pop-up blocker and ActiveX controls, part one: IWebBrowser::Navigate(), IWebBrowser::Navigate2()

posted by  hjwin (10)  11 months ago (blogs.msdn.com)

As I mentioned previously, one reason users may continue to experience unwanted pop-up windows while browsing is creative use of ActiveX controls that provide methods that allow web sites to open new browser windows.  This series of posts will provide best-practices for ActiveX control implementors.

There are two things to keep in mind while considering this topic.  The first is, as always, we are committed to application and site compatibility and thus a lot of the pop-up blocker is opt-in and in the abscence of concret