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Story: Internet Explorer to shut down pop-ups
Posted by: Mark Jones (Wednesday 12 November 2003, 1:33 PM)
A welcome addition, no doubt (I use Mozilla Firebird anyway) but what these means, of course, is that now we are going to have to put up with even more javascript based "fly-in" ads and animations that can be even more irritating than pop-ups as they are deliberatly placed over the text you are reading. Some of them do not even allow you to close it or pop-up the advertiser's page when you click on the close button. Grrrrr. I'm hazarding a guess this would happen even more often now IE blocks pop-ups.
Will we eventually have to switch off javascript too or will someone invent a technology that blocks only these types of ads? Does this technology exist already?
Full Talkback thread
Story: Internet Explorer to shut down pop-ups
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eem.... About time too.... adebayo omo-dare -
Mozilla has had this functionality for years, funn... Mark Downly
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So non-XP users will just have to wait for IE 6.0... Andrew
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Did not Apple Computer have that feature in its We... Burton Cohen
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Safari (on the mac) already blocks pop ups, as do... vlad cohen
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pfff, as always, micro$oft is AGES behind the othe... Tiago Scoponi
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A welcome addition, no doubt (I use Mozilla Firebi... Mark Jones -
Glad to hear Microsoft are catching up and are to... John Warman
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This could well impact media owners. Will they los... Anonymous
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Yes, absolutely add pop-up blocking to Explorer! A... John Desmond
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Lets hope it stops these annoying roll over ads an... Anonymous
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Blessed is the day when other Windows will have th... Anonymous
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Hope it's as good as AOL's Jack Westerman
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Please please asap driving me mad. Any date yet?? Anonymous
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PLEASE!!!!! PLEASE!!!, stop the pop-ups!!! Even if... Anonymous
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I am so fustrated by Internet explorers pop-ups of... Debra Leilani
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This feature should be included in tools/internet... Zarar Zagham
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everytime i'm on the website, nasty porn sites alw... Anonymous
