[WEB4LIB] Re: Fwd: pop ups

[Mark Ellis]

On the flip-side, our Geac Geoweb catalog uses popups for patron functions,
so we've had a few instances of patrons with anti-popup software wondering
why they couldn't place holds etc.


Mark Ellis
Manager, Reference and Information Services
Richmond Public Library  
Richmond, B.C.                      
(604) 231-6410
www.yourlibrary.ca



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew I. Mutch [mailto:amutch at waterford.lib.mi.us]
> Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 10:26 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: Fwd: pop ups
> 
> 
> Pop-up blocking is available in Netscape 7.01. It wasn't 
> available in 7.0
> although as Thomas noted, it's pretty easy to add the 
> capability using a
> script to do that. Mozilla builds and Netscape 7.01 are available for
> Windows 2000.
> 
> Andrew Mutch
> Library Systems Technician
> Waterford Township Public Library
> Waterford, MI
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, 17 Jan 2003, Thomas Dowling wrote:
> 
> > Robin Boulton wrote:
> > 
> > >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... 
> > >We are completely Win2K, running IE 5.5/6.0 on all machines.
> > >
> > 
> > People who use Proxomitron swear by it.  
> <http://www.proxomitron.org/>  
> > I don't use it myself, preferring browsers that have a 
> built in option 
> > to disable pop ups.  Opera 6+ (7 beta is better at this) 
> and Mozilla 
> > both have it.  The marketing overlords at AOL Time Warner 
> yanked it out 
> > of Netscape 6/7, but there's a script to restore it.
> > 
> > Thomas Dowling
> > tdowling at ohiolink.edu
> > 
> > 
> 
>