> On Thursday, Jun 5, 2003, at 15:06 US/Pacific, I-Lin Kuo > wrote: >> I'm pretty sure these are flash. It's not a new window >> that pops up, it's an animated ad overlaying the >> content.
> Ah, OK. Then it's not a "pop-up". The Flash ad is already > embedded in > the page and uses transparent mode to appear 'over' the > HTML. I hadn't > thought they were very common. Yahoo! is about the only > place I've seen > them and the browser detection on Yahoo! only served those > types of ads > for IE last I checked. So the solution is still move to > another browser > :) I can't remember the name of it offhand, but there's a technical website that I find in google searches fairly frequently that displays these sorts of adds. I believe they're usually html, but I know I've seen at least one of them done with Flash. It's probably doable with the dhtml / css in Netscape and possibly in Moz. ... I know it wouldn't work in Opera thanks to the lack of DOM support, although my understanding is that later versions of Opera will change that. I suspect there will be lots of (mostly failed) attempts at much more complex "popup" blockers as time passes. s. isaac dealey 972-490-6624 new epoch http://www.turnkey.to lead architect, tapestry cms http://products.turnkey.to tapestry api is opensource http://www.turnkey.to/tapi certified advanced coldfusion 5 developer http://www.macromedia.com/v1/handlers/index.cfm?ID=21816 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
