I simply need to rant for a bit. I can't stand internet ads today. I tend to have several browser windows open at once, and at least once a day my computer speakers begin to randomly expel vocal excrement. I then have to click through every window searching for what site might be the culprit. Sure I could simply mute my speakers, which I sometimes do, but it becomes a mission of principle. I have to try and find the site and close the window, while attempting to make a mental note of never returning to that site and boycotting the product. It's really annoying when watching a video, because I either have to find it or wait for it to finish it's stupid sales pitch.
Half the time they aren't even videos. There simply a normal looking ad that yells at me...
I agree with you 100% I loath marketeers that presume they own ones machine for their message!!!!
The ads with noise are the worst. A close second are the ads that take just a second more than everything else to load, and when you go to click on a legitimate link, then the ad loads and you end up clicking the ad instead of what you intended.
Pop ups suck the big one too.
I rarely have that problem. Do you use some sort of ad blocker?
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 24, 2011, 09:05:57 PM
I rarely have that problem. Do you use some sort of ad blocker?
The default one for Camino. It does a decent job fighting popups, but nothing else.
Quote from: ThinkAnarchy on August 24, 2011, 09:23:46 PM
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 24, 2011, 09:05:57 PM
I rarely have that problem. Do you use some sort of ad blocker?
The default one for Camino. It does a decent job fighting popups, but nothing else.
Adblock Plus does a pretty good job I think, the number of pop ups that would plague my browser has dramatically decreased since I installed it. I think you can even deactivate flash to deactivate flash video ads with audio, but this can be rather annoying if you watch a lot of Youtube movies and the like.
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on August 24, 2011, 09:05:57 PM
I rarely have that problem. Do you use some sort of ad blocker?
I do not use adblocks so that I don't have to bother turning them on and off depending on any given site's terms of service. However, I don't have a problem with ads yelling at me... Must just be the kinds of sites I visit.
noscript for firefox blocks pretty much everything annoying and is easy to override if you want to see something.
I have the stumble toolbar installed and will thumbs down any site that annoys me.
Argh, those are the worst! I can deal with ads, but ads with a voice usually make me jump.
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F681rd.jpg&hash=ebcec927a302c6bf40e340fc34585d83290a882f)
One of these settings may help, mp3 in Firefox or play sound in webpages for IE might work, without silencing what you do want to hear.
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.nirsoft.net%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F02%2Fvolume_mixer_win7.png&hash=9965393fe857188dab09a25bee8e517e961c94e6)
This probably would silence everything from you browser if it appears, my browser doesn't actually appear in the mixer.