Pop Up Blocker Test
Miscellaneous Popup Blocker Testing
This page contains the entire set of popup stopper tests found on this site. Some browsers or popup stopper software will not respond well to automated tests, so we created this manual test page.
COMMON POPUPS
This test checks to see if your popup stopper can stop normal popup windows, which are browser windows that do not have any toolbar, buttons or menus except for a simple titlebar
This checks the ability of your popup stopper to block a special type of popup window. This window does not have any toolbars, button or menus and covers your entire screen. These are called "full-screen popups" are can only be seen with the Internet Explorer web browser.
This type of popup launches a full-screen popup but contains a toolbar and can only be seen on the Internet Explorer. Other browsers will just open a normal popup.
This popup can only be launched in Internet Explorer and opens a dialog window, not a popup, that forces the user to close it in order to continue working on the web page that opened it.
This popup is exactly the same as a normal browser window. Contains menubars, toolbars, and everything else that a normal browser has.
MANUALLY INITIATED POPUPS
This popup stopper test launches a new window every 5 seconds. Because this popup is automatically launched at specific intervals, your popup stopper may not stop some of them. Let the window remain open for 20 to 30 seconds before you close it. Your popup stopper should close every one of the popups that load.
Popup Stopper Test (mouse-over)
This test opens a popup every time you move your mouse over a link. Your popup stopper should know that you did not request this popup and should be smart enough to detect it.
This test opens a floating popup window, which is not a real browser window, but an HTML object that can contain images, text, links, etc. We have not found a popup stopper that can block these ad types. If your popup stopper blocks this, please let me know.
ADVANCED POPUP TESTS
This tests checks the ability of your popup stopper to completely block popup windows that open when the page you are viewing loads. This is the most used event by websites to present popup ads to you, not to mention one of the most annoying.
Popup Stopper Test (On-Unload)
This test checks if your popup stopper blocks popup windows that open when you close or exit the page you are viewing. This page event is not used as much as the "onload" event but can still be very annoying.
Popup Stopper Test (click/on-load)
This test allows you to check if your popup stopper blocks a popup that opens when you click on a link that goes to a page that uses the "onload" event to open a new window. Since you clicked on a link and a new popup window opens almost immediately, your popup stopper can incorrectly interpret it as a popup window that you want to open. Because it is a popup window and not a browser window that you want to open, your popup stopper should close it correctly.
Popup Stopper Test (click/on-unload)
This test is almost the same as the "click-onload" test, however, instead of opening the popup when you enter the second page, it will open when you leave the first one. Because you are clicking on a link and a popup opens at the same time, your popup stopper can also misinterpret this as a browser window you want opened. Your popup stopper should close it.
GOOD POPUPS
Popup Stopper Test (Click/Re-Load)
This test checks if your popup stopper allows a popup that opens when you click on a link which at the same time reloads the page you are viewing. Since the browser window opened by the link is being opened at the same time the page is reloaded, your popup stopper may block it. Because the page is opening when the page is being reloaded the "unload" event is launched and your popup stopper may misinterpret it as an "unload" popup window. Your popup stopper should allow this browser window.
Popup Stopper Test (launch-close)
This test checks your popup stopper's ability to allow popups that open when you click on a link which at the same time closes the page being viewed. Since the popup opens at the same time the main window is closed, your popup stopper may incorrectly interpret it as a "unload" popup window. Your popup stopper should allow it.
User-launched (standard method) new browser allowing
The term "user-launched" refers to popup windows that are opened manually by the user. This test checks if your popup stopper allows a popup window that is opened when you click on a link that opens the page being linked to in a new browser.
User-launched (Javascript method) popup allowing
This test checks if your popup stopper allows popups that open when you click on a link. The popups being opened can be popup or browser popup windows, that are opened by JavaScript executed when you click on that link.
User-launched (on-click method) popup allowing
This test checks if your popup stopper allows popups to open as you click on a HTML object, which usually is a link. Opens a popup window by detecting when you click on that object.
User-launched (delayed method) popup allowing
This test is the same as the JavaScript-method popup allowing, with the only difference that the popup being opened is delayed by a dialog box before the popup is opened.