talking ads: NO WAY
Am I the only person annoyed by the talking ad on SE that instructs us how to wash strawberries only RIGHT before we use them, etc?
Yes, I could just turn my sound off, but that gets in the way of my Pandora.
SE, are talking ads necessary? or if they are, can you only put talking ads that have a mute button?
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10 Comments:
I've never seen that ad. Is it a popup or do you have to click on it?
caramel at 3:32PM on 05/26/09
use an ad blocker.
engmcmuffin at 3:35PM on 05/26/09
I haven't gotten that ad. I do get the washing machine ad that automatically enlarges so when I try to click something on the page it ends up sending me to another website.
gingercookiewithlime at 3:56PM on 05/26/09
@Joyyy: could you tell me more about this ad so I can track it down? Ads on the site shouldn't autoplay sound or video, and if they are expandable, should have a close and/or mute/stop button.
Alaina Browne at 3:58PM on 05/26/09
I have an ad blocker and it pops up on mine, too - @Alaina, I think it's for Kraft or something, there's also a pop-up one for salad dressing. It pictures a giant bowl of strawberries, and some lady talking...the strawberries move, but it's basically the only graphic.
embolini9 at 4:02PM on 05/26/09
It's the kraft light raspberry vinegarette dressing banner ad that talks about best storage/use/etc of strawberries. Perhaps there's a mute button that I for some reason can't see, but who knows, I didn't see anything on it but an invitation to click for more details. I clicked around the SE site for a while to get it to come up again, and right now it's not talking at me, so now I'm just confused, because I hear it somewhat often. *shrug*
Thanks for the effort, btw, I'm not against ads, just the kind that make noise and state the obvious :)
joyyy at 4:06PM on 05/26/09
It's at the top of my screen right now, but it's not making noise. I actually haven't heard it in awhile, maybe it only makes noise sometimes?
embolini9 at 4:35PM on 05/26/09
Got it. By default, the audio should be mute but yes, it seems like it's a little buggy and everyone once and a while the audio gets tripped up. Sorry about that! There's a mute/unmute button and a close button on the ad, I've highlighted both in this image:
http://www.seriouseats.com/talk/images/kraft-strawberries.png
Alaina Browne at 5:01PM on 05/26/09
damn you're speedy. (never saw the graphics/buttons cause I never "roll over for more details"). Thanks!
joyyy at 5:27PM on 05/26/09
use Firefox.
get adblocking addon
never see ads again.
foodinmouth at 11:05AM on 05/27/09