CHANGES IN ADS - read on!

[MarkG]

ironically(as it was the other way around), no

[cavebear]

I don't read, pay attention to, or otherwise respond to internet ads. Never, as in "not ever". I do not currently have any ad-blocking software activated on my computer. I *do* have some though that I *will* activate again if driven to it.

When pop-ups (and unders) come up every time I post, that is too often. I've abandoned otherwise interesting internet sites before, and I can do it again.

[MarkG]

I don't read, pay attention to, or otherwise respond to internet ads. Never, as in "not ever".

noone argues on the use of advertising other than keep this site alive and free

When pop-ups (and unders) come up every time I post, that is too often.

is every 6 hours better?

[cavebear]

I just got an ad that would not be clicked away:

It would not go away even when I clicked it off!

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Interesting, even when I posted the file site, it does not show up...

[cavebear]

OK, I just changed my "style" of seeing the board. I chose "Light".

So, explain why I should give up my ability to know who posted last on a thread in order to escape a pop-up ad...

What's the connection? Why should one cause the other? An inquiring mind wants to know.

[Kindbud]

Originally posted by Q Cubed
kindbud, i wasn't aware you needed an adkiller in opera.

i use opera when i'm at home, and there is an option:

file--- >quick preferences--- >refuse pop-up windows

that takes care of all popup advertisements, leaving just the banner ads around. so i'm wondering-- markg, which one tends to be more profitable to your site? would it hurt your site financially if everyone, say, just saw the banner ads instead of the popups/popunders? or are the banner ads just click-through?

and as for searching with google in ie or mozilla: if you go to google.com and look under "tools", you'll find utilities/plugins that you can install that do the same thing. or, you can go to windows, download tweakUI, and play around with the default search keys.

Q,

Thanks for the heads up on Opera. I didn't know it had that option. I was already using an ad-killer when I gave up on IE and just continued using it when I started using Opera. Opera gets even better!

Also, I use the Google toobar at work and i like it just fine but there is something nicer about not taking up extra screen real estate for those features. I can't remember using that Google toolbar for anything other than searches.

Finally, on using TweakUI, I had seen a piece either on Call for Help or The Screensavers on techTV about using TweakUIand XP to make just such a change and it seemed awfully complicated - much more so than in Win 98 so that is something for me to mess with down the road. Thanks for the tips though!

[MarkG]

OK, I just changed my "style" of seeing the board. I chose "Light".

So, explain why I should give up my ability to know who posted last on a thread in order to escape a pop-up ad...

i suggested changing to a "special" style, not a "light" one

[MarkG]

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