[Dark Helmet]

I am not just talking about MacNN. I mean I don't ever want to see that crap on any website. If there results were the least bit relevant I wouldn't even mind.

Can you use a router to block it? Custom CSS script in Safari.

I don't like using PithHelmet as I find it slows down the whole browser more than loading an ad does.

[Chuckit]

I've got it blocked with AdBlock in Firefox.

[Doofy]

I've never seen any. Not even here.
Can you point me to a page which uses it?

[Chuckit]

All of MacNN's news articles have it. Here's one: http://www.macnn.com/articles/06/04/...p.for.mactels/

[Doofy]

Originally Posted by Chuckit

All of MacNN's news articles have it. Here's one: http://www.macnn.com/articles/06/04/...p.for.mactels/

Nope, nothing there. Just two standard links in the text body ("Boot Camp" and "Worldwide Developer Conference").

I'm not doing anything special - just running Safari 2.0.2 with pop-ups blocked. Only setting not default is "Accept Cookies: Only from sites you navigate to".

[Dark Helmet]

Originally Posted by Doofy

Nope, nothing there. Just two standard links in the text body ("Boot Camp" and "Worldwide Developer Conference").

I'm not doing anything special - just running Safari 2.0.2 with pop-ups blocked. Only setting not default is "Accept Cookies: Only from sites you navigate to".

I dunno why but it comes and goes for me also.

[Doofy]

Originally Posted by Dark Helmet

I dunno why but it comes and goes for me also.

Yeah, but it doesn't "come and go" for me - I've never, ever seen any. Ever.

Why? If I knew the answer as to why that was we could perhaps have some kind of a solution to your problem.

[Dark Helmet]

Originally Posted by Doofy

Yeah, but it doesn't "come and go" for me - I've never, ever seen any. Ever.

Why? If I knew the answer as to why that was we could perhaps have some kind of a solution to your problem.

Do you even know what you are looking for?

Ok it seems when I turn on "Private Browsing" they disappear so cookies could be the culprit.

here is a screengrab, when I rollover those stupid double underlined green links you get that box

http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/9920/ads7fy.jpg

[Chuckit]

Originally Posted by Doofy

Nope, nothing there. Just two standard links in the text body ("Boot Camp" and "Worldwide Developer Conference").

I'm not doing anything special - just running Safari 2.0.2 with pop-ups blocked. Only setting not default is "Accept Cookies: Only from sites you navigate to".

Yeah, I don't get it in Safari either. Don't know why. There must be something kind of incompatible about their Javascript.

[Doofy]

Originally Posted by Dark Helmet

Do you even know what you are looking for?

Yeah, I gathered it was something to do with green text and pop-ups.

Originally Posted by Dark Helmet

here is a screengrab, when I rollover those stupid double underlined green links you get that box

http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/9920/ads7fy.jpg

Right, thanks. First time I've seen it.

Originally Posted by Dark Helmet

Ok it seems when I turn on "Private Browsing" they disappear so cookies could be the culprit.

Try Safari with the "only sites navigated to" cookie setting then.

[Dark Helmet]

Originally Posted by Chuckit

Yeah, I don't get it in Safari either. Don't know why. There must be something kind of incompatible about their Javascript.

The screengrab above if from safari. Trust me it works in it.

[Dark Helmet]

Originally Posted by Doofy

Try Safari with the "only sites navigated to" setting then.

I've always used that setting. No dice.

[version]

Will Saft be able to handle this? I use it, and I think it has some filters built-on, or user-adjustable.

[Doofy]

Originally Posted by Dark Helmet

I've always used that setting. No dice.

So why are you getting it and I'm not?

What variables do we have?

1) Location.
2) Router.
3) Network setup.
4) Safari build number.
5) Safari settings.
6) Safari add-ins.

1) UK. It's not US specific since you're in Canada. It's not NA specific since I've seen Germans whine about it.

2) Intertex IX66.

3) Router -> switch -> Mac.

4) 2.0.2 (416.13)

5) Default, aside from cookie settings and download destination.

6) None.

[CharlesS]

The IntelliTXT underlines don't seem to show up in Shiira ever. I don't know if that's because of a bug in Shiira or what, but I'm not going to complain about it.

[Diggory Laycock]

I get them. (Safari 2.0.3) - e.g. this page: http://gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=15974

They're a real pain in the arse.

Pop-ups blocked, cookies only from the site I navigate to.

[besson3c]

Originally Posted by Dark Helmet

Do you even know what you are looking for?

Ok it seems when I turn on "Private Browsing" they disappear so cookies could be the culprit.

here is a screengrab, when I rollover those stupid double underlined green links you get that box

http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/9920/ads7fy.jpg

Iwork from Monstermarketplace? Fast shipping? Secure shopping? Cool! How do I get these ads to show up for me??

I also like all of the 400 Bad Request things.. I can only get 1 bad request at a time, I don't know how you managed to pull off 400 of them!

[Super Mario]

It differs itself from normal links with gree underlines. If you don't need to do some eshopping or find bargains you can ignore ads with a special piece of hardware called 'YOU'.

Others find bargain shopping very useful. As long as it's not useless or spam I'll read anything.

[Super Mario]

Originally Posted by Diggory Laycock

I get them. (Safari 2.0.3) - e.g. this page: http://gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=15974

They're a real pain in the arse.

Pop-ups blocked, cookies only from the site I navigate to.

The only thing that annoys me about gamesindustry is there banners wobble up and down when I scroll.

[Love Calm Quiet]

So have any of you seen a write-up that details exactly how Dumbtext does this?
I do see the word "Apple" green-underlined in the above link to the Mactel/Bootcamp stuff.

But when I look at the code for the page there is " Windows XP. Apple said that Boot Camp will be..." with NOTHING coded around the word Apple.

Also strange is how the pop-up box jump in and out as I move cursor across the word "Apple" or as I move it from "Apple" toward the box".

Since I believe in practicing "know thy enemy"... it'd be v. interesting to know something about how they do it.

[Chuckit]

Originally Posted by Super Mario

It differs itself from normal links with gree underlines. If you don't need to do some eshopping or find bargains you can ignore ads with a special piece of hardware called 'YOU'.

Not if my browser is doing that special thing called "locking up while it loads a bunch of shitty Intellitxt ads."

[Love Calm Quiet]

BTW, I notice that on MacNN privacy/Intellitext page the link shows:

"http : / / macnn.us.intellitxt.com/intellitxt/switch.asp?IPID=3076&state=off&url=http://www.macnn.com/privacy/intellitxt/"

".asp" ! but most of the MacNN stuff runs off php/mysql, doesn't it? So they're going to trouble to use Asps for this wonderful new technology?

[Super Mario]

Originally Posted by Chuckit

Not if my browser is doing that special thing called "locking up while it loads a bunch of shitty Intellitxt ads."

Jeez man, have you a 100mhz computer? Mine is just a 1ghz G4 and have no problem. They aren't pretty but think what would happen if sites had no revenue?

All the good sites that get thousands of hits and cost money to pay for bandwidth would be gone.

Solution would be for Intellitext whoever they are to make their ads better looking and less hungry if it's true your puter locks up.

[Apfhex]

Originally Posted by Super Mario

It differs itself from normal links with gree underlines. If you don't need to do some eshopping or find bargains you can ignore ads with a special piece of hardware called 'YOU'.

Others find bargain shopping very useful. As long as it's not useless or spam I'll read anything.

Am I missing some sarcasm here? I haven't seen anything useful in those ads at all. And they're NOT easy to ignore. Maybe it's just my mousing habits, but when I encounter a page with the ads I inadvertently get at least half of them to pop up above the text I'm trying to read, or the real links I'm trying to click!

As soon as I found out about it I installed SafariBlock (installs as a regular InputManager, doesn't require updating when Safari's version number changes, free!) and used the filter *intellitxt* and I've never seen them since.

I'm also curious why Doofy doesn't see the ads at all.

[Doofy]

Originally Posted by Diggory Laycock

I get them. (Safari 2.0.3) - e.g. this page: http://gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=15974

Right. I'm getting them on that page. First time I've ever seen 'em (except in the screenie SWG posted earlier).

[Super Mario]

Originally Posted by Apfhex

Am I missing some sarcasm here? I haven't seen anything useful in those ads at all. And they're NOT easy to ignore. Maybe it's just my mousing habits, but when I encounter a page with the ads I inadvertently get at least half of them to pop up above the text I'm trying to read, or the real links I'm trying to click!

It's your mousing habits. I use my eyes not my mouse to read articles. I can tell the blue ones are links. I can tell the green ones are intellitext and click on the green ones if they provide something useful like a link to a bargain. The only problem I saw with them so far is I didn't see anything interesting in their popup.

[Gee4orce]

Just a guess, but you might be able to use a custom CSS stylesheet in Safari to prevent these links from showing...

[Diggory Laycock]

Yay - SafariBlock + the rule:

Code:
*intellitxt.com*

blocks it.