Re: Popup Killers

At 10:22 AM 5/9/2003, Darrell King wrote:
>Has anyone had negative feedback related to popup killers from sites using
>JavaScript popups for internal reasons?  I know that these tools are being
>used by some to reduce or eliminate the number of annoying ads that use
>popups, but I am researching whether there has been serious impact on the
>less mercantile popups such as help windows or enlarged image views.
><snip>
>D

I, too, use pop-ups as you note and have been concerned about pop-up 
killers.  I have found that, in general, the default setting on pop-up 
killers prevents the use of onLoad and onUnLoad, but not onClick (though 
they can be configured to that level).  I was surprised to find out that 
Earthlink's pop-up killer does come configured to stop all pop-ups.  Here 
is their note from the popupblocker page:

Important Note: Not all pop-up windows are annoying ads. Sometimes when 
you're visiting a Web site and click a link, it leads to a pop-up window 
containing important information, such as forms, tables, or graphs. When 
you wish to see these windows, press and hold the CTRL button on your 
keyboard while you click the link. Doing so will stop the tool from 
blocking this one window.

They also allow you to accept popus on a site-by-site basis.  I am assuming 
other blockers are similar.

All that said, blockers will not stop me from using the pop-ups as I find 
the control of window size and configuration quite beneficial.

Norman
www.CraftedSolutions.com 

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