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turtle777 · Mar 20, 2006, 10:46 AM

WTF ?

The following sh!tty ad banner from ask.com blocks my navigation for about 10 seconds, until the complete effing flash thing is done doing its effing routine.

I can not click on any links, I'm stuck wathcing it to the end.

FYI, I'm on IE. I know, I kknow, but I can't use Firefox, my work's IT group have blocke the use of FF, idiots !

PLEASE BLOCK BANNER AD ASAP !

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turtle777 · Mar 20, 2006, 10:56 AM

This is the most ****ing annoying banner I've ever had. Sh!.

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turtle777 · Mar 20, 2006, 01:55 PM

Aaaarrrrrgh. This is ridiculous.

Usually, there is at least a banner rotation, but today, I only get this ****ing thing.

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Maflynn · Mar 20, 2006, 02:57 PM

First calm down it is after all just an add banner,
second try decaf sounds like you might need to switch,
and third I believe (I cannot be 100% sure) try pith helmet for safari may block these types of adds. As I said I'm not sure as I don't use pith helmet but it does come highly regarded here.

Peace
Mike

bradoesch · Mar 20, 2006, 03:10 PM

He's using IE and at work so I'd assume he's using Winders.

Maflynn · Mar 20, 2006, 04:52 PM

Oh I missed that part if his post.

too bad, oh well he seems like an angry indiviual, complaining about the adds and then calling the IT folks idiots.

I wonder if Popup Washer will work for him. My guess is that it might but if his IT shop is anything like mine he may not have the security to install the application.

Mike

turtle777 · Mar 20, 2006, 04:58 PM

Originally Posted by Maflynn

too bad, oh well he seems like an angry indiviual, complaining about the adds and then calling the IT folks idiots.

Oh, believe me, you'd be mad, too.

Just imagine a 10 sec break everytime this thing cycles through its routine. Nothing you can do about it. 10 sec. That's 10 sec everytime I refresh for new posts. It's farking ridiculous.

And about our IT people, it's not the local IT guys. It's the central IT dept at the headquarters. We are talking about a 100 billion $ company. The central IT dept. has decided that using FireFox is a security risk !!!!!1111!1 (WTF ?) So they only allow IE.

You don't think that qualifies for the term idiots ?

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bradoesch · Mar 20, 2006, 07:01 PM

haha, now that's funny. They are really protective of their jobs I guess!

Kevin · Mar 20, 2006, 07:03 PM

Firefox a security risk over IE.

turtle777 · Mar 20, 2006, 07:21 PM

Soxxors big time. No more tab browsing. No more folders in favorites toolbar. Darn IT morons

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turtle777 · Mar 20, 2006, 07:30 PM

Here is a screenshot of what I mean. While this shitty ad is doing its routine, I can't click on some links. See the cursor over the hyperlink. Should be a hand, denoting a clickable link. But for some reason, it won't recognize the hyperlink.

It's not all links, but some. Really weird, really annoying.

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ghporter · Mar 20, 2006, 08:52 PM

Firefox set up and administered by someone who doesn't know what it can and cannot do is indeed much more of a security risk than a customized, locked down installation of IE on ANY platform. A good IT shop can make IE exceptionally secure; the rub is that it actually takes some time and effort to learn how to do this and MS certification doesn't stress is so it doesn't sound "saleable." Anyway, it sounds like what the heck's corporate IT shop may know what they're doing.

Further, why would it be out of the question for ANY user to complain about unfriendly ads? Why does a user's platform, even if it's just at work, matter?

wth, I fortunately have access to Firefox at school and it's what I'm running now on my AMD-based PC desktop. I run it on my wife's iBook (she prefers Safari) and my Dell laptop for other mobile outings, too, so I haven't seen these Flash-based ads myself. I assume the "close" button doesn't show up until after "the show." This IS an issue that should be addressed. But as a mod, all I can do is point it out to higher folks.

Maflynn · Mar 22, 2006, 03:22 PM

Originally Posted by what_the_heck

Oh, believe me, you'd be mad, too.

Just imagine a 10 sec break everytime this thing cycles through its routine. Nothing you can do about it. 10 sec. That's 10 sec everytime I refresh for new posts. It's farking ridiculous.

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Well then don't surf at work

turtle777 · Mar 23, 2006, 12:34 AM

Originally Posted by Maflynn

Well then don't surf at work

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Maflynn · Mar 23, 2006, 08:30 AM

Originally Posted by what_the_heck

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I'm not the one having the problem

CharlesS · Mar 23, 2006, 04:42 PM

Originally Posted by Maflynn

too bad, oh well he seems like an angry indiviual... calling the IT folks idiots.

Yeah, I agree, that bit was a little redundant.

turtle777 · Mar 23, 2006, 06:25 PM

Originally Posted by CharlesS

Yeah, I agree, that bit was a little redundant.

Huh ?

Reposted for emphasis:

Originally Posted by what_the_heck

The central IT dept. has decided that using FireFox is a security risk !!!!!1111!1 (WTF ?) So they only allow IE.

You don't think that qualifies for the term idiots ?

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Weyland-Yutani · Mar 23, 2006, 07:16 PM

Perhaps calling IT folk idiots is redundant like calling fools idiots?

cheers

W-Y

Corpse of Chewbacca · Apr 5, 2006, 02:30 AM

Originally Posted by bradoesch

He's using IE and at work so I'd assume he's using Winders.

he uses windons '95 on the mainframe

turtle777 · Apr 5, 2006, 12:02 PM

Originally Posted by Corpse of Chewbacca

he uses windons '95 on the mainframe

Actually, it's an AS/400 mainframe. I run windows as a text-base application.

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