"No need to be smug". Spoken like some one who paid for an operating system with an open back door to the dark side. The Opening Poster's second sentence starts with the words "Popups that take over".

I agree that most browsers ought to have the option to block pop ups irrespective of operating system. That's why I mentioned it.

Ads might slow stuff down a tad but I'd rather have them than not have Mudcat.