Flying Across My Screen

Is This Flash

[Funfone]

Hi all

I've been to a few sites which seem to open up adverts etc which are not in windows but appear on screen and can move all over the screen and then dissappear after a few seconds.

Is this a flash technique or something else.

Thanks

[Gibble]

they are using javascript normally to do this, it's annoying isn't it.

[Funfone]

Is is annoying especially as you cant get rid of it until it times out. I'm trying to set something similar up for my own site, but I really only want a small ad to appear, not over my main site but to the side. I don't want pop ups due to anti pop up software.

Do you have any ideas of the script code or sites where I can find this.

Thanks again

[moonbiter]

I don't want pop ups due to anti pop up software.

So basically you want to emulate the functionality of a pop-up ad for those people who have specifially installed software to disable pop-up ads? Hmm. Don't you find that ironic? :o

[Funfone]

No I dont want a pop up in effect to appear, I want a window to pop up saying whats new on our site. If they disabled that through pop up software then the would miss out.

[dcheney]

I always forget about popup ads (I use Opera) until I have to use someone else's computer w/o Opera. I don't think I'd ever re-visit a site with popup ads if I didn't have Opera (and thus no popup ads).

[rewboss]

Why use a popup? Put it on the home page, somewhere prominent but without getting in the way of anything.

[Carswell]

I can't help wondering if anyone anywhere does anything with unrequested pop up windows other than:-

(a) to become annoyed, and

(b) close them immediately.

[pat_s]

c. Block them :)