I don't get it on mine Ishbel. Is your pop up blocker turned up high enough? That would really tick me off if I couldn't get to the search function. Is it still happening?
Ishbel - that used to happen to me too - oddly enough you can still use it - you just can't see what you are typing. Even with a pop-up blocker that ad still shows. Do you by chance use Firefox? Until I installed Adblock as an extension on Firefox it did get in the way (or whatever ad was there at the time). Now the ad doesn't even show.
Just go to another page to use that search feature.
I do have pop up blockers installed, but had to allow some pop ups in order to register with certain sites.. If I set it too high, I can't access those sites
I'll just type in the words and hope I haven't put any typos in the 'search'!
I see that you do use Firefox - You need to update to the new version. There are two extensions you need to download - Adblock and there's another one that goes with it - GB will know.
I am happily add free with Firefox! Hooray! Now if I could just install Firefox on my TV to get rid of all the mudslinging political ads I'd be the happiest camper in the world.
Errrm, my daughter (the tekkie one) installed all the software on my puter... I didn't think I used firefox, I THOUGHT I used IE... She's in Lebanon at the mo - I'll ask her when she gets back to the UK next Wednesday!