Annoying popups

Kashluk · Post by **Kashluk** » Sat Dec 17, 2005 11:04 am

There's this new brand of pop-up ads on DAC, apparently... I'm using firefox with all pop-ups disabled and I get like twelve of these "ad.joinaxxes.com" -advertisements while reading through the topics. Could you *please* get rid of them or something?

Yours truly,
me

Post by **DarkUnderlord** » Sat Dec 17, 2005 12:33 pm

Yeah, pop-ups nowadays are triggered by Flash. Firefox doesn't disable Flash pop-ups by default. There is a plugin you can get which does that though it fucks with every Flash thing you encounter then.

I have been noticing the odd annoying pop-up on the sorcerers.net network though... Haven't been able to confirm it was sorcerers.net or some other site I was looking at at the time.

I cast: Summon Taluntain

Megatron · Post by **Megatron** » Sat Dec 17, 2005 12:54 pm

I had a bad one yesterday, but I don't know wether it was because of dac as it came up just as I shut firefox. Anyway it was a load of pop-ups asking if I want to confirm this yes/no okay you pressed no so that means yes, get ready to install fabulous bullshit so I just unplugged my pc

edit: i just had a flash one that makes noises, cool!

HELLOOOOO

VasikkA · Post by **VasikkA** » Sat Dec 17, 2005 1:34 pm

I used to get pop-ups on DaC, but haven't got any since I installed Firefox 1.5. I still get occasionally pop-ups, but they open a new window on the website, not on my browser.

Nicolai · Post by **Nicolai** » Sat Dec 17, 2005 2:52 pm

I never get any popups.

Urizen · Post by **Urizen** » Sat Dec 17, 2005 4:42 pm

me neither

PiP · Post by **PiP** » Sat Dec 17, 2005 4:57 pm

Firefox (1.5 would be best)
+ https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/m ... on=firefox
+ https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/m ... on=firefox

real good.
I also recommend https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/m ... on=firefox
but this one's not about popups and stuff.

Post by **Taluntain** » Sat Dec 17, 2005 11:20 pm

DAC has always had pop-ups on the site pages only (I think) as compensation for not putting ads on all those old(er) subsites. You only get 1 every few hours, however. Any more means that you're either blocking all cookies or that you have some settings messed up, or that some regular ad is spawning them (which shouldn't be happening). If there's a malicious pop-up that spawns more, you should report it and I'll have it removed. Same goes for any regular ads that spawn popups.

Post by **Retlaw83** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 6:57 pm

I've never had pop ups here. But the Vonage banner ad with the sound eats my bandwidth and sounds really fucking annoying.

Geno · Post by **Geno** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 7:17 pm

You can get AdBlock and block the "iFrame" of where th publicity appears. You won't ever see some again. You can put it back on from time to time and click on a banner to support DaC.

vx trauma · Post by **vx trauma** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 8:13 pm

How much moolah do DAC get per adbar click?

Nicolai · Post by **Nicolai** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 10:30 pm

Naked_Lunch · Post by **Naked_Lunch** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 10:35 pm

A piece o' eight.

Post by **Taluntain** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 3:08 am

Obviously if DAC had to rely on advertising to cover the costs of hosting, Teatime would be paying out his pocket for it. I think this thread is a good indication how little people around here care for the fact that advertising is the only thing that helps to pay at least a part of the server bill. It's really too bad that the "let's make sure that the site loses even the few cents a month from me (that I don't even have to pay for) by making sure I'm blocking all the ads" mentality works online. Until the guy running the site gets tired of paying for the enjoyment of his visitors with his time as well as his money, that is... But hey, when one site goes down, there's always another one there, right?

Trust me, you'd be bitter too if you were on the receiving end of this shitty mentality for years.

Geno · Post by **Geno** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 4:06 am

Personally, I leave them on(removed them once for a day), since I don't really care about ads but if some people don't want them, it's their choice...

I understand the bitterness...

VasikkA · Post by **VasikkA** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 10:50 am

DAC should start a "Click on a banner" campaign. Just clicked one. It was invigorating. A little payback for the past few years.

vx trauma · Post by **vx trauma** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 12:18 pm

clicked 10 banners in the last 24 hours.

+1 to barter and pc

PiP · Post by **PiP** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 12:34 pm

didn't DACers chip in for the server bill?

Geno · Post by **Geno** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 2:30 pm

More money = good. Don't you understand that already?

vx trauma · Post by **vx trauma** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 2:41 pm

pinkies and commies dragging their feet in front of the undeniable truth. big money = big guns. ZIMPLE.