You know I don't mind seeing adverts on pages, I know that the big E makes its money from said ads. I do however draw the line at having to listen to, manually close, stop or pause, move or close from OVER TOP my text or otherwise have ads interrupt my reading of said articles, so I finally went and got adblock for my FF.
Ads like these are what made me block ALL ads on Engadget.
I like supporting you guys, but I am not going to have my computer invaded by process hogging flash adverts. Period.
As much as i love the idea of ad-free websites etc, i appreciate that the guys have to create a revenue stream somehow - and i much prefer this to paying a subscription fee.
It's not like we're talking ads that float around over the text, and we're not talking about popups.It's an ad in the corner without sound. If you're not interested, then just leave it.
Nathan, we hear you and feel exactly the same way. We've been working a lot behind the scenes to make things better lately, but everyone's input will only the case. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
I agree with Nathan on this one. This huge ad is f***ing up my browser screen in a big way, the flash ramps up my cpu and turns my laptop fan on high, and slows down the browsing of the site. I'll be using adblock now, sorry guys but this crosses the line.
Well put, Nathan. I have Adblock (with updater) installed and am pretty much never bothered by ads. While IE and Safari might have some ability to block ads built into them to more or less of an extent, the beauty and simplicity of always going to a site without ads cannot be understated. Thank you FF and Adblock.
As far as the particular offending content, I'm starting to think that Engadget is actually a front for Apple computers, as 1 out of 10 stories is about a Mac product, Steve Jobs, a clone of a Mac product, etc. If there is one thing to hate about Apple (that is, beyond the smugly moronic Apple Geniuses or their grotesquely overpriced hardware), it's their advertising machine.
P.S. That ad is ridiculously obnoxiously annoying, and snarky. Let's set some higher standards than the usual Mac OS pissing matches I have to endure while I find the skip button on my Tivo remote.
> Randavance @ Nov 20th 2007 11:40PM > > Some days I just open a shell and run Links to browse the web in a command line.
That is hands down the stupidest comment I've read on here in a long time. I had to read it again in *Lynx* just to make sure it was as stupid as I thought it was.
The advert is fairly rubbish. Its got a very condescending message, so basically if you're on XP you'll find it immensely annoying, and if you're on Vista you'll laugh because its so inaccurate, and if you're on OSX already you'll think its hilarious.
Also, negative advertising is the lowest common denominator, it suggests to me that Apple are getting rather desparate for new customers (in the computing field)
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Haha, I actually didnt notice it... Adblock, thank you very much.
What are these Ads you speak of? My engadge page looks like this:
http://www.eternal-champions.com/images/engadget_adfree.jpg
And I can "control and customize" it on a per site basis using ANY (thats right ANY) browser! So ask me what I am using and where it can be had ;^)...
Hint here:
http://www.eternal-champions.com/images/AzPro.jpg
You know I don't mind seeing adverts on pages, I know that the big E makes its money from said ads. I do however draw the line at having to listen to, manually close, stop or pause, move or close from OVER TOP my text or otherwise have ads interrupt my reading of said articles, so I finally went and got adblock for my FF.
Ads like these are what made me block ALL ads on Engadget.
I like supporting you guys, but I am not going to have my computer invaded by process hogging flash adverts. Period.
Man I ve been using Macs for years and Ads like this make me sick.
I do applaud you for informing people how to take it off though.
Apple should be grateful to you guys for allowing them to advertise not the other way around.
After all this is Engadget.com not Apple.com
Also It's to bad Apple turned so Corporate. I remember when they used to be the "Peoples" comapany based out of California.
They're still in California but now they're more LA than SF.
"Haha, I actually didnt notice it... Adblock, thank you very much."
I came here to say exactly this. so... "exactly this".
As much as i love the idea of ad-free websites etc, i appreciate that the guys have to create a revenue stream somehow - and i much prefer this to paying a subscription fee.
It's not like we're talking ads that float around over the text, and we're not talking about popups.It's an ad in the corner without sound. If you're not interested, then just leave it.
It really isn't that much of an issue.
Nathan, we hear you and feel exactly the same way. We've been working a lot behind the scenes to make things better lately, but everyone's input will only the case. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
I agree with Nathan on this one. This huge ad is f***ing up my browser screen in a big way, the flash ramps up my cpu and turns my laptop fan on high, and slows down the browsing of the site. I'll be using adblock now, sorry guys but this crosses the line.
Well put, Nathan. I have Adblock (with updater) installed and am pretty much never bothered by ads. While IE and Safari might have some ability to block ads built into them to more or less of an extent, the beauty and simplicity of always going to a site without ads cannot be understated. Thank you FF and Adblock.
As far as the particular offending content, I'm starting to think that Engadget is actually a front for Apple computers, as 1 out of 10 stories is about a Mac product, Steve Jobs, a clone of a Mac product, etc. If there is one thing to hate about Apple (that is, beyond the smugly moronic Apple Geniuses or their grotesquely overpriced hardware), it's their advertising machine.
Yeah, I don't do the whole "flash" thing, I like to keep things simple.
Some days I just open a shell and run Links to browse the web in a command line.
Same here, Adblock saves the day again!
P.S. That ad is ridiculously obnoxiously annoying, and snarky. Let's set some higher standards than the usual Mac OS pissing matches I have to endure while I find the skip button on my Tivo remote.
> Randavance @ Nov 20th 2007 11:40PM
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> Some days I just open a shell and run Links to browse the web in a command line.
That is hands down the stupidest comment I've read on here in a long time. I had to read it again in *Lynx* just to make sure it was as stupid as I thought it was.
The advert is fairly rubbish. Its got a very condescending message, so basically if you're on XP you'll find it immensely annoying, and if you're on Vista you'll laugh because its so inaccurate, and if you're on OSX already you'll think its hilarious.
Also, negative advertising is the lowest common denominator, it suggests to me that Apple are getting rather desparate for new customers (in the computing field)