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Re: off-road.com
Nathan Collier did pass the time by typing:
> "L0nD0t.$t0we11" wrote... >> This is not the same thing as >> on-demand popups such as those used by Car Connection, etc. >> to zoom images. > > thats just it.....i used a pop up blocker once and i couldnt even view the > bigger images of the vehicles at autotrader.com because they open up in a > javascript pop up. thats just one example. i dont bother with the pop up > blockers because they dont know the difference, and i just avoid sites (as > best as i can anyway) that use advertisement popups. use the Google toolbar. For those sites where you want popups just click the popup blocker off. The toolbar remembers that setting for next time. -- DougW |
Re: off-road.com
Nathan Collier did pass the time by typing:
> "L0nD0t.$t0we11" wrote... >> This is not the same thing as >> on-demand popups such as those used by Car Connection, etc. >> to zoom images. > > thats just it.....i used a pop up blocker once and i couldnt even view the > bigger images of the vehicles at autotrader.com because they open up in a > javascript pop up. thats just one example. i dont bother with the pop up > blockers because they dont know the difference, and i just avoid sites (as > best as i can anyway) that use advertisement popups. use the Google toolbar. For those sites where you want popups just click the popup blocker off. The toolbar remembers that setting for next time. -- DougW |
Re: off-road.com
Nathan Collier did pass the time by typing:
> "L0nD0t.$t0we11" wrote... >> This is not the same thing as >> on-demand popups such as those used by Car Connection, etc. >> to zoom images. > > thats just it.....i used a pop up blocker once and i couldnt even view the > bigger images of the vehicles at autotrader.com because they open up in a > javascript pop up. thats just one example. i dont bother with the pop up > blockers because they dont know the difference, and i just avoid sites (as > best as i can anyway) that use advertisement popups. use the Google toolbar. For those sites where you want popups just click the popup blocker off. The toolbar remembers that setting for next time. -- DougW |
Re: off-road.com
Roughly 1/24/04 18:10, Nathan Collier's monkeys randomly typed:
> "twaldron" <thomas@OBVIOUSrubicons.com> wrote in message > news:RgFQb.11229$Ta3.3781@newssvr23.news.prodigy.c om... >> You should use one that is easily turned on and off. > > .....but how do you know when you need to turn it off if its doing its job? Some, e.g. Mozilla/Netscape, put a little flag at the bottom of the browser. Clicking the flag opens the menu to allow the popup if desired. -- Now that Spirit Rover has confirmed the presence of weapons of mass destruction on Mars, we are preparing to invade... |
Re: off-road.com
Roughly 1/24/04 18:10, Nathan Collier's monkeys randomly typed:
> "twaldron" <thomas@OBVIOUSrubicons.com> wrote in message > news:RgFQb.11229$Ta3.3781@newssvr23.news.prodigy.c om... >> You should use one that is easily turned on and off. > > .....but how do you know when you need to turn it off if its doing its job? Some, e.g. Mozilla/Netscape, put a little flag at the bottom of the browser. Clicking the flag opens the menu to allow the popup if desired. -- Now that Spirit Rover has confirmed the presence of weapons of mass destruction on Mars, we are preparing to invade... |
Re: off-road.com
Roughly 1/24/04 18:10, Nathan Collier's monkeys randomly typed:
> "twaldron" <thomas@OBVIOUSrubicons.com> wrote in message > news:RgFQb.11229$Ta3.3781@newssvr23.news.prodigy.c om... >> You should use one that is easily turned on and off. > > .....but how do you know when you need to turn it off if its doing its job? Some, e.g. Mozilla/Netscape, put a little flag at the bottom of the browser. Clicking the flag opens the menu to allow the popup if desired. -- Now that Spirit Rover has confirmed the presence of weapons of mass destruction on Mars, we are preparing to invade... |
Re: off-road.com
FYI, Mozilla (http://www.mozilla.org) has excellent pop-up blocking. I don't like the "add-on" ones for many of the reasons that you have described, but Mozilla's blocking doesn't bother me at all. On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 02:34:09 GMT, "Nathan Collier" <JeepMail@7SlotGrille.com> wrote: >"L0nD0t.$t0we11" <"L0nD0t.$t0we11"@ComcastDot.Net> wrote in message >news:0CFQb.143198$xy6.635289@attbi_s02... >> This is not the same thing as >> on-demand popups such as those used by Car Connection, etc. >> to zoom images. > >thats just it.....i used a pop up blocker once and i couldnt even view the >bigger images of the vehicles at autotrader.com because they open up in a >javascript pop up. thats just one example. i dont bother with the pop up >blockers because they dont know the difference, and i just avoid sites (as >best as i can anyway) that use advertisement popups. |
Re: off-road.com
FYI, Mozilla (http://www.mozilla.org) has excellent pop-up blocking. I don't like the "add-on" ones for many of the reasons that you have described, but Mozilla's blocking doesn't bother me at all. On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 02:34:09 GMT, "Nathan Collier" <JeepMail@7SlotGrille.com> wrote: >"L0nD0t.$t0we11" <"L0nD0t.$t0we11"@ComcastDot.Net> wrote in message >news:0CFQb.143198$xy6.635289@attbi_s02... >> This is not the same thing as >> on-demand popups such as those used by Car Connection, etc. >> to zoom images. > >thats just it.....i used a pop up blocker once and i couldnt even view the >bigger images of the vehicles at autotrader.com because they open up in a >javascript pop up. thats just one example. i dont bother with the pop up >blockers because they dont know the difference, and i just avoid sites (as >best as i can anyway) that use advertisement popups. |
Re: off-road.com
FYI, Mozilla (http://www.mozilla.org) has excellent pop-up blocking. I don't like the "add-on" ones for many of the reasons that you have described, but Mozilla's blocking doesn't bother me at all. On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 02:34:09 GMT, "Nathan Collier" <JeepMail@7SlotGrille.com> wrote: >"L0nD0t.$t0we11" <"L0nD0t.$t0we11"@ComcastDot.Net> wrote in message >news:0CFQb.143198$xy6.635289@attbi_s02... >> This is not the same thing as >> on-demand popups such as those used by Car Connection, etc. >> to zoom images. > >thats just it.....i used a pop up blocker once and i couldnt even view the >bigger images of the vehicles at autotrader.com because they open up in a >javascript pop up. thats just one example. i dont bother with the pop up >blockers because they dont know the difference, and i just avoid sites (as >best as i can anyway) that use advertisement popups. |
Re: off-road.com
>>The toolbar remembers that setting for next time.
....and sends that information to someone else. it's really wonderful spyware. "DougW" <post.replies@invalid.address> wrote in message news:FZFQb.13781$zy3.12021@okepread01... > Nathan Collier did pass the time by typing: > > "L0nD0t.$t0we11" wrote... > >> This is not the same thing as > >> on-demand popups such as those used by Car Connection, etc. > >> to zoom images. > > > > thats just it.....i used a pop up blocker once and i couldnt even view the > > bigger images of the vehicles at autotrader.com because they open up in a > > javascript pop up. thats just one example. i dont bother with the pop up > > blockers because they dont know the difference, and i just avoid sites (as > > best as i can anyway) that use advertisement popups. > > use the Google toolbar. For those sites where you want popups just click > the popup blocker off. The toolbar remembers that setting for next time. > > -- > DougW > > > |
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