Preview "Pains" - how to turn them off?

[Kate]

They are making me nuts, popping on and off whenever browsing through the posts.

Is there any way in my user settings to turn them off?
Pretty please?

Thanks

K.

[xsailer]

This is a new one for me Kate. Wish I could help. Noticed you haven't had an answer. Sorry.

[Ron Davidson]

They are hard to get used to they are there to give you a preview to the thread to see it you are interested. for along time I thought my screenreader was nuts it was giving me double talk. I don't know how you turn them off though sorry.
Ron

[rales]

Here's a kinda drastic solution - but if you log out they won't pop up.

[Larry Marshall]

I've only been part of the message board for a short time but I've never seen popups like this.

[doris]

hello kate, i looked the code, and these popups seems scripted with javascript...that means, if you disable javascript in your browser, they should disappear...

[Kate]

Originally Posted by doris

hello kate, i looked the code, and these popups seems scripted with javascript...that means, if you disable javascript in your browser, they should disappear...

Thank you Doris, I will have a look and see what I can break

I sure appreciate it, and I'll let you know how it goes.

K.

[JimSawyer]

My solution to this is simply to make sure my cursor is off to the right. If you don't mouse over them, they won't pop up.
Just my two cents.

[Lightningbolt]

Personally I LOVE being able to preview a thread before clicking on it and was happy when another message board that I frequent switched to the same software as WCI. Jim's solution works best for me in that I just keep my cursor scrolling down the page to the side, then only preview a prospective thread if I want to. It does take getting used to the workings of the system though.

[jondeck]

Kate...

I don't know what browser you're using, but you should be able to go into your preferences and block any pop-up windows. I'm new to the site and I haven't seen any of the pains you're experiencing.

...Jon