15 replies to this topic

[melancholy]

i agree. Pop-ups are useless..but, in some cases though, some people find they can get what they want in return the pop-up company gets spyware on your computer or something like that... i just guessing.

[ckuehner]

b4thedawn125, on Jun 4 2005, 10:31 PM, said:

I mean comon...most people don't care about a "free tshirt" especially when it's false and they always slow down my computer. they're really annoying i get sooo frustrated. banners are okay because theyre just there they dont popup..BUT they are very tempting to click on expecially when it says "shoot the thing" or something lol i find it fun..

Yes, I agree ... Pop-ups are very much an annoyance... I don't know that I would say they are useless. They may be useless to a casual web surfer... however they are extremely useful to an advertiser.

Everybody hates them, and there is a ton of software designed to block them, however, they are also still the most effective way to advertise on the internet.

From the standpoint of a surfer... I would like to destroy all pop-ups. From the standpoint of an advertiser... they get the message across very effectively.

[Hamtaro]

Yeah, I agree. Pop-ups may be annoying, but they are a way for advertisers to make money. As long as they are making money from pop-ups, they will continue them. I have never seen any pop-up worth clicking (and most are blocked, thanks to Firefox), so they aren't making any because of me. However, most sites that I go to don't even use pop-ups anymore.

[round]

I think that browsers should start moving backwards. Just like the mail() function being restricted on free servers cause people abused it, browsers should just stop allowing those js and other functions that allow it to spawn new windows. It really shouldn't be to hard and anyone working on the web can find away around their little problems.round

[bajanca]

I hate pop-ups.

Thanks Firefox with it adblock plug-in, I can control the pop-ups better.

Its the beter internet browser.

[cnetboss]

for me popups are the worst way of advertising because most of the browsers have pop-up blockers and its annoying. banners are better.