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Discussion in 'AfterDawn feedback & suggestions' started by 7thsinger, May 15, 2008.

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  1. mrpat67

    mrpat67 Regular member

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    I have seen both of those advertisements several times in 15 minutes on AD today.
     
    mrpat67, May 21, 2008
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  2. iluvendo

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    Same here !

    I see the pop up on IE 7, but not on firefox (which is what I'm on now)
     
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    iluvendo, May 21, 2008
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  3. 7thsinger

    7thsinger Regular member

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    It's back and joined by a TRANE ad as well.

    Here's another screenshot.

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    7thsinger, May 21, 2008
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  4. homesick

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    same thing just started getting it again. with the new ad as well. this is soo anoying! mods whats the deal? does anyone have an answer? why cant it just be a regular banner? I cant even use the scroll feature on my mouse without having to close the ad first. which is very annoying, then while i'm scrolling it will pop up again! so frustrating.
     
    homesick, May 21, 2008
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  5. iluvendo

    iluvendo Active member

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    drD, where are you ????
     
    iluvendo, May 21, 2008
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  6. goodswipe

    goodswipe Guest

    /Firefox + ABP FTW!!
     
    goodswipe, May 21, 2008
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  7. DVDBack23

    DVDBack23 Administrator Staff Member

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    Guys relax, the boss is looking into it, yelling "where are you" is not going to get the problem solved any quicker. As for the ads, it seems like a IE problem correct? I mean, I am here usually 2 hours a day writing/checking news, glossary, guides etc, and I have never seen a pop up ad. I am using FF 2.0 WITHOUT adblockplus and have not seen one in the 3 years I have been on this site.

    However, while we are on the topic of ads we dont want to see anymore, the smiletrain ads are very hard to look at, especially when they are so huge.
     
    DVDBack23, May 21, 2008
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  8. dRD

    dRD I hate titles Staff Member

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    Ouch. They do look annoying. Do they load ""from the banner"" at the top of the page (the top banner is advertising the same product)? I need to know this, because if that is the case, then the ads are definitely coming from our ad partners rather than being some weird-ass browser hijack. We've stated to our ad partners for years that we don't want to have any popping ads, so if it comes from "us", we need to have some serious talk with them.

    Furthermore, do you happen to be able to catch the "landing url", i.e. the URL the banner points to (don't click it, as it would redirect probably couple of times before loading the final page, but if you "hover" your mouse on it, does it show any link at the bottom of the browser)?
     
    dRD, May 21, 2008
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  9. 7thsinger

    7thsinger Regular member

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    Yes. Although if minimized they will pop up from the bottom of the page, over whatever application window is in front.

    So far, no. I'v not been able to get a link at the bottom for it.
     
    7thsinger, May 21, 2008
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  10. dRD

    dRD I hate titles Staff Member

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    Alright, thanks. And the ads are HSBC and Trane? Targeted to U.S. users, right?
     
    dRD, May 21, 2008
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  11. ulagy

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    I am getting the hsbc and trane pop ups too. (im running IE7)

    edit: typos.
     
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  12. 7thsinger

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    Yes. HSBC and TRANE.

    Thanks for looking into it dRD. :)
     
    7thsinger, May 21, 2008
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  13. creaky

    creaky Moderator Staff Member

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    Good detective work people..

    mrpat67 - please tweak your userbar & sig to conform to Forum Rules; cheers
     
    creaky, May 21, 2008
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  14. grkblood

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    yall beat me to it. i was annoyed by this all day and finally came to rant. looks like yall did it for me. lol.

    but yea, VERYYYYY annoying!!!!
     
    grkblood, May 21, 2008
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  15. ChrisC586

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    Didn't know what you guys were talking about till today and I'm getting both the Trane pop up and HBSC .Started this morning.
     
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  16. iluvendo

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    Still happening as of present.
     
    iluvendo, May 21, 2008
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  17. bilbo65

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    Interesting. I use IE7 and have never seen these ads pop up.
     
    bilbo65, May 21, 2008
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  18. homesick

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    yea i still have them this evening, last time they went away after a couple of hours but not today its been almost 12 hours. and yes it is the hsbc and the trane or whatever it is called ad.
     
    homesick, May 21, 2008
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  19. GrandpaBW

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    It's been here, the 2 times that I have dropped in today. It is extremely annoying.

    At Loco: Sorry, I didn't see this thread, prior to my posting a new thread.
     
    GrandpaBW, May 21, 2008
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