Re: Pop up windows

I would have to say I agree.  In all sites where past clients have =
believed "they had the best thing since sliced bread in pop-up windows", I =
have successfully dissuaded them by using real life examples.  They serve =
no purpose other than to cause animosity, and in my case, a refusal to =
visit again.  I have enough aggravation in a day without these windows.

However, manually chosen pop-up windows I think work well for their =
intended purpose.  On our intranet in various places there are "Web Policy =
Usage" buttons that when clicked on pop up a small window with the firm's =
policy.  This doesn't force the user to lose their page in the site, and =
it includes a pretty "Close Window" button which unloads the window.  It =
has met with favorable reviews.

Of course, now if the attorneys at the firm get on my nerves, I just drop =
in little code on their "hidden" games page on our intranet that tells =
them they are not alone. =20

Eric J Hoffman
Intranet Manager
Meagher & Geer, PLLP

>>> "Suzanne Corcorran" <Suzanne_Corcorran(at)countrywide.com> 09/08 2:49 PM =
>>>



<snip>Hi all,

.....
>I just want to say, for the record, that although I personally do not use
banner ads, I usually do not mind them.  However, these blankety-blank
"pop-up windows" really irritate me.  What's even more irritating is the
ones that reopen after you have closed them if the main page is not =
through
loading.  I (personal opinion again here, folks) think whoever came up =
with
this idea should be drawn and quartered.  If I was interested in using
their "free web space" or "applying for their 28.8% credit card" or
whatever, I would click on a link.  However, most of the time I am trying
to get to a particular piece of information that I cannot even see, much
less find, for all of the blithering stuff that keeps popping up on my
computer.<
...
</snip>

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