plonq | Public service announcement

This applies to Windows users only - Mac and *nix users will find their browser karma in different ways.

I can count on one finger the number of unwanted pop-ups (or pop-unders) that I've encountered in the last 2-3 years of browsing. I certainly don't feel like I've been missing out for not getting those popups, and I have yet to encounter a site whose legitimate pop-ups haven't worked. I don't know why people insist on letting runaway pop-ups ruin their browsing experience when the fix is very easy.

Solution 1: Duh.

Solution 2: If you insist on using IE, upgrade your damn browser.

http://download.microsoft.com/download/1/6/5/165b076b-aaa9-443d-84f0-73cf11fdcdf8/WindowsXP-KB835935-SP2-ENU.exe

Solution 3: Get a decent popup blocker

http://www.bayden.com/popper/

If you are too paranoid (or sane) to upgrade to SP2, or you're running an older version of Windows, then get Popup Popper - the best pop-up blocker out there -- and it's free. Trust me, you'll wonder how you ever surfed without it.

Anyway, that's all for today. I'm off to a training course for the rest of the day.