Secret Window (Popup blocker)

ALF: Willie. If a window was broken in the woods, but there was no-one there to hear it, would it really be broken?

As web software editors, we are constanstly sitting in the middle of the war between advertisers and security software editors. Between those who want to draw your attention to their products (by using popups, adware, ...) and those who want to protect you by any means (anti-spyware, popup blockers, ...).

Our technicians are aware of a lot of security software, some correctly designed, and some that are sometimes worse than the scum they claim to be protecting you from (some of them should actually be condamned to use them...).

On the other hand, we have our part of responsability. We want a clean fresh interface (a.k.a. without addressbar, toolbars, ...), because, after all, we are a true software, not a website. It implies that, until now, we have decided to automatically open the application in a new clean window, without the user having to click on a link.

It seems that it's like declaring the war to the security software products. It's not that important in 99% of the cases because users are always connected through a correctly configured browser. But we had some cases where the user was on a public computer and, therefore, was not able to configure it the way it should be.

That is why we have tried to detect those cases (popup blockers) and to display our software in the original window, letting the ugly address bar in the working environment (Efficy Desktop). It's not quite popup proof, but at least the major functionalities are working without having to configure anything.

Enjoy !

Au revoir, à bientot,

Cedric