Off: pop up killer software

[Paul Mather]

On Wed, Mar 17, 2004 at 03:46:59PM -0700, Mark Licht wrote:

=> The Google toolbar effectively blocks pop-ups while using MSIE.
=> Over 550 ads blocked so far.

That's cool, so long as you don't mind running spyware on your system
(http://www.google-watch.org/bigbro.html, item 6)... >;-)

Sure, there are lots of add-ons and plugins for M$IE for blocking
pop-ups.  My point was that there are also browser alternatives that
have this functionality as a built-in, designed feature.

Unfortunately, some WWW sites are implemented such that using
something other than M$IE is not an option... :-(

Cheers,

Paul.

PS: The browser I use a lot (links -g) even has a built-in pop-up
blocker!

e-mail: paul at gromit.dlib.vt.edu

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