Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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Everyone is welcome here.
(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Thu, Dec 09 2004
Pop-Up Windows Worse Than Ever
I already loathe pop-up windows, and knowing this makes me despise them even more. Although considered a legitimate site, one of the worst offenders in the pop-up department is About.com. Their home page is reasonable, but as soon as you get into other areas of the site, you are bombarded with pop-ups, a scrolling navigational bar, banner ads and other animated ads. The monitor screen starts to look like a demonstration of a shooting gallery video game. I have software to prevent the pop-up windows, but then sites like About.com take so long to load while the pop-ups are being blocked that I usually end up frustrated and I leave. With the news that unscrupulous people will now use pop-up windows in combination with phishing, I guess we can look forward to further stress in the browser vulnerablity department. Even though there are tougher penalties for identity theft now, I suppose there are always people who find the risks worth the rewards. That's what keeps most criminals criminal in the first place. But legitimate sites can do a lot to cut down on this sort of thing, if webmasters will plan sites to use something other than pop-up windows to communicate with visitors to the site.
posted at: 06:37 | category: /Miscellaneous | link to this entry
I already loathe pop-up windows, and knowing this makes me despise them even more. Although considered a legitimate site, one of the worst offenders in the pop-up department is About.com. Their home page is reasonable, but as soon as you get into other areas of the site, you are bombarded with pop-ups, a scrolling navigational bar, banner ads and other animated ads. The monitor screen starts to look like a demonstration of a shooting gallery video game. I have software to prevent the pop-up windows, but then sites like About.com take so long to load while the pop-ups are being blocked that I usually end up frustrated and I leave. With the news that unscrupulous people will now use pop-up windows in combination with phishing, I guess we can look forward to further stress in the browser vulnerablity department. Even though there are tougher penalties for identity theft now, I suppose there are always people who find the risks worth the rewards. That's what keeps most criminals criminal in the first place. But legitimate sites can do a lot to cut down on this sort of thing, if webmasters will plan sites to use something other than pop-up windows to communicate with visitors to the site.
posted at: 06:37 | category: /Miscellaneous | link to this entry
