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TheWizardTheWizard Join Date: 2002-12-11 Member: 10553Members, Constellation
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<div class="IPBDescription">You know em, and hate em.</div> Arrgh, I simply hate clicking on a link and realizing too late that it is something from Geocities, Tripod, or any of the other of the ad driven websites. Instantly I am hit by about 400 popup ads and built in page ads. In the process some of the real websites I was viewing are reloaded with ads and in my mad rush to stop the popups the page I was viewing is gone.

The point of this post? Just trying to vent some anger and encourage my fellow internet users to let us know that the link they are posting is from one of these sites.

Anyone with similar experience?
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  • Nil_IQNil_IQ Join Date: 2003-04-15 Member: 15520Members
    Yes.

    I hate them too.

    What more can I say really?
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  • p4Samwisep4Samwise Join Date: 2002-12-15 Member: 10831Members
    Tried using a popup blocker?
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  • ThePhilipsThePhilips Join Date: 2002-09-09 Member: 1302Members
    those sucks.
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  • CForresterCForrester P0rk(h0p Join Date: 2002-10-05 Member: 1439Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin--Nomble+Jul 2 2003, 05:31 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Nomble @ Jul 2 2003, 05:31 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> those sucks. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    <a href='http://www.admuncher.com' target='_blank'>http://www.admuncher.com</a>
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  • 0blique0blique Join Date: 2003-05-18 Member: 16477Members
    You can also check the sticky at the top of this forum.
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  • NecroticNecrotic Big Girl&#39;s Blouse Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 53Members, NS1 Playtester
    Or use opera instead of internet explorer...
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  • RPG_JssmfulhudRPG_Jssmfulhud Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 4006Members
    Or read the sticky in this forum...
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  • DreadDread Join Date: 2002-07-24 Member: 993Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Necrotic+Jul 2 2003, 11:57 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Necrotic @ Jul 2 2003, 11:57 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Or use opera instead of internet explorer... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Praise the word!
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  • p4Samwisep4Samwise Join Date: 2002-12-15 Member: 10831Members
    Opera is a false god - it promises the world, and then gives you the Blue Screen of Damnation!

    (At least that's what it did to me when I first installed it - crash, crash, BSoD. Even flakier than Nutscrape. It might have gotten stabler since then, but I was so turned off I haven't bothered to go find out.)
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  • InfinityXInfinityX Join Date: 2003-04-07 Member: 15275Members
    It's the most stable browser I've used. I usually have around 10 tabs open at any one time and I experience no slowdown and no crashes.
    All mozilla based browsers I've tried crash within 2 minutes of bidding on ebay without fail <!--emo&:angry:--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/mad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='mad.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    Other solution: Disconnect, close popups, reconnect.<!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • moultanomoultano Creator of ns_shiva. Join Date: 2002-12-14 Member: 10806Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Gold, NS2 Community Developer, Pistachionauts
    Mozilla Firebird is teh shizzle
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  • TenebraeTenebrae Join Date: 2002-09-16 Member: 1321Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--lolfighter+Jul 3 2003, 01:04 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (lolfighter @ Jul 3 2003, 01:04 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Other solution: Disconnect, close popups, reconnect.<!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Doesn't work if you have a permanent connection (Broadband for example). just sigh, put up with it and go find it again in the history folder if you close it by accident.
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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    Screw opera, MyIE is the best. No bugs whatsoever, multiple tabbing windows/pages, a perfect popup blocker, and customizability up the wazoo. And it's freeware.
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  • SoulSkorpionSoulSkorpion Join Date: 2002-04-12 Member: 423Members
    Proxomitron is either a placebo, or not configured properly with my limited knowledge :/
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  • ZelZel Join Date: 2003-01-27 Member: 12861Members
    edited July 2003
    /me loves his properly configured proxomitron.

    no popups. ever. and when outlook tries to open an email in a new window i have to rightclick it and go "disable for ten seconds" so soemtimes it will screw with webpages, but thats half the fun, yahoo sets aside half their main mail page for a flash ad and all thats in it are the tiny red letters proxomitron puts there "[Ad]"

    you gotta make sure you told IE to read on its port for localhost 8080 proxy
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  • RPG_JssmfulhudRPG_Jssmfulhud Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 4006Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Zel+Jul 4 2003, 05:18 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Zel @ Jul 4 2003, 05:18 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> /me loves his properly configured proxomitron.

    no popups. ever. and when outlook tries to open an email in a new window i have to rightclick it and go "disable for ten seconds" so soemtimes it will screw with webpages, but thats half the fun, yahoo sets aside half their main mail page for a flash ad and all thats in it are the tiny red letters proxomitron puts there "[Ad]"

    you gotta make sure you told IE to read on its port for localhost 8080 proxy <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Ditto! <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • Marik_SteeleMarik_Steele To rule in hell... Join Date: 2002-11-20 Member: 9466Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--[p4]Samwise+Jul 2 2003, 06:35 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> ([p4]Samwise @ Jul 2 2003, 06:35 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Opera is a false god - it promises the world, and then gives you the Blue Screen of Damnation!

    (At least that's what it did to me when I first installed it - crash, crash, BSoD. Even flakier than Nutscrape. It might have gotten stabler since then, but I was so turned off I haven't bothered to go find out.) <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    What OS are you on? I've had no such troubles with Opera since I started using it, version 5-point-somethingOrOther. It's up to 7.11 now, and blocks popups just as well as ever.
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  • ConfuzorConfuzor Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 2412Awaiting Authorization
    I am so glad to get proxomitron back and running; the only thing that gets through once in awhile is some bloody "Do you want to install such-and-such plugin?"; but other than that, a perfect job.
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  • MajinMajin Join Date: 2003-05-29 Member: 16829Members, Constellation
    But what about the ad's that can't be stopped by pop up stopper, the ones like that Gator crap and the Gohit stuff, that takes over your IE and you can never clean it out!
    AHHHHHH
    Can't they just put ads in my dreams instead of my web pages! It got to the point that I would rather stab my self in the eye with a flaming q-tip, then take the chance of opening a site where my web pages get taken over!
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  • GlissGliss Join Date: 2003-03-23 Member: 14800Members, Constellation, NS2 Map Tester
    <!--QuoteBegin--TychoCelchuuu+Jul 4 2003, 07:33 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (TychoCelchuuu @ Jul 4 2003, 07:33 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> tabbing windows/pages <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Give me this magic IE.
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  • That_Annoying_KidThat_Annoying_Kid Sire of Titles Join Date: 2003-03-01 Member: 14175Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin--Dread+Jul 2 2003, 03:54 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Dread @ Jul 2 2003, 03:54 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--Necrotic+Jul 2 2003, 11:57 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Necrotic @ Jul 2 2003, 11:57 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Or use opera instead of internet explorer... <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Praise the word! <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    me praises
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  • ZeroByteZeroByte Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 3057Members
    Gah. Switch your browsers to an alternative browser already. Firebird, Mozilla, Opera, all of those browsers are a lottttt better than IE. Also, IE frontends just mean your adding more memory bulk to IE...

    Dunno about proximitron, but I reckon a good old properly updated HOSTS file would do the same thing really..
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  • UnknownUnknown Join Date: 1970-01-01 Member:
    <!--QuoteBegin--[p4]Samwise+Jul 2 2003, 06:35 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> ([p4]Samwise @ Jul 2 2003, 06:35 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Opera is a false god - it promises the world, and then gives you the Blue Screen of Damnation!

    (At least that's what it did to me when I first installed it - crash, crash, BSoD. Even flakier than Nutscrape. It might have gotten stabler since then, but I was so turned off I haven't bothered to go find out.) <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    hahaha... nutscrape. never heard that one before.

    shameless relevance plug: i hate popups too.
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  • NecroticNecrotic Big Girl&#39;s Blouse Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 53Members, NS1 Playtester
    I love opera so much i've forgotten the need for women..ok so I lie but its pretty damn hawt. in fact its so damn good im even considering registering it (which on my wage packet is no small feat ;D)

    If you don't wanna move to a good browser and are determined to stick with IE I recommend glancing at the kazaalite website (DISCLAIMER - I am in NO WAY suggesting you use kazaalite it defies the pure beauty that is the RIAA who supports all the poor millionaire artists who continue to produce pointless crappy music, where would we be without them /DISCLAIMER) and checking the host file edits they suggest.
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  • BigMadSteveBigMadSteve Join Date: 2003-02-12 Member: 13472Members
    I just use Pop-up stopper by Panicware. It doesn't allow <b>anything</b> associated with Internet Explorer pop-up. You have to hold in Ctrl when you wan't it disabled. Good piece though. Get it from www.download.com
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  • SoulSkorpionSoulSkorpion Join Date: 2002-04-12 Member: 423Members
    I think the reason why Proxomitron has forsaken me is that my computer connects to the 'net through another computer on the network. Anyone have any suggestions on how to get it working?
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