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Old 10-06-2001, 01:12 AM   #1
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Have you guys seen those new popups with the fake "x" in the upper right corner?

I'm so annoyed by them. They put a fake "x" up in the right hand window so that you might click on the add by accident when you go to close the pop-up.

I gotta admit that it's pretty creative though. Who ever thought of it is an evil genius.
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Old 10-06-2001, 01:20 AM   #2
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Yeah, I hate the ads with "fake" buttons, scrollbars, and textboxes that fool people into clicking them.
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Old 10-06-2001, 02:10 AM   #3
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Who ever thought of it is an evil genius.
It sounds more like a deceptive annoyance. It kind of reminds me of the spam e-mail with the misleading subject headings.
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Old 10-06-2001, 04:49 AM   #4
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Netscape with javascript off.

What's a popup ?
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Old 10-06-2001, 05:20 AM   #5
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I always use Ctrl-W to close a popup. Super fast, and never fails.
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Old 10-06-2001, 11:45 AM   #6
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I don't suppose using ctrl w will stop it from popping back up again though will it? And yaeh, I've run into the fake x's on the pop ups what a friggin annoyance.
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