Recent Annoying Ads - Page 2

squarejawhero · 12-19-2005, 12:05 AM

Just to note - I'm suddenly getting flashing ads which are screwing with my ability to type responses. Its like typing through mud.

I've never actually tried that, but if I was to type through mud, I'm sure that's what it'd be like.

rtrooney · 12-19-2005, 07:44 AM

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Originally Posted by fov

The QuestionMarket one is driving me crazy.

I feel the same way about the Circuit City ad. It's fairly unobtrusive when it sits there in banner form, but when it drops down to fill the screen as you're scrolling, it's downright annoying.

Legolas813 · 12-19-2005, 08:54 AM

^ I've been seeing a new pop-over ad on this site that's even worse. It's for some Verizon cell-phone.

Gknight · 12-19-2005, 09:04 AM

Any pop-up window telling you who have won something like I care.

rtrooney · 12-20-2005, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Legolas813

^ I've been seeing a new pop-over ad on this site that's even worse. It's for some Verizon cell-phone.

Is Marek listening?

***tabacco*** · 12-20-2005, 09:12 PM

Marek sees all. Unfortunately, that means he may not see this particular thread. I'll bug him.

NcroManiac · 12-20-2005, 10:28 PM

I don't have any ads (except for some werry minimal google ones).
Firefox rules

Fairygdmther · 12-20-2005, 10:29 PM

Now we have sound ones too?! "...just what I wanted for Christmas!" They're getting more and more intrusive! Do you get to preview the ads being placed before they are put on the site?

Lynsie

Intrepid Homoludens · 12-20-2005, 10:35 PM

Lynsie, didn't you disable the Shockwave Flash Object add-on in IE?

Fairygdmther · 12-20-2005, 10:40 PM

I did, but that was a pain, since I play flash games daily, and I had to enable it again for them.

Lynsie

***fov*** · 12-20-2005, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Fairygdmther

Do you get to preview the ads being placed before they are put on the site?

I don't think so.

Fairygdmther · 12-22-2005, 03:25 AM

Now the commflash ads hide the site, forcing you to either put up with it or find the place to click on it to get rid of it. These keep getting worse. Banners are one thing, but when you have trouble finding the page, this is too much.

Lynsie

Adventurous One · 12-23-2005, 03:51 PM

Wow. I just experienced an ad that consumed the whole screen and then said that the page was loading. You have to click the close this ad button to get past it. Has anyone else had this problem?

rtrooney · 12-23-2005, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Fairygdmther

I play flash games daily
Lynsie

One of these days I will get beyond level 14 of BeTrapped.

squarejawhero · 12-24-2005, 10:20 AM

Just to note, now I'm getting ads freezing the page before I can reply and flashing ads that interrupt the browser text input.

tsa · 12-24-2005, 12:45 PM

Firefox + AdBlock must be extremely good at hiding ads because I have no idea what you are talking about. Is it really that bad?

Intrepid Homoludens · 12-24-2005, 02:59 PM

Even though I disabled Shockwave Flash Object in my IE browser, there is still a lot of pause when the page loads, as if it's trying to load the ad and run on my screen first. Really annoying. I guess nothing can be done about this, huh?

squarejawhero · 12-24-2005, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by tsa

Firefox + AdBlock must be extremely good at hiding ads because I have no idea what you are talking about. Is it really that bad?

I'm using that.

rtrooney · 12-24-2005, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Intrepid Homoludens

Even though I disabled Shockwave lash Object in my IE browser, there is still a lot of pause when the page loads, as if it's trying to load the ad and run on my screen first. Really annoying. I guess nothing can be done about this, huh?

I'm thinking something can be done. I.e., disallow any banners that run Flash programming. I would think the powers that be should be able to stipulate that to their advertisers. ??

***Marek*** · 12-27-2005, 01:00 AM

Hey all - been away a bit. I've had a chance to look at the ads just now. A couple of them ain't pretty.

We don't get previews of new ads, I can only block them after they've been added to the ads pool.

12-19-2005, 12:05 AM	#21
squarejawhero Epinionated. Last Online: 06-07-2010 10:54 AM Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: London Posts: 5,841	Just to note - I'm suddenly getting flashing ads which are screwing with my ability to type responses. Its like typing through mud. I've never actually tried that, but if I was to type through mud, I'm sure that's what it'd be like. __________________ Starter of Thread Must Die.

12-20-2005, 10:28 PM	#27
NcroManiac Explorer of the uncharted Last Online: 07-09-2013 06:44 AM Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Iceland Posts: 670	I don't have any ads (except for some werry minimal google ones). Firefox rules __________________ We are all made of stardust, the building block of the stars. And I think the time has come to shine like the suns we are and play online for fun.

12-20-2005, 10:29 PM	#28
Fairygdmther Magic Wand Waver Last Online: 05-29-2008 03:36 AM Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Sarasota, Florida Posts: 3,142	Now we have sound ones too?! "...just what I wanted for Christmas!" They're getting more and more intrusive! Do you get to preview the ads being placed before they are put on the site? Lynsie __________________ Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Ralph Waldo Emerson

12-20-2005, 10:35 PM	#29
Intrepid Homoludens merely human Last Online: 05-17-2012 02:26 AM Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 22,309	Lynsie, didn't you disable the Shockwave Flash Object add-on in IE? __________________ platform: laptop, iPhone 3Gs \| gaming: x360, PS3, psp, iPhone, wii \| blog: a space alien \| book: the moral landscape: how science can determine human values by sam harris \| games: l.a.noire, portal 2, brink, dragon age 2, heavy rain \| sites: NPR, skeptoid, gaygamer \| music: ray lamontagne, adele, washed out, james blake \| twitter: a_space_alien

12-20-2005, 10:40 PM	#30
Fairygdmther Magic Wand Waver Last Online: 05-29-2008 03:36 AM Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Sarasota, Florida Posts: 3,142	I did, but that was a pain, since I play flash games daily, and I had to enable it again for them. Lynsie __________________ Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Ralph Waldo Emerson

12-19-2005, 08:54 AM	#23
Legolas813 Senior Member Last Online: 10-08-2011 03:40 PM Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 1,783	^ I've been seeing a new pop-over ad on this site that's even worse. It's for some Verizon cell-phone.

12-19-2005, 09:04 AM	#24
Gknight Senior Member Last Online: 04-02-2007 07:12 AM Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Here and now Posts: 192	Any pop-up window telling you who have won something like I care.

12-20-2005, 09:12 PM	#26
*tabacco* Friendly Server Admin Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Marin County, CA Posts: 4,087	Marek sees all. Unfortunately, that means he may not see this particular thread. I'll bug him.

12-22-2005, 03:25 AM	#32
Fairygdmther Magic Wand Waver Last Online: 05-29-2008 03:36 AM Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Sarasota, Florida Posts: 3,142	Now the commflash ads hide the site, forcing you to either put up with it or find the place to click on it to get rid of it. These keep getting worse. Banners are one thing, but when you have trouble finding the page, this is too much. Lynsie __________________ Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Ralph Waldo Emerson

12-23-2005, 03:51 PM	#33
Adventurous One Rogue Agent Last Online: 02-11-2010 10:52 AM Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: California Posts: 122	Wow. I just experienced an ad that consumed the whole screen and then said that the page was loading. You have to click the close this ad button to get past it. Has anyone else had this problem?

12-24-2005, 10:20 AM	#35
squarejawhero Epinionated. Last Online: 06-07-2010 10:54 AM Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: London Posts: 5,841	Just to note, now I'm getting ads freezing the page before I can reply and flashing ads that interrupt the browser text input. __________________ Starter of Thread Must Die.

12-24-2005, 12:45 PM	#36
tsa Playing character Last Online: 11-03-2017 01:10 AM Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Netherlands Posts: 7,472	Firefox + Adblock Firefox + AdBlock must be extremely good at hiding ads because I have no idea what you are talking about. Is it really that bad?

12-24-2005, 02:59 PM	#37
Intrepid Homoludens merely human Last Online: 05-17-2012 02:26 AM Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Chicago Posts: 22,309	Even though I disabled Shockwave Flash Object in my IE browser, there is still a lot of pause when the page loads, as if it's trying to load the ad and run on my screen first. Really annoying. I guess nothing can be done about this, huh? __________________ platform: laptop, iPhone 3Gs \| gaming: x360, PS3, psp, iPhone, wii \| blog: a space alien \| book: the moral landscape: how science can determine human values by sam harris \| games: l.a.noire, portal 2, brink, dragon age 2, heavy rain \| sites: NPR, skeptoid, gaygamer \| music: ray lamontagne, adele, washed out, james blake \| twitter: a_space_alien

12-27-2005, 01:00 AM	#40
*Marek* Puts the 'e' in Mark Last Online: Today 03:27 PM Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 3,138	Hey all - been away a bit. I've had a chance to look at the ads just now. A couple of them ain't pretty. We don't get previews of new ads, I can only block them after they've been added to the ads pool.