Have you seen that ISP commercial that features Mr. Average Internet "Surfer" being assaulted by popup ads? The commercial goes on to exhult the ISP's anti-popup software. What I find amusing is that Mr. Average is clearly really into internet porn, if I'm to judge by the number of popups per second he seems to be triggering.
Maybe they should call their technology Porn-o-Saver or AdFreePorn. Enjoy your favorite fetishes, Windows Media movies, celeb screengrab montages and other assorted alluring materials completely free of advertisements! The biggest advancement in one-handed surfing since the invention of the mouse.
I don't know how most people use the internet, but I see maybe six popup ads a day, and I'd consider myself a pretty heavy user. I can even tell you which sites have them, since I tend to rotate through the exact same websites each day.
The only really interesting popup story I have is whenever one pops up behind my main window and happens to have audio as part of its persistant and thorough marketing message. I will usually hear the sound several times before I notice it and wonder "What the hell is making that sound?" I always blame it on some mysterious function of OSX that I don't fully understand before I remember to check the Window dropdown.
