Popup Cop

[Croc Hunter]

To pop or not to pop ? that is the question.

I'm rebuilding an image gallery and would like have a popup contain the 'click to enlarge' images or is that a design don't ?. Would programs like popup cop disable them ?. Should I just display on same page ?.

[bdoc]

I know alot of people get really annoyed with popups... even for navigation.

[Ted]

Originally posted by Croc Hunter
To pop or not to pop ? that is the question.

I'm rebuilding an image gallery and would like have a popup contain the 'click to enlarge' images or is that a design don't ?. Would programs like popup cop disable them ?. Should I just display on same page ?.

I use Opera 7.01 as my browser. It has the option to allow only requested popups (i.e., a popup only opens if you click on a link to it). Before that, I set Opera 6 to refuse all popups (I had to reset it whenever a link opened a popup). I think this built-in management of popups may be what makes the new version of Opera a serious challenger to Microsoft Internet Explorer.

Do you get the idea that I despise popups? I'm not the only one.

[alphadesk]

'click to enlarge images'Just display the message prominently somewhere on the page or under each thumbnail. Most will already know to click for larger image.

[Croc Hunter]

Thx,
mmm... leaning toward no pop...

(opps mods was meant for Html/Css forum )

[Ted]

Originally posted by alphadesk
Just display the message prominently somewhere on the page or under each thumbnail. Most will already know to click for larger image.

This is exactly what I do on my site. At the top of each page that contains thumbnails is the message (centered in italics) "Click on any picture to see a larger version." No popups needed. On the other hand, I'm not absolutely certain that all my visitors realize how this works, despite the message. But in such a case, a popup probably wouldn't help either.