MERGED -- "Dragons: Worlds Afire" ad causes horizontal scrollbar

[der_kluge]

Can we get a mod to weigh in on this? Because it's driving me crazy.

Either change the size of the ad, or drop it. Period. I'm sick of dealing with it.

 

[ssampier]

This seems the best solution to me.

And yeah, I was about to post a thread on this, so instead I'll just jump onto the "it's very annoying" bandwagon.

Me, three. I don't mind scrolling vertically since I can use the scrollwheel, but horizontally is annoying.

BTW, I don't mind the ad in and of itself. It makes EnWorld money, I'm happy.

 

[Jdvn1]

Can we get a mod to weigh in on this? Because it's driving me crazy.

Either change the size of the ad, or drop it. Period. I'm sick of dealing with it.

Did you miss the second post of this thread? Or am I confused?

I'm glad WotC is advertising here (why they didn't earlier, I don't know), but shouldn't the responsibility to have appropriately-sized ads fall to them?

 

[Steverooo]

Easy Work-Around:

In the meantime, here's an easy work-around...

Just hold down the [Ctrl] key, and press "R". This reloads the page. Yes, it takes a good 20-30 seconds over dialup, like mine, but... Once you get a DIFFERENT ad, you no longer have this problem.

Try it! It works!

 

[jonesy]

Just hold down the [Ctrl] key, and press "R". This reloads the page. Yes, it takes a good 20-30 seconds over dialup, like mine, but... Once you get a DIFFERENT ad, you no longer have this problem.!

Umm...what different add? All I keep getting is the Dragons Worlds Afire banner. I've been wondering why there haven't been any others since it was placed there...

 

[Steverooo]

Umm...what different add? All I keep getting is the Dragons Worlds Afire banner. I've been wondering why there haven't been any others since it was placed there...

Well, I just had Unorthodox Paladins, and I've seen the "Anime Face", The Forge Ad, etc. Sometimes it takes three or four tries, but they're out there...

 

[Jdvn1]

I got the Dragons Worlds Afire banner five times in a row just now. Now, it's a Dark Quest Games ad. There is some variety in the ads.

I think another problem is the frequency of the DWA ad. What's with that?

 

[Desdichado]

I am assuming that only those using 800x600 Resolution are affected by this.

Nope, I'm at 1024x768 and I'm still having problems.

 

[ThirdWizard]

Adding my name to the very annoyed people. I'm surprised it took this long for a post to crop up on meta. I was starting to wonder if it was just me. Scrolling sideways is so very annoying, and it seems like they've paid for 10 of the same ad, becuase it shows up all the time! I thought about uninstalling flash for a while, but I just can't do it.

 

[the Jester]

I've been wondering what's up with that for the last few days too.