# Worst. Popup. Ever. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 9, 2003, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-popup-ever/147631 "2003-01-09T23:57:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Early\_Out](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Early\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Early_Out)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-popup-ever/147631/21 "2003-01-10T15:20:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by El Elvis Rojo \* > \*\*F11 and Alt-F4 sound like good ideas for Windows…but what if you’re working on a Mac? \*\* Well, according to Apple’s recent TV ads, a Mac is so easy and intuitive to use, I would guess that you only have to _desire_ to have the popup window close, and it would be gone. Right? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Cobalt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8491ac/32.png) [@Cobalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cobalt)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-popup-ever/147631/22 "2003-01-10T18:46:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by El Elvis Rojo \* > \*\*F11 and Alt-F4 sound like good ideas for Windows…but what if you’re working on a Mac? \*\* If you’re using IE, just hit ‘cmd-w’ a bunch of times to close the top-most window – I can usually keep ahead of the cascading pop-ups. Or switch browsers and use the new Safari or OmniWeb or Mozilla or…you get the idea. They all have some option to disable pop-ups that you don’t want (i.e., those that you don’t click for don’t get allowed to open). ---
**Author:** ![Benanuel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f14d63/32.png) [@Benanuel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Benanuel)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-popup-ever/147631/23 "2003-01-10T21:01:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by El Elvis Rojo \* > \*\*F11 and Alt-F4 sound like good ideas for Windows…but what if you’re working on a Mac? \*\* Then use Command+w, which closes the current/focused/highlighted window. ---
**Author:** ![Siddhartha\_Vicious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@Siddhartha\_Vicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siddhartha_Vicious)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2003, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-popup-ever/147631/24 "2003-01-10T21:31:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Already in Use \* > \*\*Yeah, the inventor of that goddamn thing will be pretty glad that it’s the “World’s Tiniest Camera”… when I FIND HIM AND RAM IT UP HIS FAT ASS!!! \*\* That’s a roll of film you wouldn’t want developed. ---
**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-popup-ever/147631/25 "2003-01-13T01:24:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by OpalCat \* > \*\*I don’t like popup stoppers because they use resources. I run this thing into the ground as it is. For the most part, popups aren’t a big problem–I have lightning fingers and can close them pretty damned fast 😉 \*\* There’s a commercial where you think this guy is playing video games on his computer but he’s actually closing popups excitedly. I think it’s funny. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-popup-ever/147631/26 "2003-01-13T02:30:04Z")
I had a pop-up yesterday that was a “Cannot read server”! BWAHAHA! Not only was that company evil, they were stupid! ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-popup-ever/147631/27 "2003-01-13T03:25:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by OpalCat \* > \*\*I don’t like popup stoppers because they use resources. I run this thing into the ground as it is. For the most part, popups aren’t a big problem–I have lightning fingers and can close them pretty damned fast 😉 \*\* **Opal** : try [www.proxomitron.org](http://www.proxomitron.org) It’s a teeny, tiny little program that is a proxy server that almost completely kills pop-ups (and does all sorts of other things, like stopping bad-java crap, the \< blink \> command, kills sites that play music, etc), and is completely user configurable via a text-file so you have complete control over what it kills and doesn’t. I’ve never once even noticed it as a drain on resources. It takes nearly no RAM. I can’t recommend it highly enough: best damned program I use. And, not that I’d _ever_ go to porno sites, being all shy and delicate an’ stuff (_are you buying this?_), but I’ve heard that you can also press the Windows key on your keyboard to bring your taskbar to the front. Then you can just right-click, close on each offending window’s task bar icon. Not that I’d know from personal experience or anything. 😃 Fenris ---
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-popup-ever/147631/28 "2003-01-13T03:35:03Z")
Ctrl+Esc also brings up the start menu. But Alt+F4 is the way to go. Between Alt+Tab, Alt+Shift+Tab, Alt+F4, Alt+Space then whatever letter, I never touch windows or taskbars. Love it. I HATE HATE HATE using the mouse to perform tasks like shifting focus, either between windows, or to elements in a window. USE TAB STOPS PEOPLE. That is all. ---
**Author:** ![japatlgt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df705f/32.png) [@japatlgt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/japatlgt)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2003, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-popup-ever/147631/29 "2003-01-13T04:01:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pkbites \* > \*\*In the future, moments after the last telemarketer is burned at the stake, we’ll rekindle the fire and go after people/companies that use pop ups! \*\* I’ll bring the marshmallows ! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-popup-ever/147631.md?page=1)