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you can see this covered here:
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/174036.html
Anyway am I the only one who figures it is time to choke the ads that pop up, perhaps through a new feature in browsers that the writers could give us in the next release?
Like maybe a setting to check for no ads?
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Here's a link to an article that describes how to get rid of those things. The article also describes a couple of programs that will handle the task and links for obtaining those items.
http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stor...834788,00.html
Here's another free proggy that will thwart the onslaught of intrusive pop-ups.
http://www.panicware.com/product_dpps.html
I've used PanicWare's PopUpStopper for quite awhile. It's good stuff, free and everyone, to whom I've personally recommended it, has loved it.
Popups are not a bad thing. They provide revenue to companies that barely turn a profit. Unfortunatly in our consummer driven market, advertising is essential. What I do not agree with is unfair advertising practises where advertisers provided onExit() popup ads preventing you from being able to leave their presence.
There are allot of ad blocker/spyware detectors out there. if you don't like pop-ups you can get rid of them easily. try spyblocker or one like it. it works so well you can't even see the pictures at CNN.com because they put one pixel bots in the pictures.
Here http://www.zdnet.com/downloads/stori...,75483,00.html
I used a popup blocker for a while. It was great! Until I realized it was blocked the antipoint box at AO. Haven't used one since as I've decided to stick with the old click and close method. But I really don't like them, and usually delete them before the ads load. Oblio, there are better, less annoying ways to market products. But yes the onExit ones are the worst.
there are popup blockers that let u specify the domains to be blocked...
like the one in tweakXP (winXP only)...
Yea! pop-ups are a major annoyance, alright .
but if you really want to go balistic. Install bugnosis:
http://www.privacyfoundation.org/
with this you'll find all the transparent 1 pixel web bugs in the main page.
Now this ticks me off.
For advanced users running windows, I would recomment The Proxomitron. It can change the html of incoming pages on-the-fly before it gets to your browser, doesn't use the registry, etc. It's very well behaved and doesn't do any weird integrate-to-do-stuff-easier-but-breaks-the-system things. Furthermore, you can use it to change incoming and outgoing HTTP headers... And write your own filters to block other things than popup ads. (Or edit the default popup filter to exclude certain domains.) It's freeware too!
One way to get rid of popups is to disable java but it also makes alot of web pages suck!
Got to love Mozilla - this little feature blocks about 95% of all pop-up ads. I think this is what's blocking JP's new 'hey-you-have-a-PM-go-have-a-look' pop-up dialog too, but hey, it's worth it :)
:confused: That's "one pixel pictures in the bots," right?Quote:
Originally posted by KorpDeath
(...) because they put one pixel bots in the pictures. (...)
popups suck!!! The worst is when you surfing for porn on a warez site and 20,000 of them fu*kers popup :eek: ... I really dont like that !!!
Keepen it real
FreeAgent
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One way to get rid of popups is to disable java but it also makes alot of web pages suck!
surely you mean disable javascript...surely you know that java and javascript are not the same...surely it's a typo...
(now your supposed to say..."yes i know there's a difference...and don't call me shirley..." :p )
Sorry Guus. It's a one pixel bug in their pictures at CNN.
Oblio's right about the revenue thing. If it weren't for advertisements, a lot of these sites you take for granted wouldn't be available for free, or wouldn't even exist. If you don't want to deal with them, though, try Intermute. I tried it when I ran Windows, and it's great. It's not freeware, so you'll have to pay for the full version. I think it's worth it, though.
Someone gave me negative points claiming that popup ads violate privacy. Obviously this person doesn't know what privacy is. Popups violate your privacy only to the extent of vulnerabilities in your browser or perhaps cookies and not even cookies truly violate your privacy. Popup ads are a nuissance no doubt but they do not have anymore capabilities then the parent window. If popups violate your privacy then the entire hyper text transport protocol violates your privacy. Popup ads are what allow the internet to remain a free and open market.
Oh and stflook you are right, you couldn't have said it any better than I did. Partially because you are an idiot and me well I am not.
Pop ups are annoying, especially when a site gives you one every time you click a stupid link or the sites that give you 10,000. I have one pop up on my site. It's used on one page and if you accept the cookie you'll only see it once a week. I use it for a newsletter sub box and an affiliate ad. It's really done quite well. I guess it's all the newbies who actually look at them LOL.
What is that 1 pixel bot? I've never heard of that before.
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Oblio's right about the revenue thing. If it weren't for advertisements, a lot of these sites you take for granted wouldn't be available for free, or wouldn't even exist.
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Your both absoultly right. advertising is a cheap price to pay for SOME of the stuff we get, And Audio-Galexy is one of my favorites, i also like kazaa(i know morphious has more music, blah, blah blah).
BUT
as long as we accept this kind of behavior from advertising companys its just going to get worse. if we could put a stop to intrusive ads, and the grabbing of personal information, it wouldn't hurt ANYBODY. producers of goods would still advertise but in a more mundane way. they would pay just as much for it as they did before and life would go on.
If one company uses a pop-up, all the others panic, 'their beating us' so they all use it. If nobody could use them, it would still be the same game.
billboards on the highway got compleatly out of hand and became an abomination to nature and human dignity. this was stoped. no one got hurt, and the world is a better place.
That's why you gotta love Opera 6.0 - it has a simlpe feature which blocks all pop-ups. If you need to enable them for such tasks like assigning AntiPoints (where a pop-up appears) then you just simple make a couple of mouse-clicks and it's enabled. It's a very thoughtful feature - I like it!! :)
Greg
You never changed a bit. I'm truly sorry I assumed you were capable of carrying out a conversation without hurling insults. Do you realize you just called me an idiot for agreeing with you? If I could take those points back, I would.Quote:
Originally posted by oblio
Oh and stflook you are right, you couldn't have said it any better than I did. Partially because you are an idiot and me well I am not.
Why don't you quit assuming everybody here is an idiot? Being an AntiOnline member doesn't automatically make you an idiot. Indeed, there are idiots here. I'll give you that. But aren't there idiots in just about every forum? Why don't you open your eyes and realize that there are other people here with brains besides you?
I still can't believe you actually dared to call me an idiot for agreeing with you. It seems to me that your excessive arrogance has clouded the rest of your mind.
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Terr put me onto this some time ago. Quite a handly little program with loads of features and simple to setup. Give it a try....you wont look back! All the others fail in comparison. As Terr pointed out......it's biggest benefit is that it's free! No adware/shareware rubbish. 100% free! No crack required, if your into that kinda thing...
Tell me tedbob, how is advertising agencies databasing information freely available from the browser and from the tcp protocol any different then performing market research for television advertising? If you do not like advertisements on the internet, there are many such sites that provide alternatives to commercial sites just like there is commercial free broadcasting available from public television networks and public + independant radio stations. If you consider what a service like cnn.com and google.com provide with minimal advertising, think of the savings for consummers on sites who generate huge incomes via banner and pop up advertising.
it one think to have ads on a site like a banner or something but pop up ads are really annoying