I'm a dork and still don't have an iPhone. I don't know what the experience is like with pop-ups there, and don't surf a lot with my Lotus Elite, which is obviously quite different from the iPhone. But, I do use my blessed Asus Eee Notebook all the time. In fact, I'm on it now.
As a web designer (and a woman who likes having a solid note book (or netbook) on which to write), it is my goal to make the sites I accessible in all browsers and platforms (except ie6). It is one of the most important aspects of making your website available to all. I've noticed that a lot of times, on my netbook with a resolution of 1024x600, the pop-ups are geared to people with higher resolutions.
The problem with that is that many of the pop-ups are not re-sizable, and so it is impossible to close them and enjoy the rest of the site. I have to close the tab and not visit the site at all, hoping to remember that it might have some great content when I'm on my PC. Basically, it freezes my browser.
Most of the time, the problem arises with supa-cool js and/or ajax pop-ups.
So, I'm adding the netbook to the mobile conversation, just as I'm now re-developing our site to look presentable and workable on non-iPhone mobile browsers. The netbook, afterall, is mobile. Maybe you just never thought about it, but please do. It sucks to lose control because of a pop-up.
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