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Post by IdahoBoy on Aug 25, 2003 18:25:18 GMT -5
VolleyTalkers, sick of the popups from this site? Do a lot of searching for various info about volleyball? I've a solution for you! The new Google Toolbar, which is available as a free download from www.google.com will help your VT experience. Go to www.google.com and click "Google Toolbar" to download the latest version. It will take you through the installation screens and within minnutes you'll be off and running with NO popups! You'll also be able to enter search criteria in to a search field in your browser window for quick searches. www.google.comI should get commission for this.  |
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Post by GatorVball on Aug 25, 2003 18:40:05 GMT -5
I've had the toolbar for about a month now, it rocks, and it's not only great for stopping pop ups, but so much more. Google rocks, I love the built in calculator and the search engine is 2nd to none.
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Post by Gorf on Aug 25, 2003 19:34:55 GMT -5
IB you're slow!
My wife pointed the Google thingy out to me over a week ago!
It doesn't work very well with the VolleyTalk board though!
I keep getting the message from VT that says it detected a popup killer, still pops up the ad.
It also doesn't appear to kill some of th popups that I get while cruising MSN.
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Post by IdahoBoy on Aug 25, 2003 21:39:59 GMT -5
IB you're slow! My wife pointed the Google thingy out to me over a week ago! It doesn't work very well with the VolleyTalk board though! I keep getting the message from VT that says it detected a popup killer, still pops up the ad. It also doesn't appear to kill some of th popups that I get while cruising MSN. Actually, I've had the google toolbar for about two years, since the infancy of it and google. It updates itself and I haven't my computer yet to notice the ad-blocking yet. Gimmee a break, I'm in a shakey transition all-right!! Isn't there a sandwich that is begging to not get ate or something for you? |
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Post by Gorf on Aug 25, 2003 22:59:41 GMT -5
Nah..
No sandwhiches waiting in the queue here at the moment.
Just had some delicious homemade lowfat apple cobbler though.
Actually I just swapped machines around in the house here.
Put the notebook (and color laser printer) that were in the living room in the office I'm finally nearly finished with and brought a different notebook out to the living room.
The Google popup blocker is working much better on this one for some reason.
I was just giving you a minor bit of shyte regarding being late in telling everyone about Googles Toolbar.
I was really actually giving myself grief about it in a backhanded manner since my wife (she's a non-techie-type) has also been using it since it was first released while I was wandering along quite obliviously without it until last week.
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Post by Psychopotamus on Aug 26, 2003 1:41:34 GMT -5
Gorf are you one of those people who don't understand the concept of a laptop? I laugh at friends who refuse to buy anything but a laptop because of theconvenience, yet refuse to take them anywhere for fear they will be lost or stolen.
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Post by UltraSPARC on Aug 26, 2003 2:08:56 GMT -5
How about a cool crushed ice beverage? Sometimes the simplest treats can be the most sublime. As the mercury rises this summer, try freezing your favoritte fruit juice to make a snow cone. It's a refreshing twist on a summer classic.
Or just go buy one at the local stop-and-rob.
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Post by Gorf on Aug 26, 2003 2:09:57 GMT -5
Gorf are you one of those people who don't understand the concept of a laptop? I laugh at friends who refuse to buy anything but a laptop because of theconvenience, yet refuse to take them anywhere for fear they will be lost or stolen. ermmm.. You'd be pretty far off base on that assumption regarding me.. As a consultant I pretty much always have at least one of mine with me whenever I go to client's offices, as well as on most trips. I simply don't throw them away immediately when I buy new ones every year or two for business related needs. I've got 3 servers in my house as well, plus my wife's desktop machine, and 4 notebooks in various locations. All of them except the servers are wirelessly connected to to the in-house network. That said, "the concept of a notebook" is whatever anyone wants it to be as far as I'm concerned. If someone wants a notebook to be their primary computer in their home - frankly that's their business. I like them because they're convenient, plenty powerful, and don't take up much space. I can keep this one on the coffee table in my living room without it being overly obtrusive. I have one next to my recumbant exerbike on a rolling table so I can babble and do research and such while working out. The other two are primarily development machines that get packed up and lugged around with me as needed. Later this year, or early next year I'll get a new one and probably give the oldest one away. Anyhow, the silly google popup thingy is being detected by VT on this machine too now. |
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Post by Psychopotamus on Aug 26, 2003 6:00:45 GMT -5
Ok just checking. The way you descibed it sounded like you had to pry them up with a crowbar, then rivetted them down in their new locations.
Anyway, notebook users who don't use them for travel are like nails on a chalkboard to me. I put them right along with people who bought iMacs because they "looked cute" and those who think they upgrade their 7 year old PC for the rest of their life. Thank god I'm not a consultant because I think I'd have killed about 20 people by now.
If you want to get rid of a notebook I take donations. I love taking things apart and putting them back together again. Just don't send kittens labeled "computer", that was a mess.
As for the Google thing, I don't need to try it. Adaware and Norton Firewall has left my screen ad free and running great.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2003 7:47:06 GMT -5
To Gorf's credit, I'm pretty sure he only has the one wife.
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Post by Gorf on Aug 26, 2003 7:59:16 GMT -5
To Gorf's credit, I'm pretty sure he only has the one wife. I don't plan on recycling her as newer, faster, younger models get released either. She's a "special education" teacher. I'd never find anyone else better to deal with my lil "quirks". |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2003 8:14:11 GMT -5
So I downloaded this Googlyooglydealie and now I get the "POPUP KILLER DETECTED!" message, popping up, no less. "Disable your popup blocker now or we shall continue to give you this annoying little message!"
How rude, I thought.
Pretty soon, I'm getting, "What are you, deaf? Disable it now!"
Then, "OK, we've taken your CPU. Disable the block now or else!"
Now, all it says is "Attica! Attica! Attica!"
I'm thinking of calling in a negotiator...
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Post by LuckyVB on Aug 26, 2003 8:25:52 GMT -5
So I downloaded this Googlyooglydealie and now I get the "POPUP KILLER DETECTED!" message, popping up, no less. "Disable your popup blocker now or we shall continue to give you this annoying little message!" I'm getting the same thing. (No Attica, though  ) And if I scroll down or up too fast, it does funky things to the screen. Weird |
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Post by gobows on Aug 26, 2003 9:36:29 GMT -5
Enjoying this thread....very humorous! I have been skipping over it as too techie to be fun.....boy was I very wrong.
I am only putting my 2cents in because Roger said we should all add to the total. Done!!
gobows especially this weekend.
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Post by Psychopotamus on Dec 15, 2003 18:24:30 GMT -5
My brother got me to try "his" program for detecting unwanted visitors, Spybot. It won me over when it found a bunch of little unwanted cookies Adaware missed. That was enough to get me to switch.
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) And if I scroll down or up too fast, it does funky things to the screen. Weird