Adblock Plus blocks popups in the browser because they are ads. This is not an ad. I am not sure where that comparison came from.
The popup is a visual indicator that you are not allowed to perform operations while calibre demands exclusive access to the database in order to add books.
It certainly isn't there to artificially slow down calibre's Adding books process. Although there is a well-known concept called "A watched pot never boils" -- so I expect that is what is causing you to imagine it take a longer time.
Longer than what, I am not sure -- because there was never a time when you weren't stopped by some kind of popup.
I really am not sure what the problem is supposed to be.
Perhaps it would be better if that popup was changed to one that says "please do not touch anything right now or you may blow up your library"?
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I do hope Kovid will rethink the popup at some point. I've noticed that he has not contributed much to this thread.
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Kovid always loses interest in "contributing" as soon as it becomes clear to him that he is/was dealing with a crank.
It would distract him from actually adding features and improvements to calibre.
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It's like Windows XP and Windows 98 I guess. I'll just have to live with it.
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Mind explaining this in a more comprehensible fashion?