[WEB4LIB] Fwd: pop ups

[c.murdock]

You could try using Mozilla or Opera instead of IE, though I don't know 
whether they're available for Win2k.  Both browsers allow you to block 
popups, without any add-on software.  Interestingly, Netscape, which is based 
on Mozilla, doesn't have this capability.  I guess the Netscape team decided 
it conflicted with their commercial interests.  ;)

c.
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Cindy Murdock
Network Administrator
Meadville Public Library/Crawford County Federated Library System
http://meadvillelibrary.org & http://ccfls.org


On Friday 17 January 2003 12:16 pm, Robin Boulton wrote:
> With apologies for cross-posting, I'm seeking any recommendations or
> helpful ideas on this topic.
>
> I'm using a program called AnalogXPOW! on my machine right now. It works OK
> but you have to manually tell it each time a new popup appears to add it to
> the kill list. That particular ad won't reappear but similar ones with
> near-identical names will still pop until added to the list. I would like
> to find something that can identify a popup (or a pop-under) simply by its
> behavior and automatically kill it. I am wary of such programs however
> because I have read that some of them are spyware or have other undesirable
> behaviors themselves. (If anyone knows whether there's truth to that, I'd
> like to know that too). Any solid recommendations, based on real world
> experience with no undesirable side effects, would be greatly appreciated.
> We are completely Win2K, running IE 5.5/6.0 on all machines.
>