> > > Um... why waste time and money on popup
> > elimination programs? Simply turn off
> > Javascript interpretation from your browser.
> > This stops *ALL* Javascript, and without
> > Javascript, you can't make popups. Thankfully.
> >
> > 1. The pop-up blocker I downloaded was free.
>
> It still cost you time.

Oh, but going and finding the appropriate option in the labyrinth that is the IE options menu is programmed with some sort of reverse time machine, so that it doesn't cost you time, right? In fact, by fiddling with all of that, you actually gain ten minutes! It's like magic.

> > 3. If it stopped all javascript, then it would stop
> > the javascript that I like and appreciate and
> > use regularly as well as the kind that makes
> > the pop-ups pop up.
>
> I was aware of this, but you said you were annoyed by popups during Murkon's Refuge, and Murkon's Refuge doesn't use Javascript.

Yeah, but it seems to me to be easier to not have to freaking toggle javascript on and off all the time. A popup blocker makes sense in IE -- it stops *only* the unwanted javascript. Until Microsoft implements intelligent javascript handling (allowing you to disable only unrequested windows, like most modern browsers), I think this is the best solution for Grishny.

Stephen