Guest bluewater Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 I was surprised by a banner ad on top of one of the w3cschools references. It was one of those talking characters where you type text and it speaks. I'm not a zealot that hates adds or anything, but when that thing automatically starts talking(loudly) at you, its pretty annoying.Of all places to find an ad like this, really guys... it's kinda shamefull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aspnetguy Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 Why is that? The company pays for advertising space, my guess is that they paid extra to have an audio ad.These ads are what keeps w3chools free. There is nothing shameful about trying to keep this amazing resource available for free.If you hate ads that much just use FireFox and get AdBlock or disable Flash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonas Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 In my experience the sound is triggered only when you hover your mouse over it. On the other hand, I've done that more than one time on accident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott100 Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 This was raised and dealt with many moons ago.http://w3schools.invisionzone.com/index.ph...w=findpost&p=43It activates on mouseover, so stay clear of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Err Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 Why is that? The company pays for advertising space, my guess is that they paid extra to have an audio ad.These ads are what keeps w3chools free. There is nothing shameful about trying to keep this amazing resource available for free.If you hate ads that much just use FireFox and get AdBlock or disable Flash.<{POST_SNAPBACK}> I don't know what'll do without my Adblock :scared: O_OAll those ads flashing, talking, moving, and poping up... I think I would of quit the internetz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowboard01 Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 I found an easy way to let w3schools get there advert money and not be annoyed. I disable animation with my new lightning quick state of the the art opera browser! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aspnetguy Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 I found an easy way to let w3schools get there advert money and not be annoyed. I disable animation with my new lightning quick state of the the art opera browser!<{POST_SNAPBACK}> I am liking Opera more and more each time I hear something new about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justsomeguy Posted June 26, 2006 Share Posted June 26, 2006 The one I like a lot is disabling sound in webpages, but I don't think it works for Flash audio (but disabling Flash helps with that somewhat). Disabling sound makes browsing myspace much less nauseating, if I have to go there at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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