Window.Open is not supported by 40.0. + (39.0.0 and below of), can this please be corrected?

I often visit websites that will be, when the user clicks on a link or an action takes place, a new window will appear with the contents of the URL or the desired action (as when you pay a bill it is redirect to another provider who then handles the transaction). A few days earlier, I tried to pay a Bill and Firefox gave me a blank window but inspect 'command-u' shows that the HTML is there. When I did it through Safari, it worked. Today, I wanted access to a ProQuest database via a link provided by the UCLA Library and I got the same result: an empty window with HTML code appears when 'command-u' is used. Surprisingly, paste the link in a new browser window did produce the content. But the original empty browser window not showing anything even if it is re-charge. Both of the actions that I describe are produced by scripts on these two very different sites, but Firefox response is the same: a browser window empty.

To isolate it, I tried the simplest: I used window.open in my work site to send the visitor to the Publisher of origin of my work. The following code snippet is an example of this approach:

"" < a href = "http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v72/p1658"

    onclick="window.open(this.href);return false">original publication</a>.

By clicking on the link used to open a new browser window at aps.org.

But now it does not after the upgrade to 40.0. + (currently at 40.0.3).

It is, as far as I know, a call HTML "supported". And it works for 39.0.0 up to 34.0.5 (could have been furtherback, but I don't see the point).

I think that it is a major flaw with 40.0. + and must be fixed as soon as possible.

Thank you for reading this far.

(This post was made from a Mac Pro [Xeon], kept at 10.6.8 for complex reasons. But the results are identical to the terms 10.10.3 elsewhere.)

Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web link} by holding down the < shift >
(Mac options) key and then from Firefox. Is always the problem?

In the address bar, type Subject: preferences #content< enter >
Search for block windows blocker. To his right, press on Exceptions.

Do the same for any program blocking / modules.

Tags: Firefox

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