finescale.com's pop-ups

AH1Wsnake

Member since
December 2002
From: Modeling anything with "MARINES" on the side.

finescale.com's pop-ups

Posted by AH1Wsnake on Saturday, February 5, 2005 1:44 AM

Ok, flame me if you want, but is anybody else really tired of the pop-ups that occur every time you get to finescale.com? I don't really need to see the ad for the Diorama Annual several times a day when I log on. Can't it just be located on the side column of the homepage like the rest of the ads?

"There are only two kinds of people that understand Marines: Marines and those who have met them in battle. Everyone else has a second-hand opinion."

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, February 5, 2005 1:53 AM

No popups here, but than I have set my Opera browser to suppress all unwanted popups. Let them put as many as they want on their sites I ain't seeing them. Approve [^]

If you are still using IE, get rid of it NOW. Big Smile [:D]

Most decent browsers will allow you to suppres popups and other nasties.

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Foster7155

Member since
July 2003
From: Pensacola, FL

Posted by Foster7155 on Saturday, February 5, 2005 2:05 AM

Never seen the pop-up.

I use IE (and like it BTW) and never have problems with pop-ups.

Robert Foster

Pensacola Modeleers

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, February 5, 2005 3:11 AM

i get the special issue pop-up every time I hit the site.

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, February 5, 2005 3:59 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by Foster7155
I use IE (and like it BTW) and never have problems with pop-ups.

Like it or not, it is a MAJOR security risk. Wink [;)]

As are most of the other Microsoft packages.

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rjkplasticmod

Member since
February 2003
From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State

Posted by rjkplasticmod on Saturday, February 5, 2005 9:49 AM

No pop ups on mine.

Regards, Rick

RICK

At My Age, I've Seen It All, Done It All, But I Don't Remember It All...

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Woody

Member since
December 2002
From: Third rock from the sun.

Posted by Woody on Saturday, February 5, 2005 11:23 AM

I haven't had a pop-up on FSM (or any other site for that matter) for over a year. I really like my Yahoo pop-up blocker.

" I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way." --John Paul Jones

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AH1Wsnake

Member since
December 2002
From: Modeling anything with "MARINES" on the side.

Posted by AH1Wsnake on Saturday, February 5, 2005 12:06 PM

Actually, the FSM site is about the only one that I have a problem with a pop-up coming up all the time. I don't know why I can't block it.

"There are only two kinds of people that understand Marines: Marines and those who have met them in battle. Everyone else has a second-hand opinion."

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grandadjohn

Member since
February 2003
From: phoenix

Posted by grandadjohn on Saturday, February 5, 2005 1:31 PM

Mine blocks just fine(have two) one with microsoft and one with my ISP, blocks all of them

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Kolja94

Member since
December 2002
From: Oak Harbor, WA

Posted by Kolja94 on Sunday, February 6, 2005 12:00 AM

I use firefox - no popups anywhere. Before that when I was using IE, I used the popup blocker from my ISP (earthlink), so I haven't had any popup worries for quite some time.

Karl

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Rob Gronovius

Member since
December 2002
From: Fort Knox

Posted by Rob Gronovius on Sunday, February 6, 2005 12:04 AM

The subscribe pop-up is the main reason why I avoid the homepage. I already subscribe and anyone who thinks those pop-up ads are a good idea needs to be flogged.

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, February 7, 2005 5:52 PM

First of all- download Mozilla Firefox avaiable from :
http://www.mozilla.org/
It's a lot more sucure and it has a great built-in pop-up blocker. I haven't seen a popup since I downloaded it.

But, I agree about the pop-ups. I would like to see them go.

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zokissima

Member since
July 2003
From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Posted by zokissima on Tuesday, February 8, 2005 7:32 AM

I get the popup at work here and there. It doesn't occur all the time, but even once seems stupid. With the rest of the adds plastered around the page, why go through the annoyance of having another window, when that one add can just go on the main page. I mean, they're hawking their own wares, so why the separate window. I've never been quite able to understand that path of thinking.

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, February 9, 2005 2:54 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by Model Museum

No popups here, but than I have set my Opera browser to suppress all unwanted popups. Let them put as many as they want on their sites I ain't seeing them.

If you are still using IE, get rid of it NOW.
Most decent browsers will allow you to suppres popups and other nasties.

Same here as far as no pop-ups. I use Slimbrowser, and love it, very cusomizeable and does a great job with pop-ups. Tabed browsing is also another benifit, 6 sites open at once, like now. I think Slimbrowser is IE based but I haven't had any problems since I switched. So many good browsers out there besides IE, who wouldn' t want more security, more flexibility, and multi-tasking capabilities? Look around for somthing else.

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, February 9, 2005 7:12 PM

Using Firefox also, with the optional Adblock installed. No popup issues, on the other hand most Micro$oft sites get really cranky unless I go back and use IE.

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