I love the Web, but I often find it as frustrating as living with a gifted but troubled child. Here are my pet peeves, the things that annoy me most when using the Web. I hate windows that pop-up unexpectedly on a Web site. The most commonly-used windows contain banner advertisements. I'm not opposed to banner ads in principle.
Someone has to pay the bills for the Web site.
If there's no charge or subscription fee required to access the site, then ad banners can bring in the revenue. Pop-up windows are especially annoying because they overlay the page you want to view and obscure the information you really want. I don't even read the ad in a pop-up anymore. I try to avoid Web sites at Tripod, a freebie Web host that loves to use pop-ups. Even more annoying is an exit window that starts up when you leave a site.