Annoying Banners
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Topic: Annoying Banners
Posted By: Seyo
Subject: Annoying Banners
Date Posted: April 03 2006 at 18:50
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Recently I discovered that more and more extremely annoying banners have invaded the PA! It is almost very hard to read the content of certain pages without a need to scroll endlessly till you drop! What is happening here? |
I hate even more when certain pages try to persuade me to install some Active X controls... I am not happy with this "progression" of the site into a commercial zone...Replies:
Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: April 04 2006 at 11:43
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I can't say i find them particularly intrusive Seyo, but remember the site has to be funded somehow. None of us pays any sort of subscription. Feedback from others welcome though, please.. |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: April 04 2006 at 12:01
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I haven't noticed this phenomenon. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Drew
Date Posted: April 04 2006 at 16:19
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eh- I am not bugged by this ------------- |
Posted By: Richardw
Date Posted: April 04 2006 at 16:26
| My Spyware programme sometimes stops me from accessing some PA pages with Active X controls. This is only a recent occurence though. |
Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: April 04 2006 at 18:42
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I get a message that "This site might require the following Active X control: 'Flash Player 8' from Macromedia Inc..." on the band pages that have the Streaming Media Player. I already have Flash Player 8 installed.... |
Posted By: Seyo
Date Posted: April 04 2006 at 20:39
| ^^ yes, exactly the same happens with my browser (IE). By the way I did not check is it the same with Mozilla... |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: April 04 2006 at 23:35
I use Mozilla Firefox and have no problems here at all. -------------  |
Seyo wrote:Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: April 05 2006 at 02:01
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Neither do I, I love Firefox, the walnut skin looks lovely too. No complaints this end, except maybe the adverts could be placed elsewhere on band pages, because I scroll down and halfway down there's a big advert. I am not saying I disagree with adverts, I just think they should be placed elsewhere on the page. -------------   
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Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: April 05 2006 at 05:15
I have a similar issue Tony, only mine says I will need to re-boot the PC to complete the installation, would I like to do so now. Been getting the message for a while now.
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Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: April 05 2006 at 05:59
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I get nothing at all on Firefox- no banner adverts and no active X warnings... I even have Norton Web Assistant that blocks most ads usually but today I have all sorts of banners enticing me to win an X Box... |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: April 05 2006 at 06:50
I am much more annoyed by the huge signatures of the members that are repeated endlessly and take ten times as much space as the one liner answer of the member ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: April 05 2006 at 07:07
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How huge,Hugues?
This too big? I do wonder continually about the ever growing size of these images,what is the general opinion on this? |
Posted By: Fitzcarraldo
Date Posted: April 05 2006 at 09:08
To stop blocking software downloads with the Information Bar
Do one or both of the following:
In my case I prefer to suffer the inconvenience of the ActiveX prompt every time just in case malware is trying to sneak into my PC. Writers of malware should burn in Hell.
------------- http://www.progarchives.com/Collaborators.asp?id=326" rel="nofollow - Read reviews by Fitzcarraldo |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: April 05 2006 at 16:55
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Old nerds with slow computers are annoying!
This one needs an apostrophe -- that's annoying!
Peacenik clowns with fake red noses are annoying!
Truth in advertising? ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: April 05 2006 at 17:06
That's why I wont adjust the settings,rather be annoyed than sorry....
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Posted By: M@X
Date Posted: April 05 2006 at 22:16
Sorry about that, please post SCREENSHOTS of annoying ads, will try to remove them 
------------- Prog On ! |
Posted By: Seyo
Date Posted: April 07 2006 at 19:12
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Here are shots:
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Posted By: Seyo
Date Posted: April 08 2006 at 02:25
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I am sorry, but I don't like the layout of the band and album pages as it is now. The very content of the prog is almost lost somewhere in between the banners and ads. I understand the site needs sponsors, but does it have to be in this way? Especially critical is album page where between album info and album reviews is a mile scroll down over google and other stuff. Could at least these ads be moved somewhere around the page? Please! |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: April 08 2006 at 02:54
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I agree Seyo.
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Posted By: Joolz
Date Posted: April 08 2006 at 10:36
I agree wholeheartedly. I am not bothered by the banners, but these big sigs are a pain. TonyR's cute little dancers are about right. |
Posted By: Seyo
Date Posted: April 12 2006 at 15:07
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Today when trying to open BIRTH CONTROL page in IE I got again the bloody Active X pop up asking me to install the Flash player which I already have! In Firefox however it won't allow me to log on to the forum... Is there still site maintenance going on or is it only my PC? Somethings wrong. And yes, these lists of recommended albums by country sometimes won't display properly! |