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To: velociraptor_ who wrote (94002)	7/12/2002 7:00:16 PM
From: TWICK	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 99280

Agree. Why should we have to run software to stop the pop-ups. If I want to buy something online, I go outside of SI. Also would be nice if SI would bring back some of the quote options they took away, such as the Profile, and Industry Group buttons. I found those useful. Twick

To: velociraptor_ who wrote (94002)	7/12/2002 7:35:07 PM
From: vpother	Respond to of 99280

velo and others ... if you're annoyed by the pop-ups .. this should cure that ... here are a few links that will opt you out of a majority of those annoying pop up ads ... some automatically put a cookie on your system to opt you out ... with the others, simply follow directions .. networkadvertising.org advertising.com avenueainc.com bluestreak.com download.cometsystems.com optout.doubleclick.net fastclick.com interpolls.com x10.com shouldn't take more than a few minutes to go through them ... going directly to the advertisers to opt out is a lot better than adding additional software which may or may not cause additional conficts with your system ... i go through these sites semi-annually and it works great ... see ya.

To: velociraptor_ who wrote (94002)	7/12/2002 7:36:28 PM
From: chainik	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 99280

Velo, Do you have anything against classic mode on SI? (preferences - options - classic). Not a single ad, fast. Good for message boards. Before I switched to classic mode, I could not read the messages because of pop ups. Disgusting. By the way, thanks for your input (Raptor's board). Very useful.

To: velociraptor_ who wrote (94002)	7/12/2002 11:24:54 PM
From: ProDeath	Respond to of 99280

If anyone is interested, the best thing I've found is called The Proxomitron ( proxomitron.cjb.net ), it rewrites the html on the fly and employs user-developed scripts to do so, so it is extensible as new webpage annoyances are introduced. It is quite stable on windows 2000 and can catch some invasive snooping/tracking code as well as killing ads. It took a bit a fiddling to setup just the way I wanted it, but the default configuration provided is highly effective on popups and some other webpage irritators as well. I haven't been able to kill all popups with it without affecting some sites that I want to let open additional windows, but it's been possible to configure it in a sort of "popups lite" mode that filters out most of the garbage and still lets my preferred sites operate normally.

To: velociraptor_ who wrote (94002)	7/13/2002 8:00:58 AM
From: Irene Lynn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 99280

helo velo...i am a lurker and noticed how many are talking about these pop up ads on si...i have been with si from the beginning 1975... i don't know the reason why but i don't get pop up ads...i just thought i'd share this with you that perhaps it's how we have it bookmarked? ..fwiw, all i know is i have "my favorites" going directly to "my bookmarks" on si..and i have never had one pop up ad nor do i have any software..i would be curious to know if anyone else has any pop up ads?..regards, irene