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10-03-2019, 07:34 AM
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Empty box at the bottom
Both on Firefox desktop and Firefox Android I've had an empty box appear at the bottom of the browser window. It's got an "x" in the top right corner, and it's able to be dismissed. Just weird. Wondering if anyone else is seeing this. Maybe it's more of that nutty 'notify user we use cookies' law (like, duh, cookies are ubiquitous, I don't need to be reminded ten thousand times). But if that's it, then where's the text?
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10-03-2019, 07:38 AM
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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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I'm seeing the same thing at times on Chrome.
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10-03-2019, 07:50 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Coronado
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I assumed it was a new kind of ad that was being only partially blocked by my ad blocker, but I hadn't yet gotten curious enough to turn off the blocker and see. Are you guys using ad blockers?
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10-03-2019, 07:50 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Elyria, OH
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Originally Posted by REWahoo
I'm seeing the same thing at times on Chrome.
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+1, but so far, not yet today.
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10-03-2019, 07:51 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Oct 2008
Posts: 1,605
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I've been seeing the same thing also, very curious.
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10-03-2019, 08:23 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2014
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I’ve seen the same thing, but not every time. I was thinking the ad blocker blocked the text but at the same time was telling myself that doesn’t make sense. Oh well, click and it’s gone. Hopefully it will not be a lingering issue.
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10-03-2019, 08:24 AM
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gone traveling
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Location: Sarasota, FL & Vermont
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Quote:
Originally Posted by REWahoo
I'm seeing the same thing at times on Chrome.
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+1
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10-03-2019, 08:54 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2010
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I've seen it occasionally - using Safari.
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10-03-2019, 10:21 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Mid-Atlantic
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cathy63
I assumed it was a new kind of ad that was being only partially blocked by my ad blocker, but I hadn't yet gotten curious enough to turn off the blocker and see. Are you guys using ad blockers?
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I think you're right. I had turned off my ad blocker for E-R.org, but I've turned it back on for now after that banner started popping up, and it's blocking it successfully.
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10-03-2019, 10:22 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jul 2007
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I'm also seeing it on Firefox. I disable my adblocker temporarily, it appears to be an ad for assisted living.
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10-03-2019, 10:23 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Pacific latitude 20/49
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I got it today and yesterday on Chrome.
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10-03-2019, 10:39 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: St. Charles
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kcowan
I got it today and yesterday on Chrome.
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Same here.
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10-03-2019, 10:40 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Flyover country
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I only saw it once, two days ago. Safari on a Mac.
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10-03-2019, 10:51 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jan 2017
Posts: 2,244
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Same here. A blocked ad, seems to pop up only when I initially open this forum, among others. Once dismissed, it doesn't appear again for the rest of the session. Of course everyone has pop-up blockers now, but this one somehow manages to pop without any content.
It started happening a few days ago on three forums I frequent. Apparently someone found a way to thwart pop-up blockers, but not ad content blockers.
I can't believe anyone purchases products or services from a company which places pop-up ads any more. Seems all they do is annoy people. But maybe there are still enough fools out there to justify the cost. I hope the blockers catch up to this new technique.
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10-03-2019, 11:16 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Dec 2018
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Same here (Safari)
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10-03-2019, 11:20 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 12,768
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Empty box on Firefox where I have ad blockers and ghostery, and an ad on Chrome where I don't have that stuff. A bit annoying, but if I keep an ER tab open and just use "New Posts" to refresh, I don't see it.
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10-03-2019, 11:27 AM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: May 2008
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I thought I saw one but in about 10seconds it loaded an ad for some hotel investment project promising 15% returns. Maybe you guys can just tune out those ads completely.
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10-03-2019, 11:32 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 3,376
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Seeing the same empty box(on Firefox) for several days, just on this site. Once, I left it for about 10 minutes, but it never loaded. So I hit the x to get rid of it.
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10-03-2019, 12:03 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: Western NC
Posts: 4,176
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same thing, I'm using an ad blocker so I figure that's why it's blank.
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10-03-2019, 12:19 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Elyria, OH
Posts: 1,937
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The empty box just came back for me.
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