2by4 - 10:07 am on Mar 19, 2005 (gmt 0)

"if the background is black or very dark"

Encyclo, web developer toolbar, disable page colors, makes the page fully readable right away, helpful when the page has actual information on it.

Almost never see any of those annoying things though, adblock takes care of almost all of it, and one come through, I just add that to my blocked list.

Flash intro, definitely, goodbye, never really see popups so wouldn't know, long lists of forum topics when I'm searching for something specific, which google would filter those out.