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16 Things That Turn Netsurfers Off
adiment:
--- Quote from: worker201 ---What's a popup ad?
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something from the 90's. :p
DavidB:
--- Quote from: worker201 ---What's a popup ad?
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You click a link, and a new window opens - except it's a very tiny window, and it's advertising something.
Actually, you don't necessarily have to click a link; there are various ways of triggering pop-ups.
Laukev7:
David, he's been using that Firefox popup blocker for too long.
M51DPS:
I do not think I have seen a page that does not let me use the back button. If you are a fan of Homestar, you might like this example of web design....
worker201:
--- Quote from: M51DPS ---I do not think I have seen a page that does not let me use the back button. If you are a fan of Homestar, you might like this example of web design....
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Don't know how you missed them - they're everywhere. The most annoying kind is the kind that uses JavaScript to detect when you're trying to leave their site and reloads the site for you. On such sites, if you get into the back submenu, you can skip straight to the page you really wanted. I don't know what kind of asshole came up with that, but I hope they bump their heads really hard at least once a week.
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