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October 09, 2004
Web annoyances re-loaded
I've run into a few times now, that it's become enough of an issue to annoy me. DHTML popups that exist within the page you are viewing, often times covering up the content of the page. Since these are "virtual" popups, you can't use a popup blocker to keep them away, but they can certainly take over a large percentage of your viewing screen. What's worse, is closing your window closes the entire browser window (ugh), and you have no assurance that the little X used to denote a closing capability actually will close anything at all.
Why can't web advertisers realize their invasive usage of technology isn't working. That with each "new" and "innovative" method they discover, someone else will discover a way to dim these thing out. If they would keep to simple banner ads, I'm sure they'd get much more feedback.
Posted by Dan at October 9, 2004 01:40 PM