1src Forums - Green links with popup text boxes

09-09-2004, 08:26 AM	#1
exiii The Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 397	Green links with popup text boxes Banner ads I can live with, but I HATE these things. Your reading along and moving the cursor around the page and BAM! you need to stop because a popup text box just blocked half the paragraph and you need to wait for it to close. I also must assume it's this new feature that keeps causing the new warning message, "A script on this site is causing this page to load slow. Do you want to abort running scripts on this page? [OK] [CANCEL]. Is this totally necessary? It seems like last time this happened it was an oversight after an upgrade. It's kind of funny that so many discussion board owners are telling members to get Mozilla Firefox and turn on adblocking. Could it be that this advise is cutting down on banner click-through revenue, and causing a need for more intrusive methods of generating advertising dollars?

09-09-2004, 09:50 AM	#2
Reggie 1src Founder Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Charleston Posts: 1,958	The green links have been there since ClieSource. I'll try to see what I can do to hide them from registered members. __________________ Reggie Suplido 1SRC

09-09-2004, 09:59 AM	#3
exiii The Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 397	Thanks Reggie. Except for one brief period long ago, I'd never seen them until yesterday.

09-09-2004, 06:13 PM	#4
Edlin NX80v User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Adelaide Posts: 921	uggghhhhhh. I was coming to complain about them too. Seeing them everywhere ): Makes every post seems like pimping. Worst style of ads I`ve seen. Prefer Pop up Hell. Glad to know you intend on killing them for reg`ed users __________________ What if the hokey pokey really -is- what it's all about Warm Fuzzy Feelings - Don't Click - People

09-10-2004, 04:06 PM

zackepceo

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Originally Posted by Edlin

uggghhhhhh.
I was coming to complain about them too.
Seeing them everywhere ):
Makes every post seems like pimping. Worst style of ads I`ve seen. Prefer Pop up Hell.
Glad to know you intend on killing them for reg`ed users

These kinds of ads are IMHO more misleading and frustrating than any other kind of ad. In AdBlock for Firefox, block *intellitxt* to permanently 'disable' them.

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09-10-2004, 04:41 PM	#6
exiii The Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 397	Thanks zackepceo. They keep slowing down my browser. I click to scroll and it takes a few seconds to respond - over and over and ... After a minute and a half on this page, I still see "Transferring data from tribal.us.intellitxt.com..." in the status bar.

09-10-2004, 06:03 PM	#7
Rizzo Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: NJ Posts: 121	Wow...your computers must be slooooooowww. They don;t affect me at all. In fact, I don't mind them in the least. __________________ "...he shall come like a thief in the night..." ~Rizzo

09-10-2004, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Rizzo

Wow...your computers must be slooooooowww. They don;t affect me at all. In fact, I don't mind them in the least.

I agree with zackepceo. These ads are more misleading and frustrating than any other type. They look like regular links and are in the actual text of the page making it hard to tell them from real links. As for computers being slow, that has little to do with it. I have a fast computer, over a cable modem, and while the main part of the page has rendered I can still see it loading these ads in the background.

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09-10-2004, 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Rizzo

Wow...your computers must be slooooooowww. They don;t affect me at all. In fact, I don't mind them in the least.

Not SUPER fast, but hardly slow. AMD 3200XP (1gb ram).

09-10-2004, 09:12 PM	#10
exiii The Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 397	I just killed the script - killed the google ads too. Now full screen really is full screen.

09-10-2004, 09:25 PM	#11
zackepceo nothing to hide Join Date: May 2003 Location: skyline of numbers Posts: 1,290	The links don't so much slow the computer down, they slow down browsing. If your mouse hits one, it pops up the thingy and that just totally throws off the thing. __________________ "No folly is more costly than the folly of intolerant idealism."

09-10-2004, 09:26 PM	#12
zackepceo nothing to hide Join Date: May 2003 Location: skyline of numbers Posts: 1,290	I apologize for being so vague. cali'd __________________ "No folly is more costly than the folly of intolerant idealism."

09-10-2004, 09:26 PM	#13
MrNako TH55 - THe Be55t Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: México Posts: 1,152	Do you mean these links? screen, modem, computer, copy, Tungsten, music player, PDA, memory card, phones, digital assistants, gameboy, RAM, memory stick, software, handheld, Sony, Windows XP, Jpeg, wifi, processor, palm, camcorders ? Yes I also hate them!! __________________ WinSB & VG • Stickerz • COol Stickers • CobaltSB & VG • Backgrounds • WinSB EnergyBlue

09-10-2004, 09:34 PM	#14
zackepceo nothing to hide Join Date: May 2003 Location: skyline of numbers Posts: 1,290	The easy way to get rid of them... hmm. I would make a script for it, but some people's computers might have a different windir... Other than changing the hosts file (if you don't know, don't ask), and I reitorate, Firefox with AdBlock is your friend. __________________ "No folly is more costly than the folly of intolerant idealism."

09-10-2004, 10:48 PM	#15
Elfyn Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 198	I agree! These new ads (adwords?) really, really SUCK! Reggie says they've always been here, but I've never seen them until a few days ago. They are sneeky, misleading and annoying. They get easily confused with the 'real' links people put in their posts. Please make them go away! I tried to find a link where I can donate money (couldn't find one) so 1src won't need to resort to this type of advertising. YUK! __________________ Whoever said nothing is impossible never tried slamming a revolving door.