Avoiding Pop-Ups

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Author Message   Us2innj Posted on Saturday, March 23, 2002 - 6:13 am:        Unrelated to Maplewoodonline.com, which has no annoying pop-ups; Are there any settings within Netscape or Internet Explorer that would eliminate those annoying pop up windows that happen on so many websites? I went to NYPost.com yesterday to check some gossip thingie, and I was bombarded with three of them. There are some pop ups that you can't even close without two more cropping up. Of course those happen on 'dem nasty sites.   Enigmabomb Posted on Saturday, March 23, 2002 - 9:58 am:        Disable java script. -enigmabomb-   Us2innj Posted on Saturday, March 23, 2002 - 10:24 am:        Okay, sounds good to me. First off, what will I also be losing by disabling java script? Also, how the heck do you do that? I am running Netscape 6.2 browser.   Lseltzer Posted on Saturday, March 23, 2002 - 12:01 pm:        Disable Javascript and half the web won't work right, including probably parts of this site. I think you'll be unhappy with the results. In NS 6.2 do Edit-Preferences, select Advanced on the left. Uncheck "Enable Javascript for Navigator". You probably also want to uncheck "Enable Javascript for Mail & Newsgroups", although that has little to do with newsgroups. Do not uncheck "Enable Java".   Blh Posted on Saturday, March 23, 2002 - 1:01 pm:        What about on IE (v5.5)?   Barleyrooty Posted on Sunday, March 24, 2002 - 4:34 pm:        I use popupkiller. Quite a fine little tool. Just realize that it will kill links that you do want. A quick shift+click or control+click will override it. I recommend you set the audible alert so that you'll realize when it's stopping you doing something. http://download.cnet.com/downloads/0-10059-100-7834804.html