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What's up with the Blackberry ad that takes over the entire page as soon as I click any subject including clicking on the start talking button. It's not making me very fond of Blackberry.
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12 Comments:
Ditto.
PoorOldMama at 6:47AM on 10/13/09
So glad you put topic up. The poor crew at SE have had quite a a week, non?
I think this pretty much guarantees that no one who doesn't already have a blackberry will get one. Bizarre way to advertise.
lemonfair at 7:42AM on 10/13/09
Okay, I've spent my usual 20 minutes cruising around the site this morning, visiting home articles and talk topics, and I've had to click off the blackberry ad 29 times.
lemonfair at 8:09AM on 10/13/09
I didn't even notice it was there. If you use firefox, there's an extension called "Flashblocker" that keeps annoying adds like that from playing. Additionally, it'll keep videos from automatically playing on sites you visit. You can specify sites like Youtube to have flash turned on all the time so that you can still watch the clips.
winternutt at 9:29AM on 10/13/09
@winternutt: Thanks. I use firefox and will pursue this.
lemonfair at 10:36AM on 10/13/09
Thanks @winternutt. I have been wondering how to do that on any cite I go to.
janaatwg at 10:46AM on 10/13/09
The funny thing is that when I clicked on this topic, I got the Blackberry ad...
KateRuby at 12:06PM on 10/13/09
I second or third (or whatever) the concern.
It's sort of ruining my SEating today.
@KateRuby: me 2 :P
hungrychristel at 2:53PM on 10/13/09
We're still trying to work out all the kinks with these new display units. They seem to be most problematic in Safari. In other browsers, you shouldn't see them opening repeatedly except for on rollover.
Alaina Browne at 3:22PM on 10/13/09
@winternutt: thanks. I switched to firefox and just now I made it straight in to this topic. Looks like that was the fix for me.
tapioca at 7:17PM on 10/13/09
@Alaina, I really understand the need for ads, but the problem with the rollover ads up top is that it's hard not to roll over them. When I switched topics, my cursor would be above it, and I'd have to go far left or right to go around it. And if I was below and wanted to switch tabs on explorer, I'd roll over it again.
It seems to be gone now, though.
dbcurrie at 12:13AM on 10/14/09
That blackberry ad has tagged me a few times. I don't mind ads that sort of "exist" on the borders of the screen but the "drop down" ads are way too obtrusive. And BTW, I'm not being inspired to buy a Blackberry.
therealchiffonade at 10:03AM on 10/14/09