The buggy "click here" ad - Page 4

capnq · #31 March 6th, 2008, 01:41 PM

The Flash code seems to be working just fine in Opera 9.26, but the ad is so unobtrusive that I never saw any reason to mouseover it until I saw this thread.

Telling me to "click here" without giving any indication why I should do it just makes me paranoid.

NTJedi · #32 March 13th, 2008, 03:02 AM

Alright the "click here" ad was a little annoying yet tolerable.

Now... at the top of the forums they've added a "This Months Specials". This has pushed down the forums for reading.

What's next mandatory pop-ups??

Lingchih · #33 March 13th, 2008, 03:14 AM

How about a floating ad that you cannot close? Those are really nice

Ballbarian · #34 March 13th, 2008, 03:17 AM

I finally just turned off JavaScript to get rid of the "click here" crap loading up in the center of the screen. Rather inconvenient to have to flip it back and forth in order to use the post / reply editing tools.

(Web bumper sticker: Make pop-tarts not pop-ups!)

capnq · #35 March 13th, 2008, 08:55 AM

Quote:

NTJedi said:Now... at the top of the forums they've added a "This Months Specials".

The "Forum Announcements" notice has been there for over a year. This is just the first one I've seen that was more than one line.

(You can also set your preferences to automatically jump to the first new post in the thread, so scrolling down shouldn't even be an issue.)

While we're still on the subject, now if I accidentally mouseover the "curled corner", I'm occasionally seeing it peel back to reveal a duplicate image of the current page, rather than an ad. (Still in Opera 9.26)

Saxon · #36 March 13th, 2008, 09:59 AM

I am using IE and have a slightly different problem. I will click on a link in the forum, then move the mouse up to the top right corner to minimize. I tend to read a page, then go back to something else, then back to a page, then back to something else.

Anyway, if I mouse over the click here part, the page curls down. However, the link I clicked on gets cancelled. I have to be careful now to minimize the page, without mousing over that area, right up near the minimize button.

Shrapnel has every right to have ads. It is just that this one annoys rather than makes me interested. Shame, as the add is a nice shot and for a quality product.