Popup Blocked Warning from Flash

I’ve noticed recently that some popup blockers will see even the target=”_blank” links as a popup. So that got me thinking about a good way to open a popup from Flash and detect if it was actually opened.

Rather than participate in the battle against popup blockers I come from the stance that popup blockers are a good thing and we shouldn’t try to find ways around them. Therefore, I think the best option is something the just warns the user if a link has been blocked. This is actually very simple with ExternalInterface. more…