David Tappin wrote: > I consider myself to be sensible Yes David, most of us are ... well, most of the time we are ;-) > and suppress pop ups as a rule but what's wrong with > setting up your browser to accept pop ups from SoG by exception > as I and no doubt many others do for sites that they choose to trust? I considered doing that, and then remembered that my browser of choice, although one of the first to allow pop-ups to be suppressed, doesn't allow me to be site specific about the pop-up action. That said, I wouldn't want to set up an exception list. There are thousands of sites that I trust and I'm not going get around to putting them all in an exception list ... but if I don't, the pop-ups are liable to be suppressed without my ever realizing there is something worth making an exception for. Clearly, I dislike pop-ups :-) ... but then Chris started out by classifying them as irritating and there are plenty of non-irritating ways of getting my attention - including an email to SoG-NEWS! I shall continue to ignore the flag my browser puts up to say that a pop-up has been suppressed. = Malcolm.

I am only the messenger - Malcolm's solution would mean scrolling down for the main navigation something even more people object too. Like or not our records show that lecture ticket sales go up with a pop-up - the addition of the travel message is temporary until we work out a workable alternative - I do use it sparingly more that can be said of the TNA whose pop-up is permanent . But the message needs to get to more than the several '00s people who are on the News distribution - the website gets between 1000 and 2000 user sessions per day about 30% go via the homepage. I will bear the comment in mind and see if there is another way but I assume I should avoid flashing lights or even worse sound! Chris At 22:17 22/07/2005, Malcolm Austen wrote: >David Tappin wrote: >>I consider myself to be sensible > >Yes David, most of us are ... well, most of the time we are ;-) > >>and suppress pop ups as a rule but what's wrong with > > setting up your browser to accept pop ups from SoG by exception >>as I and no doubt many others do for sites that they choose to trust? > >I considered doing that, and then remembered that my browser of choice, >although one of the first to allow pop-ups to be suppressed, doesn't allow >me to be site specific about the pop-up action. That said, I wouldn't want >to set up an exception list. There are thousands of sites that I trust and >I'm not going get around to putting them all in an exception list ... but >if I don't, the pop-ups are liable to be suppressed without my ever >realizing there is something worth making an exception for. > >Clearly, I dislike pop-ups :-) ... but then Chris started out by >classifying them as irritating and there are plenty of non-irritating ways >of getting my attention - including an email to SoG-NEWS! I shall continue >to ignore the flag my browser puts up to say that a pop-up has been suppressed. > >= Malcolm. > > >This email has been scanned for viruses by NetBenefit using Sophos >anti-virus technology > Chris Broomfield, Webmaster, Society of Genealogists, London webmaster@sog.org.uk www.sog.org.uk On-line retail shopping? Use www.buy.at/genealogists our affiliate shop and SoG gains funds at no cost to you

webmaster@sog.org.uk wrote: > I am only the messenger Understood Chris :-) > - Malcolm's solution would mean scrolling down > for the main navigation something even more people object too. The answer to that is to have less on the front page but it's each to his own and I won't turn this into a general web design debate :-) > Like or not our records show that lecture ticket sales go up with a pop-up I won't deny the statistics, but feel there are better ways ... > the addition of the travel message is temporary until we work out a workable > alternative - I do use it sparingly more that can be said of the TNA > whose pop-up is permanent . If the pop-up is there, then that's a very worthwhile use for it. I wasn't aware the TNA site had a pop-up, I've never seen it! (Until I went to look for it this evening, that is.) > I will bear the comment in mind and see if there is another way but I > assume I should avoid flashing lights or even worse sound! As a practical suggestion Chris, to be less irritating to those who do see the pop-up - how about setting a session cookie to control it so that it only pops up on the first visit to the home page - or even pop-up (just once) on a visit to /any/ page on the site. = Malcolm.