of Mind - What the Neuroscience of Magic Reveals About Our Everyday Deceptions[^].
This is an odd, but highly entertaining book, that shows why good magicians can fool us into thinking that things have happened that really didn't happen. It goes to show why you really shouldn't believe what you think you have seen because the brain is very good at filling in things that it thinks should be there. The book is written by two neuroscientists who take what could be a very dry topic but sprinkle it liberally with witty anecdotes and interviews that makes this a very lively read. It certainly shows you that your brain is not always your friend, and that you certainly can't trust the evidence of your own eyes. It even has science 
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