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Damn, that is both smart and evil (because the user can't ignore these kind of ads).

What can we do to make sure this product doesn't catch on?

If you don't want them to catch on, refuse to sign up to any service that uses them. Simple.

In the long term, ugly, hard to use websites will loose. It can be a very long term in some cases. Just be patient.

Thats the usual suggestion - but not using it isn't enough to kill IE6.

So what can we do that will actually work?