Posted by Neredbojias on 05/04/06 21:25

To further the education of mankind, Stewart Gordon <smjg_1998@yahoo.com>
vouchsafed:

> arbpen wrote:
> <snip>
>> The reason I am posting is because I would like to give my boss some
>> kind of hard proof that people really don't like pop-ups, hard numbers
>> from a survey or poll. My saying "but the are x-trillion pop-up blocker
>> programs" does not work. Please understand, I am not asking this group
>> to post likes and dislikes - I need opinions from Joe Average Internet
>> User. Short of setting up a focus group, does anyone have links to
>> such information?
> <snip>
>
> You can't meaningfully just ask someone, "Do you like popups?" It's
> bound to depend on a number of factors, for example:
>
> - Are you talking about adverts, parts of the website's user interface
> or something else?
>
> - Do they appear automatically on page load, when the user follows a
> link or in some other circumstance?
>
> - Does the website still work if a popup blocker is installed?
>
> - Do the links still work if JavaScript is disabled?
>
> - Do the links still work if the user selects the Open in New Window/Tab
> command?

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Neredbojias
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