Detecting if user is blocking pop-ups

[GaryCam]

I have a site with some thumbnails on it. When the visitor clicks on a thumbnail, the full-size image appears in a new window. As I understand it, "new window==pop-up" so anyone who is blocking pop-ups won't see the full sized images. Can a script check for pop-up blocking and, if it exists, ask the user to temporarily disable it (via message box?)?

Or is there a better way of accomplishing this without opening a new window at all?

 

[jammer1221]

Well I haven't tried this but use an if statement to check to see if it still exists sorta

new=window.open("about:blank");
if (new) { //if new is true then the window as popped up
alert('Its there');
}else {
alert('Its not there');
}

Again I'm not sure if this will work because I don't know if pop up blockers close the window once its opened or just blocks the script completly. What I would do is open a modeless window.
HTH
Matt

 

[trollacious]

new is a reserved word in Javascript, so you can't use that.