Seriously, though, I run Firefox on both my PC (Win XP) and Mac (OS X). Firefox dramatically reduces the number on the PC, and they almost never occur on the Mac. I would recommend getting Firefox if you've not got it - and virtually anything else if you're still using Internet Explorer!
I don't seem to get any pop ups thanks to Norton and a built-in pop up blocker with BTYahoo Broadband and something else but I dunno what it is or which of the three works. The downside is that lots of my uni stuff is online and is opened in a new window but my pop up blockers block it so a good blocker stops other stuff working too.
I guess it's worth the minor, infrequent irritant of not being able to access something to avoid the pesky pop ups when I'm looking stuff up online.
One thing about Firefox, though - not all sites work properly with it. Only a small minority, but a pain when, eg, your credit card website will display only in IE.
Muttley, the fact that some sites don't work propely on Firefox is the fault of the people who design the sites and not the browser. Many designers design only for IE and ignore the other browsers. As a web designer, trust me when I say that IE is the most annoying and non-standards compliant browser out there. Basically as a rule of thumb you design for all other browsers then put in hacks so it works in Internet Explorer as its so bad. Avoid IE like the plague!
I know that, Stewie! But it's annoying nonetheless.
Scoobs - yes, you can. I do. I have a dual-boot pooter. On one installation I have Firefox only, having stripped out IE. On the other installation I have both Firefox and IE.
This is on WinMe, mind. Might be different on later OS's.
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Seriously, though, I run Firefox on both my PC (Win XP) and Mac (OS X). Firefox dramatically reduces the number on the PC, and they almost never occur on the Mac. I would recommend getting Firefox if you've not got it - and virtually anything else if you're still using Internet Explorer!
I have no idea what blocks mine either to be honest!
I guess it's worth the minor, infrequent irritant of not being able to access something to avoid the pesky pop ups when I'm looking stuff up online.
http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/
You can fix that in Firefox to allow certain sites only to pop-up.
Boo!
Scoobs - yes, you can. I do. I have a dual-boot pooter. On one installation I have Firefox only, having stripped out IE. On the other installation I have both Firefox and IE.
This is on WinMe, mind. Might be different on later OS's.