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Sherry looks at me, back at screen, shrugs, "Well, a pox on that website and all...we ain't gonna buy any books from that place, that's fer sure!" She looks at me again, "And you should be more careful who you deal with..." and stalks off, muttering about "crazies on net."
Hey, waddid I do? ;-[
Anyways, and while we're onna topic of pop-up boxes, if that ain't enough to put me off bein' a good Samaritan, very next day, I'm in a site about internet marketing, affiliate programs, MLM...you know stuff, right? (And, just for record, it wasn't this site, Online-Wealth, OK!) Niiice looking site, well laid out but nothing new for me, so I punch back button to get next site from SE...and then all hell breaks loose.
I tend to dislike pop-up boxes, don't you? Even at best of times, right? OK, lissen carefully, this is how it went: pop-up box is there, I hit 'x' to close (there is no CLOSE button - that shoulda been a clue, huh?), box disappears, but main page reloads as I watch...I hit back button, out pops same box, I hit 'x', pop-up pops off, main page reloads...I hit back button again, up jumps box, I punch 'x' again, box gone, main page reloads again...
What freakin' hey is goin here? So...desperately, viciously, finally, I hit 'x' on box and then top-right 'x' to close browser. Those guys at that website are either incredibly stupid...or they're being stupidly incredible. And maybe very devious, to boot!
So...reluctantly putting aside my first plan of sending zillions of pop-up boxes from my secret spammers mailbox, I get back into site - hey, I ain't scared to go where angels won't - and find an email address, to which I send a (very fast and big) rocket (actually, just about an ICBM!) describing to those turkeys precisely why I think they're script code needs re-working...or maybe even deep-sixing!
What was in pop-up box, you ask? Do you really care? Well, OK, it was another invitation to get a free site review and subscribe to an ezine. Big deal! (Hey, people, I don't need a pop-up box to tantalize me with your stupendous(?) offering...if I wanna subscribe, I'll subscribe...don't try to force me, OK?) Sheesh! ;-(
And, of course, after sending email from site, I got stuck again in pop-up loop before I finally got browser closed...sheesh, some guys never learn, right?
When I related alla this to She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed, she says, "Well, dear heart, let that be another lesson to you...you will insist on trying to tell dumb websites where they're goin' wrong. Why bother already?" She glares at me, but I detect a hint of a twinkle...
Until next time...mebbe.
Roger Burke has been involved with computers since 1967, and has managed to break quite a few, over the years. He, and his wife Sherry, are now actively engaged in online self-publishing and promoting specific affiliate programs at http://online-wealth.com . If you have any comments or questions about this article, please send emails to mailto:webmaster@online-wealth.com . Copyright 2001, Online-Wealth. All rights reserved.