I have popup notification on but I also have popup blocking on my browser so the popups get shot down.

Doesn't matter though because I have email notification of PMs on every forum I frequent and set up a filter in my email to move all incoming notifications into a "Forum Notifications" folder. So they don't get lost in the massive number of things that fill my inbox every day.

As for those that don't want to put your location in your profiles I really don't have a problem with that as long as you never post in the trading post. But I also don't understand why so many are afraid to put their location in their profile ... if you think you can't be easily found just because you don't put your location in your profile you may be in for a rude awakening (anonymity and privacy are pretty much dead on the net).