[Javascript] window.open() not working in onLoad() of Mozilla 1.5

[David Lovering]

Pop-up ads are the electronic equivalent of billboards along the road:
annoying, ubiquitous, and ineffective by virtue of their very number and
inescapability (is that a word?).  The human brain has a wonderful ability
to tune out persistant background noise, however unpleasant.  I recall a few
years ago a company whose business plan called for them to paint the skies
above metropolitan areas with laser-drawn ads on the bottom of the inversion
layer.  The only reason it got shot down was because the Federal
Transportation folks thought that there was some risk of blinding pilots
passing through them -- not because the sky was the last unspoiled view
available to most city dwellers.

-- Dave Lovering

P.S.:  I hope the clown who thought of using window.open() calls for pop-up
ads and the idiot that designed the concept of billboards have adjacent
cells in the hot-place, although their demonstrated lack of aesthetic
sensitivity probably will prevent them from realizing the true horror of
their situation.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Dougherty" <mdougherty at pbp.com>
To: "[JavaScript List]" <javascript at LaTech.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 4:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Javascript] window.open() not working in onLoad() of Mozilla
1.5


> >display ads (damn you ESPN - you're no longer the leader in sports, but
> >rather the leader in annoying ads), then I may just have to disable
> >JavaScript altogether.
>
>    I think at that point it'd be better to boycott the site.
>
> I read an article recently about how banner ads have lost their
effectiveness compared with pop-up
> ads, but the pop-ups will actively drive people away while the banners are
passively ignored.  I
> wonder how much money was spent on the fact-finding analysis of what
amounts to the conclusion of
> "Duh"
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