21st July 2003, 9:28 PM
Lots of people here have pop-up blockers. I have one called pop-up stopper. It was a gift by the way. Normally it costs money... ABF has a free one, it's built into newer versions of netscape. There are about a billion others too.
In any case, the sad thing is it may be a little late. Recently a way to detect pop-up blocker software has been found, and as such some pages are now being designed to block users with said blockers, like the one Moiraine was talking about. Nice of them to not only make their sites unsurfable, but to then tell those who finally found a way to get rid of the site's annoying aspects to bugger off. I fear that soon IGN will also adept this same detection method.
The good news is that there is a way around it, however most pop up blockers don't have this way implemented yet. In fact, I haven't seen any with it implemented yet. It'll be a matter of time before this detection is defeated. Then get that blocker.
In any case, the sad thing is it may be a little late. Recently a way to detect pop-up blocker software has been found, and as such some pages are now being designed to block users with said blockers, like the one Moiraine was talking about. Nice of them to not only make their sites unsurfable, but to then tell those who finally found a way to get rid of the site's annoying aspects to bugger off. I fear that soon IGN will also adept this same detection method.
The good news is that there is a way around it, however most pop up blockers don't have this way implemented yet. In fact, I haven't seen any with it implemented yet. It'll be a matter of time before this detection is defeated. Then get that blocker.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)