View Full Version : Browser turn off popups
acetg
May 26th, 2001, 14:05
I think Microsoft and every other company who makes Browsers should make a new version where you can turn popups OFF. Who Agrees? Please state your opinion in the poll.
gyrbo
May 26th, 2001, 15:15
I use WebWasher for that.
cowax
May 26th, 2001, 15:31
Some hosts rely on popups to make income.... if everyone decides to use a feature like that, then there would be too many inline ads on the webpages (like there isn't enough already). Then everyone would complain about them
Cracker
May 26th, 2001, 19:34
Actually, WebWasher can get rid of inline banner ads as well. Of course, that can be circumvented by not specifying a height and width in the img tag of the banner (this is info for the free web host who may have to deal with these tactics). Also, I used to use WebWasher, but that was before I put my site on NBCi. NBCi has this smart thing that if an innocent websurfer has banner ads turned off by WebWasher, their adframe returns a javascript error.
Why is it so urgent that we have to look at this thread?
'Cause acetg desperately needs to see the results immediately... ;)
Go Dot Yourself
May 27th, 2001, 21:04
Although i sympathize with webmaster who are trying to make an income, i think there are better ways of doing that. Ads on the page aren't AS distracting as popups, and subtle affiliate links to amazon.com or other pay per sale companies can make a great deal of money.
Also i think the webmasters shouldn't be too greedy as to try to squeeze every penny they can out of every visitor. This will inevitably cause webmasters to become biased and make content based on business not quality.
lucifer
May 27th, 2001, 21:25
Go dot yourself - Spot on
Epgs
May 27th, 2001, 21:46
where can i get that webwaher program?
Coolin
May 28th, 2001, 21:29
Originally posted by Epgs
where can i get that webwaher program?
I have no idea where you can find WebWaher... but i know you can find WebWasher at http://www.webwasher.com/
It's hard to find isn't it?
Canuckkev
May 29th, 2001, 17:41
I'd rather a "Would you like to accept this pop up? Yes No" confirmation. That way, on sites that actually have content on the pop ups, you won't be wondering why the page didn't load.
Can't say that's a great idea... what if the guy just happens to have 10 popups? Then you'll have to confirm every one of them?
Coolin
May 29th, 2001, 22:59
Perhaps if one little prompt allows you to open all popups or close all popups? This isn't as powerful as selectively chosing which popups to load, but then again, who really needs that power?
Maybe we should tell the Netscape guys about that... then maybe Netscape will revive, and I can try to ditch IE. No matter how "good" Gate's software may be, I just hate using his stuff.
Coolin
May 31st, 2001, 01:14
There's just something addictive about Internet Explorer that I just cannot understand. I believe that spinning Windows logo may be hypnotising me. Netscape! Help me!
martian
May 31st, 2001, 05:41
Originally posted by cowax
Some hosts rely on popups to make income.... if everyone decides to use a feature like that, then there would be too many inline ads on the webpages (like there isn't enough already). Then everyone would complain about them
yeah, that's true... if everybody uses such a program, some websites will loose their income and more and more free services will become pay services:(
zazoo
May 31st, 2001, 21:27
I like opera
its great it has one big window and all of the browser windows open up in that one window
kinda like how most word documant programs work
so you can click the lower X to close the one window or the top X to close em all at once
That's one of the reasons why I hate Opera (and love it at the same time). Sometimes I X the wrong button, and all my windows are gone in an instant.
The other thing I hate about Opera is that it's adware. :mad:
Canuckkev
June 1st, 2001, 17:04
Yeah..if you don't register, Opera is ad ware. But I don't have ads with it, and I didn't pay? Funny how that worked out.
And to avoid closing all the windows at the same time(I do the same), just set it to confirm closing all the windows. Only problem is if you do wan't to close all the windows quickly, it takes a while longer. Not good.
More on pop ups...
I agree that saying yes or no for each pop up is time consuming, so, maybe just some message on the Status bar saying "X Popups were closed loading this page, if you would like to see them, click here". That would be cool. And a dialog would pop up showing the attempted address of the pop up, and you select the ones you want to load, then click a button to load them. Still time consuming, but not often would you want to load the pop ups, but still allows you to without going in to the options, deselecting "Don't load Pop-ups", and restarting your browser.
Coolin
June 1st, 2001, 19:05
Popups won't be disabled in future versions of major browsers. The ad companies just won't allow them.
Coolin
June 2nd, 2001, 14:48
Originally posted by LeX
Yeah... bummer.
I second that.
gyrbo
June 2nd, 2001, 15:06
Originally posted by Coolin
I second that.
I third that :p
atlas
June 2nd, 2001, 15:30
Originally posted by Coolin
Popups won't be disabled in future versions of major browsers. The ad companies just won't allow them.
How's that? Considering Mozilla isn't a "company" really, there's nobody that can lobby against adding such a feature. It's just that popups are used for good purposes often times also. They don't want complaints from users who turn off "popups" and then can't use sites properly.
Also, I disagree that it would really help all that much. As everyone upgrades their browsers advertisers can do things like adding a layer that "popups" in your current window. Personally, if I were an advertiser I'd use that method.
-mk
Coolin
June 2nd, 2001, 16:13
Originally posted by atlas
As everyone upgrades their browsers advertisers can do things like adding a layer that "popups" in your current window. Personally, if I were an advertiser I'd use that method.And block the content of the site? I don't believe anyone but the most money-hungry webmasters would do such a thing.
atlas
June 2nd, 2001, 16:41
Originally posted by Coolin
And block the content of the site? I don't believe anyone but the most money-hungry webmasters would do such a thing.
The layer would have a checkbox just like a popup. No different, the only difference is it's in the main window and users have to see it.
For example, I usually close popup windows as soon as they popup. This other method could require them to be there for a few seconds, etc.
Look what Yahoo did with their ad square: they used layers. Pretty good idea of theirs...
-mk
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