diff -up surf-2.0/surf.c surf/surf.c
--- surf-2.0/surf.c	2017-11-26 14:29:37.963786915 +0100
+++ surf/surf.c	2017-12-03 00:20:07.314189414 +0100
@@ -1183,12 +1183,13 @@ createview(WebKitWebView *v, WebKitNavig
 	switch (webkit_navigation_action_get_navigation_type(a)) {
 	case WEBKIT_NAVIGATION_TYPE_OTHER: /* fallthrough */
 		/*
-		 * popup windows of type “other” are almost always triggered
-		 * by user gesture, so inverse the logic here
+		 * allow same-window popup triggered by user gesture
 		 */
-/* instead of this, compare destination uri to mouse-over uri for validating window */
-		if (webkit_navigation_action_is_user_gesture(a))
+		if (webkit_navigation_action_is_user_gesture(a)) {
+			Arg aa = {.v = webkit_uri_request_get_uri(webkit_navigation_action_get_request(a))};
+			loaduri((Client *) c, &aa);
 			return NULL;
+		}
 	case WEBKIT_NAVIGATION_TYPE_LINK_CLICKED: /* fallthrough */
 	case WEBKIT_NAVIGATION_TYPE_FORM_SUBMITTED: /* fallthrough */
 	case WEBKIT_NAVIGATION_TYPE_BACK_FORWARD: /* fallthrough */