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

[Knight Otu]

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

I'd guess that Wizards bought a ton of impressions, dwarfing all other ads bought in that way too (not just the size). It is, in pretty much all ways, in a different league than most other ads.

I hope there's a solution for those who are affected that is not "refresh everytime you see it."

 

[trancejeremy]

Well, if there is a solution, or anything planned to be done to fix the problem, one of the powers that be surely would have mentioned it by now. Guess we just have to live with it.

 

[Umbran]

Well, if there is a solution, or anything planned to be done to fix the problem, one of the powers that be surely would have mentioned it by now. Guess we just have to live with it.

If you hadn't noticed, the ads have taken a decided step to the left. For myself, at least, they are no longer causing issues.

 

[jonesy]

If you hadn't noticed, the ads have taken a decided step to the left. For myself, at least, they are no longer causing issues.

Nope. Still stretching my screen.

 

[Dog Moon]

Ditto. Good to know that steps are being worked on to stop it, even if I'm not currently affected by those changes.

 

[jeffh]

If you hadn't noticed, the ads have taken a decided step to the left. For myself, at least, they are no longer causing issues.

I'm not noticing the slightest difference.

And to make matters worse, it's in Flash - the one thing that I can't right click on and remove from a Web page. Normally when something like this happens, I use the Remove Anything plugin for Firefox to zap it, but in this case I can't.

 

[Umbran]

I'm not noticing the slightest difference.

Not the slightest? As in - the non-WotC banners are still in the right corner, rather than shifted left so there's blank space to the right of them?

Now, I'm at home working on a smaller 1024 x 768 screen, and when I maximize the window, I do get the scroll bar.

My bet is that what actualy has to happen is that they have to right-justify the things, rather than start a particular distance from the left.

 

[Roudi]

Usually, a site specifies to the customer the required dimensions of a banner ad. Not the other way around.

Meh. I guess, for the money it's probably raking in, no one cares that it's giving me a headache (literally, it hurts my eyes)

 

[Elephant]

I'm not noticing the slightest difference.

And to make matters worse, it's in Flash - the one thing that I can't right click on and remove from a Web page. Normally when something like this happens, I use the Remove Anything plugin for Firefox to zap it, but in this case I can't.

I use the Flashblock plugin for Firefox. It disables all flash by default, giving you a clickable button to enable specific flash objects in place of the Gargantuan ad banners or what-have-you. It also has a whitelist feature, so you don't have to click the "enable" button every time you want to watch a youtube video (or whatever).

 

[Jdvn1]

I'm not seeing that ad anymore--is it coming up a lot less often now? Was that an issue?

EDIT: Right when I post that, there the ad is again, and there is stretches my screen again. It's annoying because it stretches just long enough such that I can't click the Quick Reply button without scrolling.