Flash Ads

[Buttercup]

The question then is this: is there sufficient interest in this to go to the trouble to implement it?

Frankly, I had forgotten there are ads on this site. I have Norton Internet Security set to block them, although I never minded the ones here. All my surfing is ad free.

 

[Michael Morris]

Frankly, I had forgotten there are ads on this site. I have Norton Internet Security set to block them, although I never minded the ones here. All my surfing is ad free.

If your browser is shockwave equipped and its turned on Norton cannot block Flash ads from playing, nor is there a known way to block pop-ups generated by Shockwave files. You don't see them that often these days, but once IE 7.0 comes out expect to see them in force since the old method of generating pop ups will be useless (IE 7.0 will be able to block pop ups).

 

[Buttercup]

If your browser is shockwave equipped and its turned on....

Thanks for the info. I'll just have to turn it off, I guess, and only turn it on when there is something specific I want to view. Pop-ups annoy the crap outa me.

 

[Michael Morris]

Thanks for the info. I'll just have to turn it off, I guess, and only turn it on when there is something specific I want to view. Pop-ups annoy the crap outa me.

Heh heh yup. Is there anyone who *likes* popups?

 

[Umbran]

Is there anyone who *likes* popups?

Must be someone. Because they must get retruns on the ads to justify paying someone to make them. Just like spam e-mail. Most folk hate the stuff, but there's enough boneheads that respond to make it profitable.

 

[jezter6]

I say, no way. Since there isn't a nice way to effectively block them (for those of us who have ad blocking in the browser), and they just get outrageously stupid with their animation most times...I'd definately NOT enjoy it. Animated gifs are pretty easy to ignore, because they just flash from one image to the next, but when you start adding complex fading and more flashy flashy crap, it'll just ruin the experience that is this site.

 

[Morrus]

Frankly, I had forgotten there are ads on this site. I have Norton Internet Security set to block them, although I never minded the ones here. All my surfing is ad free.

That's interesting. How does it distinguish between, say, the banner ad at the top of this page and the EN World logo next to it? How does it know what to block and what to allow?

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

That's interesting. How does it distinguish between, say, the banner ad at the top of this page and the EN World logo next to it? How does it know what to block and what to allow?

I'm not an expert but I think that the coding would be different, the ads are set to rotate, and that would/should be in the code, while the planet is static and never changes.

Could be she'll reply back in say "What planet?" but I think I'm right.

 

[LightPhoenix]

That's interesting. How does it distinguish between, say, the banner ad at the top of this page and the EN World logo next to it? How does it know what to block and what to allow?

Erm, I may be stating the obvious, and I may be wrong, but the ad images aren't stored on ENWorld, but at an off-site address. The ad blocker just refuses images that aren't from the same root address (in this case www.enworld.com).

 

[Morrus]

Erm, I may be stating the obvious, and I may be wrong, but the ad images aren't stored on ENWorld, but at an off-site address.

A quick right click and a look at "Properties" reveals that, in this case, you are correct in your assumption that you may be wrong.