Who has the most Google blocks?
As most of you probably know, companies like Google, Yahoo, and MSN have created their own Internet Explorer toolbars with added functionality. Besides integrated search, one of the most used features is blocking pop-ups, an overdue feature for Internet Explorer.
My question to all of you is: How many pop-ups have you blocked?
I recently rebuilt my machine, but I'm already up to 369 blocks. Mr. Keller has over 1,100. How many do you have?
Aside: Many of you are probably asking why doesn't IE have this, and the good news is that it will with Windows XP SP2. More details at Ars Technica including screenshots on ICF improvements , wireless UI, and blocking IE pop-ups.
Comments
- Anonymous
February 19, 2004
The MSN Search toolbar for IE has a pop-up blocker. I'm up to 230... - Anonymous
February 19, 2004
893 on my wife's computer. - Anonymous
February 19, 2004
I've got 641 with the Google toolbar. - Anonymous
February 19, 2004
I've got 1016 with the Google toolbar, but I rebuilt my machine a couple of months ago so I should really have more like 1500. Ahhh...I miss those old blocks. - Anonymous
February 19, 2004
I've got 2295. I visit several sites daily that have pop-unders on every page. - Anonymous
February 19, 2004
%SystemRoot%system32driversetchosts is your friend and one every corporate policy should use to block servers. - Anonymous
February 19, 2004
I don't run the toolbar for too long, but I got exactly 1032 right now. Could have been more if Google toolbar could prevent popups on site exit. - Anonymous
February 19, 2004
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February 20, 2004
Just over 1,700 in about six months. That's maybe one hour of my life that I didn't have to spend clicking on close buttons. - Anonymous
February 20, 2004
I have 2107, after using it for a few months. No adware on my system, just too much surfing. :) - Anonymous
February 21, 2004
I got 1337 - I think its a sign. - Anonymous
February 21, 2004
Ervin, you're the currently the leader :) - Anonymous
February 21, 2004
Hi, I'm not sure how many months i've seen using the google toolbar but I as of right now I have 5,697 blocks.
That'll save my fingers/knuckles some grief. - Anonymous
February 21, 2004
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February 23, 2004
I set the registry value to 0x7FFFFFFF. The toolbar displayed 2147483647. Then I went to a site with a popup, and it increased to 0x80000000 which displayed as negative 2147483648. I think this counts as a bug that nobody cares about.
So then I tried 0xFFFFFFFF, which displayed as negative 1 as expected. The next popup changed the display to 0, but it actually deleted the registry value instead of just setting it to 0. Then the next popup created the registry key again and set it to 1. - Anonymous
February 26, 2004
956 popups on my wife's computer
http://weblogs.asp.net/dbrowning/archive/2004/02/26/80802.aspx - Anonymous
February 26, 2004
a mere 366 for now - Anonymous
March 15, 2004
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April 18, 2004
I have 928 blocks. This is new count since I reinstalled google tool bar recenty. Toolbar works most of the time, how ever there are times it won't work - Anonymous
June 06, 2005
I have 10,095 Google blocks as of 6.6.5. - Anonymous
July 31, 2005
I'm using the toolbar for about a year, and it has blocked 243,754 popups now. - Anonymous
August 06, 2005
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August 06, 2005
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August 06, 2005
i have 2759 by the way - Anonymous
August 06, 2005
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August 21, 2005
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v150/Jaja85/alotofblocks.jpg
Screenshot of almost 250,000 blocks.
I think I'm spending far too much time on the internet... :P - Anonymous
June 15, 2006
How do you clear Google Block count?
