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Ditch ads with animation - I have covered it with cardboard
04-30-2020, 01:10 PM
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gone traveling
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Ditch ads with animation - I have covered it with cardboard
Stuff moving at the side of my vision makes it really really annoying to try to read the content. I've had to simply block that part of the screen with cardboard, so I'm not seeing ANY ads at all.
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04-30-2020, 01:18 PM
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Location: Flyover country
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Cardboard should work pretty well, but I use this stuff. Sticks to the screen, dries quickly, and just covers up exactly what I don't want to see.
Also good for correcting those annoying misspellings some posters make.
wite-out.jpg
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04-30-2020, 01:31 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: May 2008
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I just drag the whole browser until the offending info is off screen. When done drag it back so full browser is visible.
OTOH just for spell correction the wite out works real well.
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04-30-2020, 01:49 PM
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gone traveling
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Berkeley, Denver, CO, USA
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Originally Posted by Bongleur
I've had to simply block that part of the screen with cardboard, so I'm not seeing ANY ads at all.
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Huh?
What are you referring to?
Ads? Where?
You know that this is the early retirement forum and not the "I am over 100 years old" forum?
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04-30-2020, 02:03 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Dutchess County
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Quote:
Originally Posted by davebarnes
Huh?
What are you referring to?
Ads? Where?
You know that this is the early retirement forum and not the "I am over 100 years old" forum?
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Yup.
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04-30-2020, 04:40 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: Orlando
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one word - Pie Hole - dns ad blocker
https://pi-hole.net/
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04-30-2020, 04:47 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Jul 2013
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Use the app. No ads at all 
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04-30-2020, 04:51 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: On a hill in the Pine Barrens
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I don't see ads, but see this thread!
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05-01-2020, 11:12 AM
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gone traveling
Join Date: Dec 2010
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Quote:
Originally Posted by davebarnes
Huh?
What are you referring to?
Ads? Where?
You know that this is the early retirement forum and not the "I am over 100 years old" forum?
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the left 2/3 is content, the right 1/3 is a column with some index of "trending posts" and ads.
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05-01-2020, 11:52 AM
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gone traveling
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Berkeley, Denver, CO, USA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bongleur
the left 2/3 is content, the right 1/3 is a column with some index of "trending posts" and ads.
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Not if you install an ad blocker.
I have never seen ads on this website.
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05-01-2020, 11:57 AM
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Moderator
Join Date: Nov 2015
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I use an adblocker from Ublock and don't see ads hardly anywhere, let alone here.
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05-01-2020, 12:56 PM
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gone traveling
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Aerides
I use an adblocker from Ublock and don't see ads hardly anywhere, let alone here.
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What does it say when a moderator uses an ad blocker on "their" site?
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05-01-2020, 01:00 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Texas: No Country for Old Men
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Quote:
Originally Posted by davebarnes
What does it say when a moderator uses an ad blocker on "their" site?
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That they don't like putting up with ads any more than the rest of us do.
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05-01-2020, 01:51 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Dec 2008
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Quote:
Originally Posted by davebarnes
What does it say when a moderator uses an ad blocker on "their" site?
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Some ads are inappropriate, perhaps.
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05-01-2020, 03:40 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jul 2005
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Quote:
Originally Posted by davebarnes
What does it say when a moderator uses an ad blocker on "their" site?
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That moderator isn't paying the bills?
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05-04-2020, 06:33 AM
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Administrator
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Location: N. Yorkshire
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Animorph
That moderator isn't paying the bills?
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Exactly, all of us are unpaid volunteers.
I don't see any ads. Ad blockers are very efficient these days.
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05-04-2020, 06:41 AM
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Moderator
Join Date: Nov 2015
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Quote:
Originally Posted by davebarnes
What does it say when a moderator uses an ad blocker on "their" site?
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I don't use a blocker on a "site" I use it on my browser  I don't see ads anywhere; I'm an equal-opportunity-blocker.
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05-04-2020, 07:05 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: The Beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains
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Now if I could only block the click-bait links on my local TV news website.
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05-04-2020, 07:42 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jun 2007
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Quote:
Originally Posted by braumeister
Cardboard should work pretty well, but I use this stuff. Sticks to the screen, dries quickly, and just covers up exactly what I don't want to see.
Also good for correcting those annoying misspellings some posters make.
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Alternatively, perhaps one could blind the part of the eye that would see the ads.
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05-04-2020, 08:33 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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Location: Columbia, SC
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Aerides
I don't use a blocker on a "site" I use it on my browser I don't see ads anywhere; I'm an equal-opportunity-blocker. |
I use Ublock, and really like it, too. The internet ain't no fun with all those ads!
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