[WEB4LIB] WEB4LIB Re: Pop Up pages

[Thomas Dowling]

>
> Hillary Theyer said:
>
>  "Many people may have pop-up windows disabled because they tend to be
ads"
>
> How does one disable pop up ads!!!! Please share the secret to saner
> surfing. There is nothing more annoying than pop up ad or Web sites that
> spawn many browser windows (just mistype a URL to a popular site, and you
> will inevitably see what I mean).
>

The simplest way is to disable JavaScript.  In IE, set a custom security
policy for the "Internet" zone (Tools/Internet Options/Security/Custom
Level, set Active Scripting to "Disable").  Then you can enable scripting
for the Trusted Zone, and as needed add sites to the Trusted Zone when you
really need to see their scripts in action.  I think I've mentioned this
before, but I surf with scripting disabled just because I find most
JavaScripts distracting and annoying.

Thomas Dowling
Ohio Library and Information Network
tdowling at ohiolink.edu