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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(darelldd @ Nov 16 2007, 12:26 AM) [snapback]540409[/snapback]</div>

darelldd,

My IE7 does not. Do I need to reconfigure a setting to get rid of live search popping up every time I mouse over them? Not being a computer geek I really am not sure what the solution is, but I never had these until Thurs evening. Only changes I recently made was Windows updates and Adobe flashplayer update, and I'm wondering if one of those changed some settings. Tried blocking intellitxt in Adobe, but it had no effect. I'm at a loss other than using firefox with adblocker at this point. :blink:

 

Neicy,

Interesting you mention Windows updates. I found some of the links go directly to "Windows Live". Looks like Microsoft is try to get their hooks in you.

I never do updates. If it works, don't fix it.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(darelldd @ Nov 16 2007, 12:26 AM) [snapback]540409[/snapback]</div>

How do you get it to do that? If I can't get it to stop this crap, I will go to FireFox, and let Micro$oft know why.

 

Oh MAN is that form of advertising annoying. I find that sites using it feel both cheap and spammy, and I quickly stop visiting sites that do it!

ARGH!!

I use Firefox and the config I had running was not blocking it. I do Flash, scripting, and web work so I can't use NoScript or Flashblock... However, AdBlock+ and the "easy list" subscription was just what the doctor ordered (pun intended ). Worked like a charm. Thanks!

To anyone else who's even NOT experiencing problems with Internet Exploder, you should still switch to Firefox right away! Having your web browser LESS integrated with your operating system is still a good idea. Maybe some day OS's will only consist of a web browser, but not today, and not under M$.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(hyo silver @ Nov 15 2007, 09:19 PM) [snapback]540406[/snapback]</div>

Sounds like you've got cookies disabled...

 

post deleted -- no longer relevant

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(hyo silver @ Nov 15 2007, 10:19 PM) [snapback]540406[/snapback]</div>

The standard fix for safari is to uninstall it and install firefox. (sorry, I hate safari)

 

so Danny, can you tell us the best way to help you out? is this revenue based on views or clicks? or both? or something entirely different?

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Danny @ Nov 16 2007, 11:18 AM) [snapback]540569[/snapback]</div>

I only use a flash-block plugin, nothing else. It works around half the time. Sorry but Flash ads are offensive to me. I'm glad there isn't any here.

 

Thanks for explaining Danny. I'm glad you added the choice to our options. I don't mind ads as long as they are not interfering with my ability to read text and aren't flying across my screen. Most of us understand that you have to try and find a balance between revenue and expenses to run this site, so as Galaxee said, is there anything we can do in addition to buying through the Shop?

 

Thanks for the clarification Danny, and for the quick fix, in spite of how it might hurt your ad revenue.

I have a knee-jerk reaction to advertising sometimes, but reading through the thread you linked, I'm calming down about it. I think it boils down to this:

From an administrative perspective, Membership fees are hard to institute, hard to manage, and fraught with peril (e.g. pirated logins). Ads are easy to implement, and relatively painless to a site's readership. For those of us who have a problem with the ads, maybe we can do webmasters everywhere a favor by considering allowing ads to load as a form of "membership fee."

So I'll gladly turn of ABP and if an ad annoys me, I'll chalk that up to "chipping in."

We all have limits though, and whether any of us like it or not, advertising is designed to stretch those limits... web advertising in particular seems to be constantly toeing that line, so keep an eye on what's best for readers.

AND, I'd also love to see a "donate to PC" feature, and also would like to repeat my offer of graphics help upon request.

[edit] Regarding Amazon... I've heard that one a million times: "consider starting your Amazon shopping here," and I would love to do that for every website that I think is worthy of my support... now if only there were a way to stack all my "start your amazon shopping here" links into one that allowed every site to get credit for the referral I'd be happy!

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(paulccullen @ 2007 11 16 06:38) [snapback]540512[/snapback]</div>

Yeah, I cranked up the security settings in a vain attempt to make the embedded links go away, but that only caused more problems. Thanks, though.


<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(tripp @ 2007 11 16 08:25) [snapback]540576[/snapback]</div>

OK, I suppose a smart nice person like me deserves a cheeky retort. I can take it.
A previous computer had nasty issues with firefox, and I liked safari so much better than IE, I just kinda stuck with it. What is it you don't like? Maybe it's time to give the fox another try.

 

Is it just me, or is the obvious being missed in some way? Instead
of slapping more on top of a browser with the intent of seeing less,
how about simply running a tighter configuration from the git-go,
and disable scripting and flash and such up front? It's a web
developer's responsibility to adhere to standards and test their
content for accessibility from many platforms and configurations,
not their responsibility to dictate what browsers their visitors
should run or how to configure them. Yes, I understand that 95%
of them have totally lost sight of that, but that doesn't make it
right. But honestly, this fluff is indirectly responsible for much
of the sorry state the internet is in today, where people give up
and leave all their bells-n-whistles enabled by default and then
get p0wn3d sometime down the road. It's like driving around with
loose suspension bolts -- everything might feel like it's working
fine for a while, but eventually the car will fall apart and
possibly in a catastrophic manner.
.
Now, I read PC and such with Lynx, so none of the ads discussion even
applies to my normal environment -- does that make me bad with
respect to PC's sources of revenue? Still, my point is the same as
we are always discussing around here -- do more with less, I'm sure
many of you can get behind that.
.
_H*

 

having not seen the green ads yet... probably cause they are there and i didnt mouse em...

but remember when we COULD donate to PC and on the basis of what we donated we were classified by color...(me platinum i think)...

um... well, i dont want anything other than recognition for that... a star by my username would suffice...

just a suggestion...

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(DaveinOlyWA @ Nov 17 2007, 11:40 AM) [snapback]540927[/snapback]</div>

A badge would be nice....... But no Badgers! We don't need no stinking Badgers!

Danny!
You have been doing an excellent job of keeping PC clean and easy to use. I spend a LOT of time on the web and this site is VERY well run. That being said... the green ads DO seem to be causing hanging of pages. I blocked the ads the hanging went away. Unblocked and the hanging occurred again....
Just something to look at. I was experimenting not attempting to block the ads. Money keeps the place running.....

Thank you!