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The Real Value of Firefox 1.5

Originally published by "dbarker" on 2005-12-03 14:37:00Z

We talked before about the new API extensions, but that pales in comparison to the single great thing about Firefox 1.5. Here it is —

You can now punch the monkey without fear of commitment.

Since they improved pop-up blocking, including pop-ups spawned from Flash and Java, you can now play all those stupid Flash games without fear of getting stuck in pop-up Hell. I’ve been throwing a boomerang at a swinging chimp for a few minutes now.

Comment by "dz" on 2005-12-04 15:22:00Z

>I've been throwing a boomerang at a swinging chimp for a few minutes now. There's a joke in here somewhere. Joe? Help me out...

Comment by "Alex" on 2005-12-04 18:13:00Z

You mean I was the only person who tried to hit the baseball, shoot the basketball, throw ninja stars at a ninja, and shoot a bird, all in the hopes of winning an iPod? Well the popup blocker blocked them all.