Most obnoxious flash ad ever? December 15, 2001 6:39 AM Subscribe
Most obnoxious flash ad ever? Wired News just lost lots of hits from me since I used to read it twice a day and linked to it often.
"Used to" being the operative term.
The flash ad fad is starting to fray my nerves.
(I wanted to post this to Metafilter, but I thought I'd get chewed out since it probably isn't linkworthy by some readers standards.)
"Used to" being the operative term.
The flash ad fad is starting to fray my nerves.
(I wanted to post this to Metafilter, but I thought I'd get chewed out since it probably isn't linkworthy by some readers standards.)
Well, since it's already here...
I'm confused. I refreshed several times and got no ad other than the banner at the bottom of the screen.
posted by Su at 12:19 PM on December 15, 2001
I'm confused. I refreshed several times and got no ad other than the banner at the bottom of the screen.
posted by Su at 12:19 PM on December 15, 2001
Gosh, you can't put up with seeing a 5 second animation before being able to read FREE content? I feel for you. Really.
posted by skwm at 1:00 PM on December 15, 2001
posted by skwm at 1:00 PM on December 15, 2001
Thanks for understanding. Exactly what I'd expect of this place.
Su, this morning there was some pop up Tetris style flash ad for Palm that ran for about five seconds and than disappeared. It seems to be gone now.
Still it pissed me off enough not to link to that page again.
posted by zeb vance at 4:34 PM on December 15, 2001
Su, this morning there was some pop up Tetris style flash ad for Palm that ran for about five seconds and than disappeared. It seems to be gone now.
Still it pissed me off enough not to link to that page again.
posted by zeb vance at 4:34 PM on December 15, 2001
Remove the plugin:
Unfortunately JavaScript is too useful to disable just to prevent pop-up/under ads.
posted by joemaller at 5:50 PM on December 15, 2001
Unfortunately JavaScript is too useful to disable just to prevent pop-up/under ads.
posted by joemaller at 5:50 PM on December 15, 2001
I dunno. Given the current state of the dot-conomy (sorry!), I think bitching about pop-up ads is, like the ads themselves, in pretty poor taste. Peoples gots ta eat! And the extra revenue Palm paid for that obnoxious flasher is keeping a poor shmuck like you or me working. I'd rather deal with a few annoying ads than lose a site altogether.
posted by jpoulos at 9:17 AM on December 16, 2001
posted by jpoulos at 9:17 AM on December 16, 2001
Oh, and MetaTalk is not the place for second-string MetaFilter posts.
posted by jpoulos at 9:19 AM on December 16, 2001
posted by jpoulos at 9:19 AM on December 16, 2001
no flash=no problem.
I don't have it, and I'm living a happy productive life. You only think you need it. It's a psychological addiction. See what happens when you give into peer pressure? You see?
posted by fuq at 11:13 AM on December 16, 2001
I don't have it, and I'm living a happy productive life. You only think you need it. It's a psychological addiction. See what happens when you give into peer pressure? You see?
posted by fuq at 11:13 AM on December 16, 2001
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posted by gleuschk at 8:12 AM on December 15, 2001