Popups suck...if I want to paste something from the article, I highlight it before I hit "recommend", so I rarely need to refer back to the page....having to disable the popup blocker every time I want to recommend something is irritating. And I like the popup blocker on....
Decius wrote:
Do you think the Recommend and Discuss Bookmarklets should pop up a new window?
IE's pop up blocker can't tell the difference between a pop up ad and a bookmarklet, so I've had to make new bookmarklets for IE that don't pop up a new window. In truth, the IE bookmarklets work in Firefox, and the Firefox bookmarklets work in IE (assuming you disable pop up blocking) so its possible for users of each browser to use the kind of bookmarklets they prefer.
I prefer to have a new window pop up because I like to refer to the original article while I'm editing. However, I'm wondering what the rest of the site thinks. One might reasonably ask why I don't just let users choose which bookmarklets they want to install. The reason is that MemeStreams is intimidating enough to new users without having to ask them to make a decision about that when first joining the site.
So what are your thoughts? Pop ups good or bad?
