Grrr...
Call me a cranky old curmudgeon, but I'm getting mighty tired of animated ads on commercial web sites. It's impossible for me to read a story with kaleidoscopes, bouncing balls, zooming cars, dancing figures and other distractions demanding my attention.
If I can't cover these in-your-face ads, or pull in the browser's frame enough to exclude them, I simply leave the site — which does the advertiser no good, not to mention the other advertisers and their more reasonable, less disrespectful ads. I hope you do the same.
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What a show-off you are!! ;-)
Posted by: Kathy | August 27, 2006 03:28 PM
Damn - somebody made that unfortunate flasher incident in the school playground public?
Oh - maybe you mean the dog. Never mind... ;-)
Posted by: abi | August 27, 2006 04:29 PM
hey..firefox has a program that shuts those ads down I beleive..of course you have to use FF, which I do..and I don't get those annoying suckers..
Posted by: Dusty | August 27, 2006 05:59 PM
I like Firefox too. I haven't used IE in so long. I stopped using IE cuz' I hated blogging w/ it, but now I just use Firefox.
Posted by: reality-based educator | August 27, 2006 11:06 PM
LOL Or little dogs running around like they're on doggie drugs. :)
Posted by: pissed off patricia | August 28, 2006 07:35 AM
cranky old curmudgeon
I think I beat you to the title! I spend far too much of my life trying to get rid of superfluous input.
I even developed a strong baldder so I could watch non-commercial TV whenever I was inclined to the box.
Posted by: cartledge | August 28, 2006 09:43 AM
Dusty: I do use Firefox. I have popups disabled, but I think the only way to block those maddening animated ads is to disable all images. If I did that, I wouldn't be able to see that cute, finger-strumming kitty of yours. ;-)
rbe: I stopped using IE for the same reason. I seem to have far fewer problems with popups, adware, data miners, etc, with Firefox.
PoP: I believe I found that hopped-up puppy on a free clipart site a few years back, so download it if you like it.
cartledge: I think my wife would beg to differ with you that you (or anyone) out crankys me. And I envy your strong bladder. I've been toying with the idea of catherization.
Posted by: abi | August 28, 2006 06:59 PM
hey..firefox has a program that shuts those ads down I beleive..of course you have to use FF
I once worked for a startup that wanted to treat the advertising spaces on web-pages as real-estate for you to lease (or to blank out as you chose)--didn't get very far, went bankrupt before we could get the customers we'd signed to pay up.
Posted by: Kvatch | August 29, 2006 12:02 AM
...went bankrupt before we could get the customers we'd signed to pay up.
I hate when that happens. ;-)
Posted by: abi | August 29, 2006 11:43 AM
How ya doing Anthony? We miss you..
Posted by: Dusty | August 31, 2006 06:28 PM
Thanks for asking, Dusty. I'm fine, just BusyBusyBusy...
Posted by: abi | August 31, 2006 07:32 PM
ah..real life does get in the way sometimes doesn't it? ;)
Posted by: Dusty | September 2, 2006 10:09 AM