God dam pop up ads

[just some guy]

Anyone getting sick of the stupid Fvcking pop up ads.

get rid of them CN.

 

[luckyboy]

Just get adblock.

 

[Kwibus]

Anyone getting sick of the stupid Fvcking pop up ads.

get rid of them CN.

I've never seen them.

 

[Jamsque]

Every time I visit CN on a browser without adblock installed I am STUNNED by how hideous it is.

 

[Timmy-loves-Rabo]

never seen them either.

 

[sublimit]

Some of the ads last year were like terrible and could set off epileptic fits if viewed for too long. I disabled Adblock to help speed my computer up but that was a mistake and quickly enabled it.

Firefox with Adblock is the best for stopping that crap.

 

[Anonymous]

I havnt seen any. But im using opera, dont even need an adblocker installed. Why everyone persists with firefox or ie with extensions installed I dont know.

 

[sublimit]

I havnt seen any. But im using opera, dont even need an adblocker installed. Why everyone persists with firefox or ie with extensions installed I dont know.

I've never tried Opera, but have Windows XP so I'm not sure that will work on an old OS?

I was thinking of putting Chrome on but worried about feeds not working..

 

[L'arriviste]

I've never tried Opera, but have Windows XP so I'm not sure that will work on an old OS?

I was thinking of putting Chrome on but worried about feeds not working..

Opera and Chrome are both fine. If you want to try them without putting a footprint on your machine, try the standalone versions at http://portableapps.com/ and they will run fine out of any folder. Great if you have restricted admin access too!

 

[luckyboy]

Less video-related stuff works on Opera than Chrome for me. Chrome, however, doesn't have a nice bookmarks bar down the side so Opera wins most of the time.

 

[pedaling squares]

Good thread for 'about the website' instead of 'pro road racing'.

 

[Anonymous]

Less video-related stuff works on Opera than Chrome for me. Chrome, however, doesn't have a nice bookmarks bar down the side so Opera wins most of the time.

i dont think i could live without opera speeddial now. have over 60 sites on my speeddial.

i also couldnt live without integrated email

 

[sublimit]

Opera and Chrome are both fine. If you want to try them without putting a footprint on your machine, try the standalone versions at http://portableapps.com/ and they will run fine out of any folder. Great if you have restricted admin access too!

I might give that a go. Cheers.

 

[Kazistuta]

I get a a f****** phone add swiped in front of my face every second or third time I visit the page, WTF is up with that? It's been that way for about a week now

 

[Ferminal]

i dont think i could live without opera speeddial now. have over 60 sites on my speeddial.

i also couldnt live without integrated email

That sounds/looks good.

But unfortunately for me I'm terrible with change, had enough problems going from FF3 to 4/5, no status bar!

Moved the thread to the proper forum too.

 

[Anonymous]

That sounds/looks good.

But unfortunately for me I'm terrible with change, had enough problems going from FF3 to 4/5, no status bar!

Moved the thread to the proper forum too.

well get used to it, FF will be at 7 very shortly. I already have Firefox 8 installed. They are aiming to get up to FF11 by the first quarter of next year to come into line with opera (12.5) and IE (Currently IE 10 is at preview stage)

 

[Michielveedeebee]

I get a a f****** phone add swiped in front of my face every second or third time I visit the page, WTF is up with that? It's been that way for about a week now

this! it sucks!

 

[Kazistuta]

Maybe someone would be so kind to tell us about that irritating phone add? I don't mind all the static flash adds, but this one annoys me - I HAVE noticed the Samsung phone, yes!!!!(And now I'm almost so irritated that I'll never buy a Samsung again)

 

[SteveMedcroft]

If you can send me a screen grab...

Hi all:

I've been asking around our ad operations department and we don't have any client booking for any pop ups ads. It could be that you have a mallware or adware infection but... we use a couple of different ad networks in different regions of the world and one of them might be running the campaign against our wishes. I am in the US and it seems like this pop up ad is appearing in Europe so I'm not seeing it. If I can get a screen grab of the ad or a link to the site the ad refers to, I can ask that it be blocked by the network that's running it.

You can email me either of those things at smedcroft@futureus.com.

Thanks

 

[on3m@n@rmy]

Anyone getting sick of the stupid Fvcking pop up ads.

get rid of them CN.

What browser are you using?

 

[Michielveedeebee]

What browser are you using?

I use Chrome, and every 2 times I open a CN page I get the stupid Samsung add

 

[on3m@n@rmy]

I use Chrome, and every 2 times I open a CN page I get the stupid Samsung add

I don't know what the OP 'just some guy' is using for a browser. And sorry I don't use Chrome. I'm an Internet Exploder user, which has pop-up blocker settings that work pretty well. In IE, if pop-up blocker is turned ON, then specific sites can be defined that allow pop-ups just from them.

That said... back to Chrome... they apparently have pop-up blocker settings. See website GOOGLE CHROME HELPS. Are you using their pop-up blocker, and still have issues?

 

[Michielveedeebee]

I don't know what the OP 'just some guy' is using for a browser. And sorry I don't use Chrome. I'm an Internet Exploder user, which has pop-up blocker settings that work pretty well. In IE, if pop-up blocker is turned ON, then specific sites can be defined that allow pop-ups just from them.

That said... back to Chrome... they apparently have pop-up blocker settings. See website GOOGLE CHROME HELPS. Are you using their pop-up blocker, and still have issues?

Yes I do, that's exactly why it bugs me so much

I used IE for years. But switched to Chrome after I updated to IE 9. IE 9 sucked, really really bad update imo :/

 

[on3m@n@rmy]

here's a google chrome pop-up issue I found on the web:

I am opening popup window in my application, Edit some data and click on save button but that value is not updated in my parent window?? and also popup window is opening in New window everytime. It is working fine in IE and Firefox. Is there any problem in google chrome to save the value from popup window??

Sounds like you are not alone. Seems like the chrome user cannot prevent pop-ups after a pop-up has appeared once. Could be a browser/OS issue more than a CN issue.

 

[on3m@n@rmy]

For you Google Chrome users: google is aware of Chrome pop-up blocker not working all the time (http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Chrome/thread?tid=1b94365a745d0c6b&hl=en). They say it will be fixed later in the year. OFC that was posted by a Google employee on 6/22/2010. If you page through the Google/support/forum/Chrome thread above, they say going to the latest version of Chrome (version 5 at that time, but the latest stable version is 13.0 Aug 9 2011) may help. So depending on what version of Chrome you are at, you may benefit from getting the latest stable update. (note - there are beta versions 14 and higher out there.)

Another option if that does not work or you already have the latest version of Chrome... the last post (page 4) in the Google/support/forum/ Chrome thread above thread says this:

(posted 8/7/2011) WHAT WORKED FOR ME.
I posted this forum, and I haven't had pop ups in forever. I am telling you. Download the Google Chrome Extension called "Better Pop Up Blocker". It works wonders, and I haven't had one pop up.

cheers and good luck,
OMA