Did you know pop ups

[KnowTheToe]

FYI, I hate the Pop ups


I am glad I found this page tough because I finally found someone who could answer why I was always loggeg out and no moderators seemed to be able to help.

 

[Michael Morris]

I got the pop now! Rather BIG.

So are yoou going to use it as a broadcast message?

No. Too many pop-up blockers around to make pop-ups useful for broadcasting important messages. If it's real important I'll use an involuntary redirect scheme - but those are annoying as heck to so rest assured they'll be used judiciously if at all.

 

[Michael Morris]

FYI, I hate the Pop ups

Turn them off. My Account >> Edit Options >> Messaging & Notification. Set it to "Never."

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

Too many pop-up blockers around to make pop-ups useful for broadcasting important messages. If it's real important I'll use an involuntary redirect scheme - but those are annoying as heck to so rest assured they'll be used judiciously if at all.

Um, if the popups are not useful for important messages, and most people hate them, then why spend any time setting them up at all? Seems like the no-brain solution would be to not use them in the first place. Why waste your time setting them up, and our time having to deal with them? There are enough problems with the site as is, so why throw this into the mix? :\

 

[Kid Charlemagne]

Count me in the "get rid of the pop-ups" crowd. I can't imagine why anyone would put them on a website unless its to make money. Default it to being at the top of the page and allow someone to TURN ON the popups. Then after 6 months - when no one has done so, delete that option.

 

[Michael Morris]

Guys, they're not even turned on by default!! You have to intentionally turn them on. If you figured out how to turn the things on you can figure out how to turn them off by yourself.

 

[Michael Morris]

Um, if the popups are not useful for important messages, and most people hate them, then why spend any time setting them up at all? Seems like the no-brain solution would be to not use them in the first place. Why waste your time setting them up, and our time having to deal with them? There are enough problems with the site as is, so why throw this into the mix? :\

I set them up as an option because by putting the info in a pop-up it is more noticable and some folks may *want* to notice them. They are, after all, helpful tips.

 

[Mark]

Spoony Bard would never have subjected us to pop ups...

 

[RangerWickett]

Michael, you've got to understand. People on the internet are very irrational. The pop-ups could provide the direct word of God, plus the winning lotto numbers, and people would still hate them on principle.

A link to 'Helpful Tips' might be more useful, and incur less wrath.

 

[Ferret]

You could have them marque, there are a lot of places they could go. What message june/july do you mean though?