# Nike Football Popup Annoyances

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nike-football-popup-annoyances/212770>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [November 12, 2003, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nike-football-popup-annoyances/212770 "2003-11-12T06:07:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nike-football-popup-annoyances/212770/1 "2003-11-12T06:07:17Z")

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I guess these aren’t regular popups because my Pop-up blocker doesn’t stop them. They are loud, annoying and seemingly appear on every sports related page on the web.

URGH.

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**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nike-football-popup-annoyances/212770/2 "2003-11-12T06:33:03Z")

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Have you tried switching your browser to a decent one like Mozzila/Firebird or Opera?? I use Firebird, and I NEVER get pop-ups. Also, the tabbed browsing rocks, and unlike that POS Internet Explorer, these browser proberly display CSS style sheets and \*.png files.

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**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nike-football-popup-annoyances/212770/3 "2003-11-12T06:54:45Z")

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However, Firebird doesn’t do spellchecks though. 😉