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

[Loretta A. Payne-Nelson]

Mark:  where is it in preferences?????

Mark Jennings 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 
>