How can I prevent edmunds.com from launching the following?

ratchet · Post by **ratchet** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 2:37 pm

When researching vehicles at Edmunds.com, a dealers pricing window always launches (it does go to tray). I entered the following into Preferences (filter set) but it doesn't stop it: http://www.edmunds.com-DealerPricing-MozillaFirefox
It doesn't enter with spaces, would that make any differences? Thank You!

Peng · Post by **Peng** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 3:30 pm

The popup is caused by the dlPopUnder() function in an onclick handler or whatever they're called. The function is in http://www.edmunds.com/edmunds/scripts/pagescripts.js. That script does lots of stuff, so I don't know if it would be safe to block it or not.

(If someone wants to check this, the 'Research' link on http://www.edmunds.com/new/2006/toyota/ ... index.html will do it. You'll get a different popup if you haven't entered a ZIP code yet, though.)

Paulfox · Post by **Paulfox** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 6:34 pm

Went to Edmunds (dot) com, and also Peng's link using Filterset P. No popups.

If I try to load ratchet's first link there, nothing displayed.

BTW, the filter responsible for allowing you to view the site uninterrupted would get you a falsie if you went to ad.ads.ad.adverbia. Inside joke.

rick752 · Post by **rick752** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 2:02 am

@ratchet

I agree with Paulfox.
But your problem is odd. Edmunds.com is a site I go to all of the time. Never had any popups before. All ads are blocked in my filters and there are no problems.

Now Peng says that there are different popups depending on a zipcode entry. That's strange because even with Adblock disabled (but no zipcode entered), there are STILL no popups. I do not use any script-blockers either. Hmmm ... very weird!

rick752 · Post by **rick752** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 2:12 am

I know this may sound a little odd. But I do know that Edmunds is very 'cookie intensive'.

Have you EVER activated the dealer request page before ? I wonder if it may actually be re-activating from a previous cookie 'set'. Dumping the Edmund's cookies just may stop it (just a thought).

Peng · Post by **Peng** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 2:49 am

rick752 wrote:Now Peng says that there are different popups depending on a zipcode entry.

After I had entered a ZIP code, I got the popup screenshot the OP mentioned. Without it, I got a popup asking for my ZIP code.

rick752 · Post by **rick752** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 3:03 am

That is very strange, no zipcode.. no popup. Then I enter zipcode and nav everywhere (incliding the original Prius page) .... still no popup.

All of this with Adblock disabled. A lot of ads, but still no popup. It IS a real mystery.

Peng · Post by **Peng** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 3:11 am

You're cursed!

With having a less annoyin!g web experience!

How did you do it?

rick752 · Post by **rick752** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 3:22 am

Honestly Peng, I don't know. The only other thing I can think of is a cookie 'trigger' .... I only allow "session" cookies for Edmunds. Could you and the OP have visited Edmunds some other day and had that info store in a cookie?

I also realized that my Java was disabled ... turned it on ... still nothing.

Wish I could help but I can't duplicate the problem!

Peng · Post by **Peng** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 3:32 am

I had visited Edmunds in the past Other parts of the site and I never got asked for a ZIP code.

I tried this in my test profile, too, and got the popup, and I doubt it had ever visited it before.

Edit: Um, two thoughts collided there in the first sentence.

IceDogg · Post by **IceDogg** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 3:41 am

I tried it too, no popup here either. I use to use NoScript but at the present time, I'm not. Javascript was allowed. However, I do have flash blocked and I don't allow Java anywhere ever. Might it be one of those 2 that's doing it?

rick752 · Post by **rick752** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 3:57 am

OK ... now it's happening, even with Adblock on. I see it now.

Happens when you select a model type under:
"Select a style below to get Pricing and Options"

Appears to only do it once per model style. And then it still seems random when it does it. I'll check it out later ...

rick752 · Post by **rick752** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 4:16 am

TRY THIS!

Add:

edmunds.com#*(dlvdppopup)

....to your filter and go back again. Seems to work here.

IceDogg · Post by **IceDogg** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 4:25 am

It must just happen after you've been there a while, I still can't get it to work. But glad you got something worked out.

rick752 · Post by **rick752** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 4:32 am

Well, Dogg ... I HOPE I worked something out.

Whether it stopped because of the element filter, or it stopped because it just decided to ... I don't know. I'm hoping to get some feedback about it from the OP and Peng. I've never tried to block an element served out of an external script file before

So, I guess we'll see.....