Next-Gen Pop-up Ads

bje2 writes "CNet has a disconcerting story about a new generation of pop-up ads that use a "kick through" technique such that you don't even need to click on the pop-up ad anymore, you just need to mouse over it...wow, can they make our web surfing experience any worse?"

Comments

Easy Fix....

[Newer Guy]

Use Mozilla or Phoenix or Netscape 7.1 and turn them off. Probolem solved!

Re:Easy Fix....

[Jugalator]

Use Mozilla or Phoenix or Netscape 7.1 and turn them off. Probolem solved!

Nah, I don't think so. Doesn't Mozilla/Phoenix block the javascript open() on the onLoad event? These new popups were probably made to circumvent that kind of protection by using javascript open() on the onMouseOver event.

I don't think Mozilla blocks all open() calls regardless what since then a lot of web sites I've visited that popup stuff when you click on a link shouldn't work.

Here is a simple example of such

[Anonymous Coward]

Give this one a try.

simple javascript, surprised no one has thought of this before.

Re:excellent promotion for alternate browsers

[Tomcat666]

Phoenix has a pretty nice feature concerning this.

Whenever a window wants to pop up although you didn't click any link (so, most likely it was an ad), Phoenix will inform you that this has happened with a small exclamation mark in the left corner of the status bar.

Clicking on this exclamation mark will bring you to a window with more detailed information about the popup window, and the possibility to add this site to your list of sites that are allowed to open popups.

Sure, that goes with your warning that you might then also allow ad popups, while allowing the good, needed popups, but I think it does the job quite well. Had no problems with it.