Re: TECH: Popup Window Woes

["S. Griffith" <afn11720@AFN.ORG>]

there is also a free program called popupkiller that was reviewed in our
local paper
theledger.com

you can do a search on google and find it but be sure to get the right
one by jump start with the lightening bolt, there is also a knock off that
comes up

Thanks for writing,
Sandy in Florida
Media Specialist, Mulberry Middle School
http://schools.polk.net/mms
afn11720@afn.org

I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to
please everyone - Bill Cosby

On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Robert Hiebert wrote:

> Hello,
>
> There may be no need to buy software to stop popup windows. Just go to the
> 'preferences' area of your browser (you didn't mention which you were using) and
> turn off the 'javascript' capabilities.
>
> In Netscape 6.2 you will find this under: Edit / Preferences / Advanced (just
> select the word 'advanced')
> I don't use the Explorer. If you are not the computer guru you should ask her
> how to do it.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Regards,
> Robert
>
>
> Robert Hiebert
> Librarian, Golden Secondary School, BC, Canada
> www.gsslibrary.net
> Fax: 250 344 7116
> library@gsslibrary.net
>
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>
> I have spent a rather frustrating afternoon working with my fourth graders
> on a countries of the world research project. I have created a webquest on
> my website with the links that I wanted kids to use so they would stay on
> task and not get lost.
> http://www.usd327.org/EES/EESlib/Countries%20WQpage.htm
>
> The students were supposed to look up their country and take notes on the
> information that they found.  Most of the afternoon, however, was spent
> closing up popup ad windows and getting kids out of ad sites that they
> mistakenly ended up in. Fortunately none of the ads were for inappropriate
> sites but both the kids and I were more frustrated than informed.
>
> I didn't remember this being a problem when I found the sites and made the
> web page. Did I pick poor sites?  Are there better ones?
>
> Does anyone know of a software program that will block unsolicited popup
> windows, preferably free or shareware.  A search of the internet found a few
> commercial sites but they were beyond our budget.
>
> Any suggestions on how to deal with this would be appreciated.
>
> Paula Bainter
> Library Media Specialist
> Ellsworth Elementary School
> 110 East 3rd Street
> Ellsworth, Kansas  67439
> 785-472-5554 Fax 785-472-8118
> pbainter@usd327.org
> http://www.usd327.org/EES/EESlib/index.htm
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