For example go to Allwords.com, if you have JavaScript enabled click anywhere on the page and there is a slight pause followed by a popup. Even with the built in popup blocker for both browsers I think they exploit a hole in JavaScript. Poorly designed misleading adverts that asks questions that are not even real questions. Violates the eye with flashy colours and another kind of offender is flash based advertising. When I click stop it doesn't then a message states something about an illegal operation and to restart only in firefox.
In another case a flash advert consumed 100% of processor time but didn't stop as I clicked stop and even with that flash blocker which I no longer use. No way of stopping that unless I disabled flash or add the advert site address to the block list.
I read about some owners complaining that it should be made illegal for viewers to block adverts from their sites but these things do more than just advertise.
Unless these advertising firms stop this kind of silliness with flashing, popups and now sounds I'd say they deserve to be blocked if they are going to be mischievous.
What do you think?
This post has been edited by Deepsycher: 30 March 2007 - 10:02 PM