>From: "Gary Nunn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Brin-L) >Subject: Hijacking the desktop - was SCOUTED: the indestructible sandwich >Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 09:53:24 -0400 > > > > The army sandwich that can last three years > > > > http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/04/11/w > > sand11.xml > >This page is a good example of an annoying trend that web developers have >taken by hijacking your desktop to force you to read their advertisements. >As with this page, you have no choice but to allow their animations to >complete before you can view the page. > >Yahoo also has an annoying method. If you read Yahoo Groups messages >online, >about every third message Yahoo forces you to click through one of their >advertising banners to get to the message. > >Gary >
Personally, I like the way Salon.com handled it. Join up, pay for membership and never see an ad (pop-up or otherwise) on any of their pages ever again. The news is much more enjoyable without things blinking and flashing at you all the time. Jon _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.
