Flash ad

MrSpock2002 · Jul 6, 2007, 03:00 PM

The flash ad that's in the gaming section is annoying as hell. I wouldn't mind it if I didn't almost blow my damn cans..

BlueMak · Jul 6, 2007, 03:37 PM

I don't know if you are talking about the same, but the Zotac ad on the right seems to be the reason for the LONG delays in loading pages today. A page loads, but only one, has to wait 15-20 sec for the ad to load for the rest of the page to load. So for example the main forum page loads down to Gaming Discussion Arcade, and then have to wait.

|2A|N · Jul 6, 2007, 04:12 PM

Ive noticed that also, it needs to be fixed or replaced.

***Zardon*** · Jul 6, 2007, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by MrSpock2002

The flash ad that's in the gaming section is annoying as hell. I wouldn't mind it if I didn't almost blow my damn cans..

ghost recon ad?? sound defaults to off. well it does here. if it doesnt for you, give us a link and your browser etc.

Lowfat · Jul 6, 2007, 05:35 PM

The ghost recon one sound is muted for me, but it sure does bring my eMac 1.42GHz on a T3 line to a crawl when i scroll over it

Judas · Jul 6, 2007, 05:41 PM

no issues here

***Zardon*** · Jul 6, 2007, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Lowfat

The ghost recon one sound is muted for me, but it sure does bring my eMac 1.42GHz on a T3 line to a crawl when i scroll over it

Some would say there is a lesson to be learned here for using a mac.

Not me of course, that sucks man

- ill get craig to take the ad apart and make it "mac G4 friendly" even if it means making it asci art.

**useless fact of the day--- did you know craig named himself craig5320 after his macintosh performa model number?**

Judas · Jul 6, 2007, 06:22 PM

no... i didn't know that...

Robert McClelland · Jul 6, 2007, 10:47 PM

no issues here lol since I'm wireless now

lol

MrSpock2002 · Jul 7, 2007, 12:25 AM

Well this forum is riddeled with flash ads, and it slows page load times to 20 seconds. And that to me isn't acceptable. I've been on these forums on over 20 computers, and it does the same on all of them.

Granted, firefox seems to load a bit faster then IE7, but only slightly. IE7 20 seconds, yes I counted. FF 14 seconds. Yes I counted that as well.

I really wished that a donation system was put in place to disable ads. $3 bucks a month would be a decent price. Those who don't pay get ads. Those who do don't.

I know it's definatly doable, as Rage3D does it. (Yes I hate that site, especially with the new "leadership" - if you can call it that.)

Anyhow, I wished it could be an option.

BlueMak · Jul 7, 2007, 01:57 PM

Well I found something that might help. I use Peerguardian 2 and it not allowing to connect to some weird server (no ubi) was causing the delay. If I either disable PG2, or disable PG2, block the specific ad, then enable PG2, the pages load properly as before.
If the server blocked was ubi.com or something then I would allow it, but now, nah.

MrSpock2002 · Jul 7, 2007, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by BlueMak

Well I found something that might help. I use Peerguardian 2 and it not allowing to connect to some weird server (no ubi) was causing the delay. If I either disable PG2, or disable PG2, block the specific ad, then enable PG2, the pages load properly as before.
If the server blocked was ubi.com or something then I would allow it, but now, nah.

I often use PG2 since I like to *coughaquirecougemovies*. Your right it does load faster now.

Just Learnin' · Jul 7, 2007, 10:53 PM

I can't get more than one page to load here at a time now, using IE7 and not using PeerGuardian. Is it the Flash Ads causing this?

BlueMak · Jul 7, 2007, 10:58 PM

For me it was the GRAW2 ad.

Just Learnin' · Jul 8, 2007, 01:12 AM

I'm ready to give up DH. I can barely browse on this site anymore. If I'm lucky enough to get the main forum page after I go make a coffee, I'm twice as lucky to get any of the topics I click on. No issues with any other sites....