Goofy Flashing Banner Ads

[SRT Driver]

I hate Flashing banner ads.

I'll never buy anything for a company that uses them especially LowerMyBills.com!

[ParaJoe]

Heaven forbid you have epilepsy and want to troll the internet. Ever where ya go those tings are going. Have you gotten the pop-up that flashes like that. Nothing like a midnight stroll on the net and then BANG, there it is, flashing, making all kinds of noise.

[Airic]

How bout those ones that try to trick you into clicking on them by using fake "X"s to kill the window or a form that you cant actually fill out.

[dajarrel]

I agree. I hate 'em.

I use Yahoo pop-up blocker with great success. It catches about 95% of them.

dj

[SiG Lady]

Long ago, before I slightly upgraded the office system here, the damn things used to even crash my system.

Oh, and what I really hate: Websites you go to that won't let you "Back" option to wherever you were before!!!! GAH!!! That feature oughta be outlawed!!!!

[Paule]

Actually, the redirector pages that hold you captive on a <Back> keystroke are illegal (as much as anything on the internet can be). If you report them to the Feds (FTC, if I recollect correctly), they will fine the folks using them.

[D.Hayden]

Paul... I'd have to see a written law on that one.. sounds a little urban myth to me..

If anyone had a link, I'd appreciate it

Edited November 29, 2005 by BerKim

[George]

There have evidently been rulings by the FTC on some specific scams using "Page-Jacking" and "Mouse-Trapping" techniques:

http://www.techlawjournal.com/internet/19991208.htm

But I have yet to find anything specifically forbidding "Mouse-Trapping" even though folks are being sued for using it in conjunction with other techniques:

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/2002/05/24/mo...rapping-ftc.htm

[Nolan]

Use the history(?) feature to defeat the captive page jerks. In IE click the little down arrow next to the Back button and you can scroll down the list to whatever previous page you want. I'm not sure how to do it in the other browsers.

Nolan

Remember go as fast as possible and take all unnecessary chances.

[SiG Lady]

Thank you. I keep forgetting about little conveniences like the 'history' pull-down. Just slipped my mind. Nice reminder.

I still hate the b**tards that do it. It's total B.S.

[shred]

I used to hate 'em. Then I got Firefox and the Adblock plug-in. Ok, I still hate 'em, but I don't see many anymore

[vincent]

I love Firefox. Everyone should give it a try. Firefox with the Adblock plugin is just superb. One word of warning if you visit lots of Flash based websites there is a bug in the current version of Adblock that keeps them from displaying at all. Hopefully this will be fixed soon.

[George]

If you run Windoze, FireFox with it's popup blocker enabled and the AdBlocker plug-in installed is the only way to surf safely and serenely. IE sux hind teat on all platforms.

[carinab]

If you run Windoze, FireFox with it's popup blocker enabled and the AdBlocker plug-in installed is the only way to surf safely and serenely. IE sux hind teat on all platforms.

Were you a Texan in another lifetime? 'Cos that sure do sound like one of the local colloquialisms from around these parts!