[Mccoypottery-talk] OT re: pop-up windows, was: About.com

[BarbCrews]

Also regarding Pop-ups.
I recently downloaded a new tool bar that has a pop-up stopper in that 
works fantastic. It's on my laptop.. will look and see what it is. I 
thought it was Google, but not sure.
bc

t 05:07 PM 7/23/03 -0500, you wrote:
>If you want to close a window before it finishes loading, you first need 
>to click on the 'X' --- the "stop" button. I use a current version of 
>Netscape. I have it set (in the preferences) to not load pop-up windows. 
>Before I had that feature, I would use Crtl-W (or was it Alt-W  ?)  to 
>quickly/automatically close a pop-up window --- no need to use the mouse. 
>Although I don't know a lot about software, I'm sure this would work with 
>IE, too. (I don't think the Ctrl-W thing has anything to do with a 
>specific browser. I think it works with any/all windows).
>
>At 01:57 PM 7/23/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>>The one thing I don't like about About.com is their pop ups in other web 
>>sites. If I try to close them before they fully load, they lock up my 
>>computer and I have to reboot.
>>
>>LeeAnn
>
>Barbara Crews
>A Raggedy Ann in a Barbie Doll World!
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