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12 Feb 2006, 9:24 pm

Can we do something about the ads that jump around and flash? For folks like us they're extremely distracting.


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12 Feb 2006, 9:30 pm

Aaron_Mason wrote:
Can we do something about the ads that jump around and flash? For folks like us they're extremely distracting.

I never see ads like that. What do you mean by jump around?


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13 Feb 2006, 12:15 am

There's one on the 'front' page and the same one at the top of every page, it is extremely distracting.

It's a fake message "Congratulations, you have won our hourly prize, click the ok button to claim it before time runs out".

I would like any animated ads gone as soon as possible.



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13 Feb 2006, 1:03 am

Postperson wrote:
There's one on the 'front' page and the same one at the top of every page, it is extremely distracting.

It's a fake message "Congratulations, you have won our hourly prize, click the ok button to claim it before time runs out".

I would like any animated ads gone as soon as possible.


Can you please give me a screenshot. What size is the ad you're talking about and where is it? I've never seen an ad that looks anything like that.


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13 Feb 2006, 1:28 am

The screenshot I can do, I just don't know how to post/link it. I mean I only know how to take one. Do I need to use a host site or something, like photos?

You'll see it as a (broken) static image in the screenshot, however it 'vibrates' and 'jumps' in a small circular motion. It is at the top of EVERY page.

Edit: got it (well, sort of, can't imbed it)

http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/9282/ads4ev.jpg

[img=http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/9282/ads4ev.jpg]

http://img127.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ads4ev.jpg



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13 Feb 2006, 9:03 am

Thanks. I've disabled that banner. It should stop appearing within the next hour. The reason I never noticed it was that it was only displaying to people from Eastern Australia.


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13 Feb 2006, 9:07 am

I guess thats why only Australians were complaining. 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O


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13 Feb 2006, 5:33 pm

Cheers dude, man if only all admins were as good-natured as you...


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13 Feb 2006, 7:09 pm

Thanks alex.

PS I'm in Western Australia.



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14 Feb 2006, 1:12 pm

Hmm, the banner is still appearing for me and I'm in Canada. In fact it's shaking at me right now while I type this.

http://img472.imageshack.us/img472/528/shaky14ze.jpg

http://img472.imageshack.us/img472/7913/shaky23wa.jpg

EDIT: I just blocked the image from FireFox, figured I'd still post in case other people from Canada were seeing it.