Yes, that works with javascript turned off too. I wouldn't call that a hindrance, I call that a nice feature.
Look at the source code of the page to see how that works.
It depends on the web browsers engine that you are using.
https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...ew&daysprune=7
Dillo opens that and the pop ups don't open. Webkit/Webengine will display them. So your answer might be to use a different little web browser on LQ that doesn't run everything on the page.