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27 Feb 2012, 1:25 am

I despise the new videos that run when I click on follow-up threads. They ALWAYS make me jump. It feels like a violation... you can't turn it off, and if you are interested in reading the new posts you have to endure the whole ad.


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27 Feb 2012, 1:27 am

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I despise the new videos that run when I click on follow-up threads. They ALWAYS make me jump. It feels like a violation... you can't turn it off, and if you are interested in reading the new posts you have to endure the whole ad.
Ad-Block Plus? :D


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27 Feb 2012, 1:34 am

I've not noticed any pop-ups or video ads with this site. I suggest doing what Mithos said and getting an ad-blocker. Changing to another browser such as Google Chrome or Firefox might also help, if you're not already using them.



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27 Feb 2012, 2:23 am

I use Crome but I have Firefox + adblock... I guess I will have to start using it again... when I visit here. Firefox is slow on my old MacBook Pro.


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27 Feb 2012, 2:24 am

tall-p wrote:
I use Crome but I have Firefox + adblock... I guess I will have to start using it again... when I visit here. Firefox is slow on my old MacBook Pro.
I'm sorry to hear that, you have my sympathy. :cry:


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27 Feb 2012, 2:25 am

Is it possible that the videos are actually called by spyware? Do they appear when you go to other sites?



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27 Feb 2012, 2:27 am

tall-p wrote:
I use Crome but I have Firefox + adblock... I guess I will have to start using it again... when I visit here. Firefox is slow on my old MacBook Pro.


How old is it? Mine isn't the newest, but runs firefox just fine, although I tend to stick with Chrome.



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27 Feb 2012, 2:30 am

Mithos wrote:
tall-p wrote:
I despise the new videos that run when I click on follow-up threads. They ALWAYS make me jump. It feels like a violation... you can't turn it off, and if you are interested in reading the new posts you have to endure the whole ad.
Ad-Block Plus? :D


^ This. Adblock Plus on Chrome makes all the baddies go away. I was sceptical of Chrome at first when I couldn't find a Google search bar for it, but after I realised you could just type a search in the address bar I fell off my chair with joy. Just please, for the sake of mankind, avoid doing this:

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27 Feb 2012, 2:31 am

Paulie_C wrote:
Mithos wrote:
tall-p wrote:
I despise the new videos that run when I click on follow-up threads. They ALWAYS make me jump. It feels like a violation... you can't turn it off, and if you are interested in reading the new posts you have to endure the whole ad.
Ad-Block Plus? :D


^ This. Adblock Plus on Chrome makes all the baddies go away. I was sceptical of Chrome at first when I couldn't find a Google search bar for it, but after I realised you could just type a search in the address bar I fell off my chair with joy. Just please, for the sake of mankind, avoid doing this:

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That image has just made my night! :lol:


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27 Feb 2012, 2:35 am

Firefox started using a whole lot of cpu. And I could never figure out why. I searched the web for clues but it did slow way down. But Crome... even though I see ads is very fast. I dropped Firefox a couple of years ago.

I just checked for adblock for Chrome... they want $30 bucks for it.


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27 Feb 2012, 2:35 am

Internet Explorer is my favourite browser to use to download Chrome with.



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27 Feb 2012, 2:41 am

tall-p wrote:
Firefox started using a whole lot of cpu. And I could never figure out why. I searched the web for clues but it did slow way down. But Crome... even though I see ads is very fast. I dropped Firefox a couple of years ago.

I just checked for adblock for Chrome... they want $30 bucks for it.


Adblock Plus (beta) is free:

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/category/popular

It's near the top, ABP.



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27 Feb 2012, 2:45 am

Paulie_C wrote:
Adblock Plus (beta) is free:

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/category/popular

It's near the top, ABP.

Done! Thanks. :)


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27 Feb 2012, 9:22 am

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27 Feb 2012, 9:29 am

Atomsk wrote:
I've not noticed any pop-ups or video ads with this site.

Ditto.


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27 Feb 2012, 12:04 pm

The same ad for the Lorax keeps auto-playing when I open new threads. Clearly this is an ad that's "supposed" to be there, i.e. making money for the site, right? Will Adblock still work since they're semi-legitimate? I apologize if that's a stupid question but these sudden noises are making me totally crazy. It doesn't seem like the sort of place that lots of auto-playing videos could be welcome or super helpful.