[dbcoooper]

What works for me:
I use Pop-up Stopper: don't have it start with windows because a lot of legitimate things happen for me in popups... I just click the desktop icon to start it whenever I get to one of those annoying sites, then shut it down when I get to a site where I want the popups. Certainly not perfect!!!!

Hmmm I like those 'open in new window' tricks, I'll have to try that way.

[SavvyLady]

db... thats me..
No since in running it if ya don't need it

Savvy

[Lyn Patterson]

I just installed Popup Stopper to see if I could get my web site to work with it.

I first tried holding down Ctrl while trying to click the currency converter box (which opens in the cc site) and that didn't work.
I got the 'Page could not be displayed' thing.

Then I tried turning it off in the systray and the same thing happened. Looks like I will be uninstalling it again.

Lyn

[Shadowfax]

I've been using Popnot for about six months now and it works great. I set it to come on only when a browser is active. You can read more about it here.

Cost is $12 and well worth it imho.

[Lyn Patterson]

Thanks, Shadowfax - will check it out.

[AtreideS]

There is also another program available called Pop-Up Window Smasher (POW!). It is a really smalll program that closes any window which you tell it too. So when a pop-up window appears you tell it to close the particular pop-up, then the next time the pop-up window appears it will be instantly closed. That way it doesn't accidentally close the windows which you want to keep open . You can get a copy from www.analogx.com. Whats even better is it is totally FREE! No advertising or anything.

[Lyn Patterson]

AtreideS

Thank you - that is really great ! I do like the look of POW!

What about the CookieWall? That sound REALLY good as one can choose which ones to leave on. At the moment I eliminate all which means I have to keep logging on when I come back here. With CookieWall it seems I can OK this site !

Lyn

[kramnnim]

I've been using Proxomitron for some time, works quite well and is very customizable. http://spywaresucks.org/prox/

[hewee]

kramnnim,

The link is no good. It takes you to another site.

[Gnosisless]

Hi,

Just wanted to say that the correct address for The Proxomitron is http://proxomitron.org.

I've been using it for about a year now, and it is a great program. You can kill popup windows, stop javascripts from getting too much information, kill web bugs, set up acceptable cookie sites lists, eliminate banner ads, turn off annoying background sounds, stop the status bar from scrolling inane messages, turn off auto-refresh, re-enable your right mouse button, and a HOST of other features.

This program works as a proxy server, and it does have the ability to work with an existing proxy server, if you should need that.

It's basically free, though the author supports a band called Shonen Knife, and asks that you purchase and review a cd by them to become "registered". (Interesting concept: he calls this Shonenware) The band is actually pretty good for an all-female Japanese pop group!

The program is small, minimizes to the system tray, and can be easily bypassed for websites that won't work with the options you select (and there will be a few, especially if you turn off javascripting features). It can also be customized, and you can download and merge new capabilites into your config file from the author's site.

I heartily recommend this program.

[evilmrhenry]

You could instead use another browser.

I am using K-Meleon kmeleon.sourceforge.net and it has a very nice option for disabling pop-ups on page load. I do not remember seeing a single popup ever since I started using it. The install is less than 4 megs, so it might just be worth checking out.