Same pop-ups, just flashier

[Dabrowski]

Why is it now acceptable again to have pop-ups? Because they're Flash, do people like them more? Like PowWeb's homepage? Sometimes I avoid opening the homepage just because I don't feel like closing their pop-up window. And how do they get around Firefox's pop-up blocker? Are they not JavaScript? So anyway, cut it out, everyone. Oh yeah, and I hate those new ones that don't say 'close,' just 'hide.' It probably means the same thing, but when it says close, it just makes me feel better to click it.

[Gorkfu]

Dabrowski,

The pop up on powweb's site isn't really a popup it's a floaty thingy. It loads with the page not externally like a pop-up would. Unless there's another external pop-up I don't know about. I think that "floater" is coded in a mixture of JS and dhtml. I agree though that they sometimes can be a nuisance, but only the ones that have no close button are the ones that really annoy me. ;)

Cheer,
Ryan

[satis]

sometimes I'll run into ones that don't behave properly in firefox. IE, the close button doesn't work or something similarly irritating. Thanks for blocking 80% of your content with an ad. Guess I won't come back to your website. :)