the most annoying pop-ups are the ones u get if you have viruses lol. but i dont really like having popups on a site cause some look fun but if i click it everytime when i do a virus scan everytime it will say that www.advertising.com is a virus. and the only time it shows it is when i click on a pop-up with my virus scanner.

Well Depends on the pop up. I usually will use small pop ups on my website when I want every visitor to read or see something that is important. Pop ups are a great way of getting peoples attention. Unfortunately lots of people use pop ups to advertise which I think is just plain annoying. Especially when their is more then 1.

Pop-ups off all kinds...expecially from another site are ANNOYING!!...who wants to waste time cutting through web popups and ads...just to get to what they really want?? I always x out the popups before they even get a chance to fully load...what a waste

The thing I hate more then few people in my class are POP ups.. I hate them because they don't fit anywhere.. I think soo.. and when they jump out when your searching something.. then i just want to burn them down.. if theyr funny I can look at them but if they have some kind of text or information i don't care i just want to destroy themm..

Im sorry for my agracivity

I think that pop-ups are one of the worst things that are on the internet. Almost none of them have links to sites that anyone cares about that are usually some kind of free offer scam. They plain just get in your way. Many of them have annoying flashing text and some even have sound. Pop-ups unlike other kinds of ads get in your way.

I just don't like 'em, but when caused by adware, I hate 'em. Do you know of somthing lika Ad-aware or Spy bot? They have worked so far helping me to remove anoying thigs, also helped with many pop ups.

Those things should be prohibited!

although popups are annoying and i try to block them all, i think the only use for a popup for anyone hosting a site is to collect a visitors email address for a newsletter,autoresponder while giving away something free that has value to your targeted visitors. but if you do that, you should make sure that it doesn't pop up everytime they visit....only their first visit.

my personal preference is not to see any popunders or popovers. i tend not to visit annoying websites ever again unless it's vital to what i need....but that is once in a blue moon. smart webmasters that have what i need don't lower themselves to over advertising. they don't need to when they can attract visitors with quality services and information

One should not be forced to have a window open (pop up) on their computer if they did not ask for it. They are very disturbing and annoying, I would seriously try and avoid the as a web designer whenever I can.

We are livin' in a world of advertisments, we can't do much abou tit. It's the media,billoards,pop ups, etc. That keeps this world runnin' as it is. All we can do is resist it or deal with it.