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Dec 14, 2009, 7:33:05 AM12/14/09
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Although pop-ups on a computer screen may only last a few seconds,
they tend to set back our performance, say researchers.

http://www.ezdia.com/Screen_Popus_slowing_your_PC/Content.do?id=1053

Helen Hodgetts and Dylan Jones, professor of psychology at Cardiff
University, examined the cost of such interruptions in terms of the
time taken to complete a simple seven-step computer
task.

Go through the article and find out ways to survive with Pop Ups ...
http://www.ezdia.com/Screen_Popus_slowing_your_PC/Content.do?id=1053

Researchers suggest that e-mail alerts and similar pop-up messages
should be as small and discreet as possible and should not obscure the
original activity.

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