Another self sabotaging site

[narcolepticinsomniac]

https://www.iwatchonline.cr/

Looks like another Popads site. They have the site inject it as an inline script. It never quits running and breaks functionality, like the search input.

[schomery]

Can you try the latest dev version. When the extension is disabled, you can open links. At least it is working for me.

[narcolepticinsomniac]

When the extension is disabled, you can open links.

I have no idea what you mean by that.

When the extension is disabled...

I'm talking about how the extension works on a certain site, so how does disabling it factor in?

... you can open links

Opening links wasn't the problem. The issue is that the popup script loops and never releases, and self sabotages functionality until the script has released, which it never does. The functionality broken is the header search input, as is often the case when the script doesn't release. Can't even get the cursor into the input, let alone type, or see suggestions.

[schomery]

I meant if you disable the dev version of the popup blocker from the toolbar button it should allow the popup to be displayed once and then you can re-enable it (previously it was impossible to fully disable the popup blocker from the toolbar button).

btw, in the latest dev version, there is a new item in the right-click context menu over the toolbar button to allow shadow window creation. For this particular site, if this option is clicked once, the pop script does not loop anymore. Basically, when you allow shadow window creation, once a new "window.open" is requested, PB creates an iframe and passes the window object to the script. Since iframe is an actual window, the validation function will be passed! I am not allowing this on all the "window.open" requests (you need to allow this from right-click context menu for each tab). The reason is that I am not sure if this method is safe enough!

[schomery]

Please reopen if it is not working as expected.

[narcolepticinsomniac]

there is a new item in the right-click context menu over the toolbar button to allow shadow window creation

I think you're on the right track with this tactic. Tricking it into thinking it has worked will likely be the only way to release the loop. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to work with adblock enabled, and it also doesn't work at all on similar sites, like: popups.txt

Even on the site in the OP, (with adblock disabled) the loop releases, but they're still sabotaging functionality. You can type in the search input, but suggestions don't work. They've really gotten good at ruining functionality if popups are blocked. Some sites you just have to give up on, but I'm still hoping you outsmart them.=)

If this feature becomes more refined, I would hope for something more automated, even if you'd need to blacklist manually. Also, in the right-click menu, you wrote "show" instead of "shadow".

[schomery]

The latest dev version has a new internal function that delivers click to the input elements if shadow window is active. Based on my tests it works even if you have adblocker in both sites.