She's mad as hell and she ain't gonna take it no more. Tammy Kendrick was so annoyed with pop-ups and pop-under popping away her time that she calculated what they cost and sent an invoice to the advertising company. When they refused to pay it, she built BanPopups.com.
"I estimate that PopUp advertising windows cost employers, on average, $160 per employee per year. There are real costs involved, not just the general 'frustration factor' nearly all Web users report," says Tammy Kendrick. "I figured out what it cost me, then sent a bill to an online advertising company whose adware had caused some real problems for me."
The website BanPopUpAds.com wants to initiate a class action lawsuit. It also includes a PopUp-ad-free "safe list" that Web surfers can use to avoid the annoying ads. The cherry on top is the area where website owners can join in and become a "Certified BanPopUpAds.com Safe Site".
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hmmmm, maybe we should start a "ban idiots" class action lawsuit, as I'm sure idiots cost us more than $160 per year...
Hasn't Ms Kendrick of the great popup blocker???
OR is that too much work to turn on?
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Permalinkaye, if a blocker is too much work for her I suggest one easy move - switch to Firefox. ;)
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Permalinkor get a mac, and use safari or firefox. ah the choices.
OR stop visiting so many porn sites ;)
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PermalinkHafta agree with her that Popups and Popunders are super duper annoying though. It's not like I miss them. ;)
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PermalinkI'm glad someone is trying to do something to stop the flood of crap. It's quite limited and probably useless to get popups banned "in the US" though, the internet has no borders as we have seen with country legislations in regards to SPAM. It's not like Korea or China gives a fuck about some small law in Europe.
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