Why is there a pop up and what is it?

This question came up in a PM. This forum uses pop ups for a few things. The only one that would not be initiated by click on a link would be a pop up that notifies you if have a new PM(s). This feature can be turned on or off in the control panel.

Control Panel Preferences Tab Pop up window on new private message: yes/no

Other pops are user initiated such as if you click the "View more Smilies" link or "Find a Member" when composing a PM message.

There are no pop ups for ads, surveys or other crap you might find elsewhere. Every pop up coming from this site has a useful purpose and will be either because you chose to get it or clicked a link to initiate it.

I like the pop-ups for new PM's. Good indicator of when a new PM arrives. Better than the email indicators.

DVC500_at_last wrote: Better than the email indicators.

Those can be turned on or off in your profile too. By default when you register all email notifications are turned off.

To enable/disable email notifications for PM's:

Control Panel Preferences Tab Notify me on new private messages:

To enable/disable email notifications for posts:

Control Panel Preferences Tab Edit Posting Defaults Notify me upon replies by default: yes/no

Also note you can apply this individually to just specific topic using the subscribe/unsubscribe link on the lower left of a topic.

I think I had just finsihed a Sam Adams Double Bock when I changed my setting the other day. I didn't remember but it plainly said a pop-up was used for e-mail notification. My bad. It is good to know you use pop-ups responsibly.

FYI there is an extensive overview of all the control panel options here: http://nepacrossroads.com/faq.php?mode=ucp