Paypal website down

[Scaramanga]

The Paypal website has been unavailable for at least the last 12 hours or so.

This is a bit of a bummer, as I'm currently writing a quote for a customer where the site would use Paypal buttons. He won't be impressed if I go to him and recommend he use a service which isn't there.

Has this ever happened before - how reliable is Paypal? Obviously if it's down for a considerable length of time, people could lose a lot of business.

[Jenstar]

I've had no problems getting in, and I've been there throughout the day, and just checked again. There might be some other reason why you are unable to get in.

[Scaramanga]

My mistake! Apologies to all concerned.

The problem lies with Naviscope. It's a program I use to block Popups and adverts, but it also has undesirable effects on certain other websites, so it normally ends up getting turned off. When I disabled it, Paypal was available again.

I keep thinking of ditching Naviscope, but then I'll get onto a site that throws popups at me and I end up turning it on again.

It's a bit scary that some major sites simply don't work when a client has popup blocking software - makes you wonder what's happening on your own websites...

[davemarks]

Try the new google toolbar (it may still be beta, but works fine) it has a a popup blocker as one of its functions and works a treat, haven't noticed any side afects

[Marcia]

It works great, and is easy to turn off and on if you need to for certain sites.

[Scaramanga]

Thanks, I'll give it a try