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FishyJoe on 23 March 2007

Is there a way to permanently turn off the sounds for these ads. I understand the need for advertising, but these ads with sound are extremely annoying.



kber81 on 23 March 2007

Firefox + Adblock + Adblock Filterset.G Updater = no ads (I really mean no ads). Try.



Delusional on 23 March 2007

i think ads are fine as long as they are within the website itself and not as a pop-up. and without sound. these pop-ups sometimes just keep coming back over and over and bothers me when i try to read material. those that cover up what your reading and floats along as you scroll, those are annoying too. but overall, as long as the ads make no sound, are on the side, top, bottom whatever and not over the material im trying ot read, i don't mind them.



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FishyJoe on 24 March 2007

Ok, thanks. I'm glad the noisy ads will be gone. Like I said, I don't mind the ads but that damn mosquito was driving me insane!



Quartz on 24 March 2007

Sorry. This is NOT about ads. I wasn't sure where to post this and didn't want to start another thread blocking up the system. 1) Is there anyway you can put up a link that says "View posts since last visit" that enables me to see what has been posted since I was last signed in? It just would make it easier to see what's new... for everyone who is not up to date. 2) The envelopes are all the same colour even if I have read the topic or not, could you not at least show a 'open' envelope for a thread that has just been read? Maybe I'm just a moaning git...I don't know...



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rendo on 29 March 2007

ioi said: kber81 said: Firefox + Adblock + Adblock Filterset.G Updater = no ads (I really mean no ads). Try. I've never quite understood this adblock stuff. If everyone is going to start blocking ads on websites, how do you expect sites to continue to run? I'm not having a go at you personally, but I think the concept of blocking banner ads on sites is wrong. Having said that, if you look at the other thread we are going to be implementing a new advertising structure on the new version of the site, so noisy flash ads will be a thing of the past.
You're kidding right? The people that use any form of ad blocking devices are the people that will absolutely NEVER click on an ad, so you aren't making money off them to begin with. And hosting costs aren't that high, you're most concerned with the $$$ for yourself.



Entroper on 29 March 2007

I use Adblock because some of the sites I visit have incredibly intrusive ads. NintendoWorldReport is probably the worst offender, every 15th word on a page pops up an advertisement if you hover over it with the mouse. Also, on this site, running Adblock prevents middle-click from opening links in both a new tab AND in the current tab. I haven't quite figured out why, but it must have something to do with Adblock checking the "target" field of the link. I like to surf by middle-clicking all the links I want to see at once, and I can't do that if my current view is interrupted by loading the link. Sorry if this cuts into your ad revenue, but it makes it way easier for me to use this website. Isn't most revenue click-through anyway?



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LingLing on 30 March 2007

ioi said: kber81 said: Firefox + Adblock + Adblock Filterset.G Updater = no ads (I really mean no ads). Try. I've never quite understood this adblock stuff. If everyone is going to start blocking ads on websites, how do you expect sites to continue to run? I'm not having a go at you personally, but I think the concept of blocking banner ads on sites is wrong.
I really can't follow your logic there. Do you also think the concept of switching tv channels when a commercial break is beginning is wrong? Because that's what I'm (and many others are) doing all the time. I really don't like ads in any form, so I would never click on a banner anyway. Also if a site has really really annoying ads (like that hovering flash stuff or other non skipable ads) I'm boycotting this site altogether.