# Popup ads that you have to wait to close? WTF!?!? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 28, 2011, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popup-ads-that-you-have-to-wait-to-close-wtf/601024 "2011-10-28T00:14:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popup-ads-that-you-have-to-wait-to-close-wtf/601024/1 "2011-10-28T00:14:31Z")
Just had my first one, for Domino’s Pizza, when I opened the SDMB. In tiny little words an attached box graciously informed me, “You may close this ad in 7 seconds,” and then counted down from there. Grrrr! How long until we have popups that we can’t close at all, or can’t move out of the way? ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popup-ads-that-you-have-to-wait-to-close-wtf/601024/2 "2011-10-28T01:08:23Z")
I don’t know, but an ad like that would put the product or service on my Permanent Ban List. I would not spend a cent on it again. ---
**Author:** ![Snow\_Pea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Snow\_Pea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snow_Pea)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popup-ads-that-you-have-to-wait-to-close-wtf/601024/3 "2011-10-28T01:57:31Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Just had my first one, for Domino’s Pizza, when I opened the SDMB. In tiny little words an attached box graciously informed me, “You may close this ad in 7 seconds,” and then counted down from there. Grrrr! How long until we have popups that we can’t close at all, or can’t move out of the way? There are ads here? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popup-ads-that-you-have-to-wait-to-close-wtf/601024/4 "2011-10-28T03:07:15Z")
> [@Snow\_Pea](#): > > There are ads here? 😕 It popped up when I went to [straightdope.com](http://straightdope.com). Doesn’t happen very often. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popup-ads-that-you-have-to-wait-to-close-wtf/601024/5 "2011-10-28T03:15:21Z")
> [@Snow\_Pea](#): > > There are ads here? 😕 On the home page, not the message boards. And being a paid-up SDMB member doesn’t stop you from seeing these. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popup-ads-that-you-have-to-wait-to-close-wtf/601024/6 "2011-10-28T03:25:22Z")
I do not see ads here at all. I heart Adblock Plus. ---
**Author:** ![Fish\_Cheer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fish_cheer/32/17179_2.png) [@Fish\_Cheer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish_Cheer)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popup-ads-that-you-have-to-wait-to-close-wtf/601024/7 "2011-10-28T05:37:40Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > I do not see ads here at all. Or anywhere. > [@](#): > > I heart Adblock Plus. ---
**Author:** ![Sleel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Sleel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleel)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popup-ads-that-you-have-to-wait-to-close-wtf/601024/8 "2011-10-28T07:44:36Z")
And that’s why I always run ad blockers. I have a whitelist for sites that I want to support that have unobtrusive ads. The revenue they get is minuscule, but helps a bit. They have to earn the right to get that support from me though, by having: 1) good content that I want to continue to read or view; 2) trust; and related to 2, 3) ads that don’t suck. I’m more likely to support the site directly by buying merchandise, or even just donating a few bucks with nothing in return than I am to willingly view ads. Any site with ads that are obnoxious enough to circumvent an ad blocker isn’t a site I want to patronize. There have been a couple of places with popups that even AdBlock didn’t take care of. I closed those windows as fast as possible and never knowingly navigated to one of those sites again. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popup-ads-that-you-have-to-wait-to-close-wtf/601024/9 "2011-10-28T07:48:55Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > I do not see ads here at all. > > I **heart** Adblock Plus. (emphasis added) [aside] Was there some reason we don’t or can’t have a smilie-like “heart” icon? (And perhaps a similar but negative one, having a “heart” with a slash through it?) [/aside] ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popup-ads-that-you-have-to-wait-to-close-wtf/601024/10 "2011-10-28T07:57:10Z")
> [@Sleel](#): > > \ > > Any site with ads that are obnoxious enough to circumvent an ad blocker isn’t a site I want to patronize. There have been a couple of places with popups that even AdBlock didn’t take care of. I closed those windows as fast as possible and never knowingly navigated to one of those sites again. As I’ve mentioned occasionally before, I habitually run my browser with JavaScript disabled. This strategy alone blocks a tremendous amount of obnoxious behavior, while leaving largely intact the things I mostly want. There are only occasional things that I really really want to have working right that don’t work with JS blocked. I only enable JS when I know I’m going to need it, like for web sites where I pay on-line bills or order things. Even here on SDMB, things _mostly_ work good enough with JS blocked, although I can’t open spoilers. On the contrary, some web sites (Yahoo for one) have become so JS intensive that nearly _nothing_ works without it – their new Yahoo Mail is totally unusable without it – and an ever-increasing amount of obnoxious behavior is there and unavoidable. Even such basics as the “sign-out” link won’t work without JS :smack:. And if I have several pages open in several tabs with JS enabled, there is so much JS running that my whole machine grinds to a halt. My solution: Moved nearly ALL my e-mail business to a major provider elsewhere. ---
**Author:** ![King\_Bobo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c68b51/32.png) [@King\_Bobo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/King_Bobo)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popup-ads-that-you-have-to-wait-to-close-wtf/601024/11 "2011-10-28T10:14:40Z")
What about those annoying “reverse” ads that have you click on “OK” to quit or “cancel” to continue - they really bust my buttons. Took me a number of times to catch on - maybe I’m slow or something, but they got me quite a few times. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popup-ads-that-you-have-to-wait-to-close-wtf/601024/12 "2011-10-28T11:15:43Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > As I’ve mentioned occasionally before, I habitually run my browser with JavaScript disabled. This strategy alone blocks a tremendous amount of obnoxious behavior, while leaving largely intact the things I mostly want. There are only occasional things that I really really want to have working right that don’t work with JS blocked. I only enable JS when I know I’m going to need it, like for web sites where I pay on-line bills or order things. Even here on SDMB, things _mostly_ work good enough with JS blocked, although I can’t open spoilers. You may like [noscript](http://noscript.net/), which let’s you specify the use of JavaScript for individual sites. It’s much more convenient than disabling/enabling JS each time in the browser settings.