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davyarcher
davyarcher Posts: 15 Forumite
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Hi all,

How do I turn off this annoying text popup block next to my mouse arrow when reading the Moneysaving forums ?

It does not stay there long enough to read it completely.

thanks
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  • BexTech
    BexTech Posts: 4,772 Forumite
    What browser are you using?

    I don't get pop-ups, but I don't get anything annoying either.
    It's PAC not PAC Code, it's MAC not MAC Code, it's PIN not PIN Number, it's ATM not ATM Machine, it's LCD not LCD Display, it's DVD not DVD disc... It's no one not noone, It's a lot not alot, It's got not gotten... Panini is the plural of panino - there is no S!!
    (OK my English isn't great, the sciences, maths & IT are my strong points!)
  • maleman
    maleman Posts: 57 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10 Posts Combo Breaker
    I to have this problem, the pop up takes the form of a yellow background box, that previews the forum message. It stays on the screen long enough to get in the way, but not long enough to read the text. It is a pain!
    Using explorer software, any one know how to kill it.
    Thanks
  • PeteMc
    PeteMc Posts: 567 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts
    I don't think you can as it's built into the vBulletin software.

    I find it useful but it is a pain on longer messages.
  • Ebenezer_Scrooge_2
    Ebenezer_Scrooge_2 Posts: 156 Forumite
    Upgrade to Internet explorer 7.0, has an inbuilt pop up blocker :)
  • foofi22
    foofi22 Posts: 2,215 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    Ebenezer_Scrooge wrote: »
    Upgrade to Internet explorer 7.0, has an inbuilt pop up blocker :)

    Then upgrade to Firefox...

    [http://www.mozilla-europe.org/en/products/firefox/]
  • TonyLisaP
    TonyLisaP Posts: 505 Forumite
    Then upgrade to Opera
  • DatabaseError
    DatabaseError Posts: 4,161 Forumite
    i use firefox, and i have honestly no idea what you're on about, so change browser.
    (i've not seen a popup or an advert for a long, long time)
    Utinam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant.
  • esuhl
    esuhl Posts: 9,409 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    This isn't a "popup", it's the "alt text tool tip". As far as I know, this behaviour is built in to the web browser, so probably can't be changed.
  • esuhl
    esuhl Posts: 9,409 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    tonyhague wrote: »
    i use firefox, and i have honestly no idea what you're on about, so change browser.

    This behaviour also occurs in Firefox.
  • BexTech
    BexTech Posts: 4,772 Forumite
    esuhl wrote: »
    This behaviour also occurs in Firefox.

    Strange, I'm using Firefox, yet have never seen this.
    It's PAC not PAC Code, it's MAC not MAC Code, it's PIN not PIN Number, it's ATM not ATM Machine, it's LCD not LCD Display, it's DVD not DVD disc... It's no one not noone, It's a lot not alot, It's got not gotten... Panini is the plural of panino - there is no S!!
    (OK my English isn't great, the sciences, maths & IT are my strong points!)
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