Huh? I get very few ads with IE and it has a clearly-marked pop-up blocker (which I use). Of course it may be reinforced by one or more toolbars imported from other sources, with their own blockers.
I know I say that to someone a whole lot more tech-savvy than I am, but your comment doesn’t fit my experience.
@Johanan Rakkav I suspect you may be confused about the difference between regular ads and pop-up ads.
When I view this page in Firefox with Adblock Plus, the only ad I see is for the Brewster Rockit book. When I view this page in IE, I see that, plus an ad for Jumbles, as well as an ad for Allstate Insurance and an ad for K12.com (some sort of child education program, I’m guessing).
All of these are “regular” ads, served up with the web page itself. In contrast, a pop-up ad opens a new browser window, which you have to close separately.
mrsullenbeauty over 13 years ago
What’s so great about that? Brewsky doesn’t do any of those things either.
dataweaver over 13 years ago
You also have to deal with viruses, worms, trojans, and all sorts of other nasty stuff.
zero over 13 years ago
While you’re there-ask NF why I didn’t get Friday Night Lights yet…
ksoskins over 13 years ago
Why don’t trojans protect you from being infected like they do in real life?
Sandfan over 13 years ago
Bottom line here is that even with the advanced science of the future, pop-ups are inevitable.
Dkram over 13 years ago
Is this guy related to MMMMax Headroooooom.
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Ray_C over 13 years ago
Funny…there’s a Netflix ad on this page, at least in my browser.
Little Miss Tink over 13 years ago
There’s an ad for the popular newspaper game “Jumble” on mine. That is, until I post this comment.
alan.gurka over 13 years ago
There goes Dr Mel (aka: Tim) with the product endorsements again! Can we flag a cartoonist?
Rakkav over 13 years ago
Not unless the cartoonist writes to us, as dr.mel sometimes does.
mjbdiver over 13 years ago
I hope this strip isn’t the future of advertising.
jpozenel over 13 years ago
He needs to install Adblock Plus. It works for me!
Rakkav over 13 years ago
Huh? I get very few ads with IE and it has a clearly-marked pop-up blocker (which I use). Of course it may be reinforced by one or more toolbars imported from other sources, with their own blockers.
I know I say that to someone a whole lot more tech-savvy than I am, but your comment doesn’t fit my experience.
Coyoty Premium Member over 13 years ago
You can’t do anything fun, either. No more bacon, beers, or babes.
CoBass over 13 years ago
@Johanan Rakkav I suspect you may be confused about the difference between regular ads and pop-up ads.
When I view this page in Firefox with Adblock Plus, the only ad I see is for the Brewster Rockit book. When I view this page in IE, I see that, plus an ad for Jumbles, as well as an ad for Allstate Insurance and an ad for K12.com (some sort of child education program, I’m guessing).
All of these are “regular” ads, served up with the web page itself. In contrast, a pop-up ad opens a new browser window, which you have to close separately.
Sherlock Watson over 13 years ago
Does he have access to porn sites?
trekkermint over 13 years ago
there are good free programs out there for ie go to download.com
CelticBCs over 13 years ago
So it’s his fault that I get all the Netflix popups when I log on to Go Comics. I never get them anywhere else.