Pop up blockers

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Wed Jan 18, 2006 7:46 pm

What's a good one to use? The pop ups seem to be getting worse. I've ran scans through Microsoft, Ad-Aware and Spybot Search and Destroy...all found no problems or threats, so I guess that's good.

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 9:05 pm

Firefox...do you use it?

Jimmy Medalions · Post by **Jimmy Medalions** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 9:25 pm

^^ What he said.

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Wed Jan 18, 2006 10:26 pm

PSUFAN wrote:Firefox...do you use it?

I am now.

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 3:51 am

popup blocking is fairly complete with firefox. You'll never have a luther PM pop up again, unless you add him to the OK list.

Sky · Post by **Sky** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 2:59 pm

Yeah, I love Firefox, it is so much better than IE. Does anyone use their mail client Thunderbird?

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 3:00 pm

yep...swear by it.

SG's Son · Post by **SG's Son** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 11:19 pm

I can't access "favorites" as easily in Firefox as I can in IE. Is there a way to configure it to make it easier?

Shlomart Ben Yisrael · Thu Jan 19, 2006 11:40 pm

You should bookmark your favourites.

Bookmarks--->Bookmark this page--->Add

If you you go to "manage bookmarks", you can create subfolders of bookmarked favourites, like if you wanted them in categories.

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 5:16 am

CTRL-B, or the "bookmark" button at top...just like with IE.

Sky · Post by **Sky** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 5:55 pm

PSUFAN wrote:yep...swear by it.

What email client did you hook up with it? I ask only because I use the traditionals (yahoo,hotmail) and couldn't get them hooked up. Do I need a premium acct or whatever?

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 6:00 pm

You can use T-Bird to connect up with webmail services like yahoo, hotmail, and gmail...but I'm not sure why I'd do that.

If you have a company email account, I'd use it in that situation.

I have several "official" accounts that I need to check. I have them all configured to be checked by T-Bird. I also forward a copy of everything I get in all accounts to a gmail account.

Sky · Post by **Sky** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 6:21 pm

PSUFAN wrote: I also forward a copy of everything I get in all accounts to a gmail account.

Why do you do this, just for record keeping?

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 7:15 pm

yes...and for when I am not in the presence of my computer, but must check mail.

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Fri Jan 20, 2006 8:04 pm

Thanks. It has been working great. I've known of Firefox, but never really had a reason to switch browsers until recently.

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 8:09 pm

recommended extensions:

Paste Quote
AdBlock
BBCode
Web Developer

Shlomart Ben Yisrael · Fri Jan 20, 2006 11:05 pm

PSUFAN wrote:recommended extensions:

Paste Quote
AdBlock
BBCode
Web Developer

ForecastFox
Magpie (not compatible with ver. 1.5 yet
:cry: )
New Tab Homepage
TabBrowser Preferences