*hypf*

Pop up blocking is nowadays a pretty essential component of every major web browser. However, what about the pop ups the user actually wants to see? Internet Explorer is pretty ignorant about this, only offering the opportunity to turn off pop up blocking for the session or completely for the site:

So, to revisit a blocked pop up you have to repeat the action that lead to it, be it clicking on a link, let the page load or whatever.

Mozilla Firefox is nicer in this regard as it allows you to select a blocked pop up to open directly from a list. However, as URLs get longer and the first part stays the same, the user faces this:

Try to figure out which pop up you want to see from the list at the bottom.

Currently I can't think of a viable solution, although thumbnails or titles would be great for the user (except he's on dial-up). But since both options involve downloading the page in background and wasting bandwidth that way it's probably not a great idea. But the current solution of being either ignorant or at times pretty unhelpful isn't that great either.

Maybe the whole issue settles down after pop ups become extinct (hey, I still have hope).