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OT: noisy smiley adverts

Posted: 13 Sep 2006, 09:29
by nickd
GET RID OF THEM ALREADY!

How annoying?

"Say something......... WHAT"

:evil:

Posted: 13 Sep 2006, 12:28
by Taki...
It's "HAHAHA... oh behave" atm... very annoying, I agree.

Posted: 13 Sep 2006, 14:51
by SticknMove
Just about fed up with these bastard things. I wish I knew how to get rid of them.

'Say Something'. FVCK OFF :evil:

Posted: 13 Sep 2006, 17:55
by states
Which adverts are these? Not on Boxrec, surely?

Posted: 14 Sep 2006, 04:35
by Goz
Fair enough we get this great site & use of the forum completely gratis so it needs to be paid for somehow and advertising revenue is the obvious way.

BUT.. The noisy pop ups are irritating and a half....

Posted: 14 Sep 2006, 06:14
by Max Molyneux
I should do an impression of what the smiley adverts sound like and post it here then just incase you guys miss them. :TU:

Posted: 14 Sep 2006, 06:22
by jomothepure
I guess you can't begrudge advertising, but the smilie ads really are bad.

I don't know whether to give my #1 hated to the "MUHAAAHAAA...oh behave" one or the one that starts "heellllooooo" in the style of the Pet Shop Boy's "heellllllooooo spaceboys."

Posted: 14 Sep 2006, 08:22
by nickd
I have not seen the fart button or I would most certainly have pressed it long ago. Thing is if you download these smileys they just load spyware and popups and all that shite.

Posted: 14 Sep 2006, 10:34
by Neri
Very annoying but just turn your sound down.

Posted: 14 Sep 2006, 10:50
by nickd
I need the sound on for email alerts and such like.

HELLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOO

Posted: 14 Sep 2006, 13:12
by Eric the Viking
For a safer, much more relaxed (and much lower-bandwidth) internet browsing experience, I recommend doing the following 3 things:

1) Disable JavaScript in your browser;
2) Disable Image Rendering in your browser;
3) Block Popups in your browser.

(Note that if your browser doesn't offer option (3), doing (1) will take care of most of the popups anyway).

In Firefox, these are all easily accessible via checkboxes in the same Tools->Options->Content menu.

I only re-enable JavaScript (and even more rarely, image display) for the few sites I visit (e.g. online banking) that absolutely need it. Content over form for this websurfer...

Posted: 14 Sep 2006, 13:52
by mattyp151
nickd wrote:I need the sound on for email alerts and such like.

HELLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOO
That one that goes "Helllooooooooooooooo Helloooooooooo" is the bane of my dog's existance. It is the Leonard to his Duran, the Lewis to his Bowe, the Margarito to anyone weighing 147-154 pounds.