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Oct 28, 2009, 01:44 PM
 




I don't know how the performance of Flash is on Windows, but a Mac website should not be running Flash advertising! This stupid thing (maybe live-rendered particle system sparks or whatever) almost completely bogs down my Mac. Makes me hate Lancia, makes me hate Adobe, makes me hate MacNN, and makes me hate the Mach scheduler. Kind of counterproductive for an ad.
     
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Oct 28, 2009, 02:02 PM
 
I agree.
     
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Oct 28, 2009, 02:05 PM
 
Well, you've got my support.

DISCLAIMER: I have not watched the last two seasons of BSG yet.
     
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Oct 28, 2009, 02:12 PM
 
ClickToFlash. Problem solved.
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Oct 28, 2009, 02:15 PM
 
Flash sucks also on Windows. Just a little less.
I've install Click To Flash recently and it works like a charm. I can now also load h.264 videos on youtube instead of flash videos.
I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it.
     
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Oct 28, 2009, 03:17 PM
 
Enter AdBlock+....
     
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Oct 28, 2009, 06:06 PM
 
Originally Posted by ide3308 View Post
Enter AdBlock+....
But blocking ads is MORALLY WRONG!!!11!!!!eleventyone!!
     
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Oct 28, 2009, 06:25 PM
 
Heh.

+1 on ClicktoFlash.

(and I don't block ads - I don't mind them paying for my free content.)
     
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Oct 28, 2009, 07:29 PM
 
(and I don't block ads - I don't mind them paying for my free content.)
No reason the two should be mutually exclusive, as long as you just use a CSS-based blocker.
     
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Oct 29, 2009, 03:04 AM
 
Explain please.
     
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Oct 29, 2009, 07:41 AM
 
If you're just hiding the element but the element has already been loaded, the site gets its money (if its ads even generate revenue per load as opposed to per click) and you don't have to see the ads.
     
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Oct 29, 2009, 09:02 AM
 
Originally Posted by TETENAL View Post
Kind of counterproductive for an ad.
It is Lancia, they keep pulling off blunder after blunder, so the ad fits them nicely.
Ignore applause.
     
   
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