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New annoying pop-up ad
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Date:
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Mon, 24 Dec 2001 01:41:02 GMT
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Yesterday I checked out an Osprey report on MSNBC and was pommeled by a new
pop-up ad.
I had already read about half the article when the screen slowly "morphed"
into an ad... completely obscuring the browser so that I could not click
"stop" or "back" or even click off to the side of the ad to "push" it under
the browser. I was forced to simply wait for the ad to "morph" back into
the article, thereby having control of my browser returned to me.
Has anyone else been plagued with this new style pop-up?
I have also recently been afflicted with an annoying presen-laden Grinch
that floats across the screen at various angles, eventually popping-up into
an ad that you can close.
The internet is simply becomming less fun with these new ads that you must
watch. I've been looking into some "ad-kill" programs. I came across a
website that offers free downloads, apparently the programs even have
soundeffects so you can here the pop-ups exloding. Any one ever download a
file such as that? What was your experience with it?
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: New annoying pop-up ad
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| (...) Nope...but I would like to see it. Can you supply a link? (I went to MSNBC and searched "osprey", let a couple of stories sit in my browser for a while, but nothing ever happened). I'm assuming this is just a Java applet, but I would like to (...) (23 years ago, 24-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
| | | Re: New annoying pop-up ad
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| "Kirby Warden" <inourimage@msn.com> wrote in message news:GotrCE.K5K@lugnet.com... (...) new (...) under (...) Thats disgusting. (...) I block ads 24/7 but a few times my ad killer has been off (or I've been on someone elses computer) I have seen (...) (23 years ago, 24-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | Re: New annoying pop-up ad
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| (...) I haven't seen that, but I did run across one the other day that started out as a fixed-size banner ad (chosen from a set of banners for the page I was viewing, I'm sure) that expanded itself to about double the 'fixed' size of the banner (...) (23 years ago, 26-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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