Does the Pop up on receipt of PM option in profile work?

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#1 Post by **rkawakami** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 2:30 pm

This may seem like a silly question, but I couldn't find anything in the archives about it.

I saw the Pop up Window on new Private Message option in my profile when I signed up, but never enabled it. As I now think having that option would be a good idea, I just tried enabling it and sending myself a message but didn't get any popup. I've disabled my Firefox popup blocker but still don't see anything. Does this only work if I get a PM from somebody else (banner at the top of the page never indicated that I had one new message waiting)? If it DOES work, then what is the domain that I need to enter into Firefox's popup blocker?

#2 Post by **JaneL** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 2:43 pm

It used to work. I eventually turned it off in my profile.

#3 Post by **AlphaKilo470** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 5:33 pm

It works on my computer; I just had to set FireFox to allow pop-ups from this site. Whenever I'm on this site and a message is sent to me, I get the notification next time I load a page on this site.

#4 Post by **rkawakami** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 7:24 pm

Just got a test message from dsigma6 and it works. I set both forum.thinkpads.com and thinkpads.com into my Firefox pop-up manager so one of them must be correct.

dsigma6 · #5 Post by **dsigma6** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 7:27 pm

I actually prefer to keep the site blocked, but it still gives the notice at the top that it has blocked a pop-up...which is obviously indicating a new PM.

I guess some people need pop-ups if their eyes are getting older...

edit: Ray, would the process of elimination take too long to find out which one works?

#6 Post by **rkawakami** » Fri Nov 17, 2006 8:07 pm

dsigma6 wrote:I guess some people need pop-ups if their eyes are getting older...

Are you trying to imply something?

dsigma6 wrote:Ray, would the process of elimination take too long to find out which one works?

Go for it. I took one of the URLs out of the pop-up manager list.

#7 Post by **GomJabbar** » Sat Nov 18, 2006 12:21 am

My firewall also blocks pop-ups. You may want to check that too.

#8 Post by **rkawakami** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 4:18 pm

With a couple of days testing and after receiving a few PMs, I've found that the only URL required by Firefox's pop-up blocker "Allowed Sites" list is "thinkpads.com".

dsigma6 · #9 Post by **dsigma6** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 5:22 pm

Moderator Ray, you couldn't go off of my hunch? You had to attempt to prove me wrong?

Does the Pop up on receipt of PM option in profile work?

Does the Pop up on receipt of PM option in profile work?

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