blocking new generation of popups in Firefox and other browsers

[milehigh]

I've noticed a ton of websites with these new popup windows that are extremely annoying. You're browsing a page and out of nowhere a "window" pops into the browser and you have to click it to get it out of the way.

I'm not sure exactly what this is called, but I believe it's some kind of modal layer created with HTML5. Here is an example:

This is an extremely annoying trend. Any tips to block/disable this sort of thing?

 

[M0j0jojo]

There is a "x" on the upper right corner...

 

[Alabalcho]

The sample you've provided is pretty legitimate pop-up - you are browsing some website, perusing some info off that web site (for free), and the owner of the site wants to better know you. Nothing to complain about.

 

[milehigh]

That site was just an example. Personally, any popup is annoying. This is the same crap as the "old" days before popup blockers. They're just doing it a new way now. I'm surprised anyone would actually think this kind of thing is OK.

 

[milehigh]

Here we go...this is exactly what I'm talking about:
http/mattkorostoff.com/article/popup-ads-are-back