 Notice. New forum software under development. It's going to miss a few functions and look a bit ugly for a while, but I'm working on it full time now as the old forum was too unstable. Couple days, all good. If you notice any issues, please contact me. |
Forum Index : Microcontroller and PC projects : Screen size commercials
Page 1 of 3   |
|||||
| Author | Message | ||||
| Volhout Guru  Joined: 05/03/2018 Location: NetherlandsPosts: 4222 |
Maybe this is just me, but this forum is polluted with screen size commercials about every second page you open. I am not happy with that, and feel more and more discouraged to hang out on this forum. Especially on my mobile it is annoying since the commercials exceed screen size, and you have to search for a way to close them. Volhout Edited 2024-09-01 18:34 by Volhout PicomiteVGA PETSCII ROBOTS |
||||
| matherp Guru Joined: 11/12/2012 Location: United KingdomPosts: 9105 |
Adblock is your friend - I don't get anything   Edited 2024-09-01 18:37 by matherp |
||||
Gizmo Admin Group  Joined: 05/06/2004 Location: AustraliaPosts: 5078 |
Nothing is free Volhout, some google adverts are needed to pay for the server hosting. But the ads I think you are referring to are called Vignette ads. I dont like these ads either, and have repeatedly turned these off, but the advertising idiots at Google keeps turning them back on, as see in this screenshot I just took. So I have ticked them off, again, for the third time.  If they start popping up again, instead of feeling discouraged to hang out on the forum, just let me know. Glenn The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago, the second best time is right now. JAQ |
||||
| matherp Guru Joined: 11/12/2012 Location: United KingdomPosts: 9105 |
Glenn How much is the server hosting? I'm sure the community might prefer to donate rather than suffer the adverts |
||||
SimpleSafeName Guru Joined: 28/07/2019 Location: United StatesPosts: 319 |
Brave webrowser silently blocks ads. Sites seem to think that all is as it should be. :) I use both Brave and Opera concurrently. Brave for YouTube, since YouTube refuses to play in Opera, and pretty much the rest in Opera. I'm visiting TBS in Brave at the moment and there are no ads whatsoever. In Opera, what I usually use for TBS, I see the side ads and a banner at the bottom. To be honest I don't even notice them. |
||||
karlelch Senior Member  Joined: 30/10/2014 Location: GermanyPosts: 172 |
I also felt that the commercials got out of hand, in particular size-wise. I installed AdBlock Pro on my phone and now it’s fine, however, I see the point that ads pay for the hosting. I second Peter‘s question: how much would it the community cost per year to keep the forum ad-free? Thomas |
||||
thwill Guru Joined: 16/09/2019 Location: United KingdomPosts: 4036 |
I'm also happy to pay a small stipend to do without, otherwise I'm going to have to start blocking. If anything they have gotten worse on my phone in the last hour. Tom Edited 2024-09-01 20:11 by thwill Game*Mite, CMM2 Welcome Tape, Creaky old text adventures |
||||
Bryan1 Guru Joined: 22/02/2006 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1344 |
+ plus on the donates I hate the adverts typing on my laptop I lost a huge post as I happened to kicked where I shouldn't of gone and the post was lost |
||||
Chopperp Guru Joined: 03/01/2018 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1057 |
I'm all for donations or whatever is the easiest to pay for the hosting apart from @#$% adverts. Brian ChopperP |
||||
| SimpleSafeName Guru Joined: 28/07/2019 Location: United StatesPosts: 319 |
I would be happy to support the site as well. |
||||
| PhenixRising Guru Joined: 07/11/2023 Location: United KingdomPosts: 857 |
I use the duckduck browser on PC and mobiles. Don't get any ads at all. |
||||
CaptainBoing Guru Joined: 07/09/2016 Location: United KingdomPosts: 2075 |
|
||||
| Volhout Guru Joined: 05/03/2018 Location: NetherlandsPosts: 4222 |
I installed Opera and Brave on my linux machine. I know Opera from W10. The Phone is more difficult. I am on old android. On Opera I needed to change settings to block adds Brave seems to be pre-set to block adds. The issue with my phone is that it does not have 1000 pixels wide screen. So the adds are huge. I think these 1000 pixels are acceptable on a 4k display. Not on my phone. Brave works nice on the phone.. Volhout Edited 2024-09-01 22:28 by Volhout PicomiteVGA PETSCII ROBOTS |
||||
| Bleep Guru Joined: 09/01/2022 Location: United KingdomPosts: 509 |
Hi Harm, On my phone (very old Samsung S6, also a similarly old tablet Galaxy Tab S2) I use Opera and don't get any ads, on my PC I use Firefox with UBlock origin, & don't get ads there either, I'm currently in a field in middle of know where, almost no signsl, all good. :-) Regards Kevin |
||||
| lizby Guru Joined: 17/05/2016 Location: United StatesPosts: 3150 |
I use Adblock Plus and Chrome on my laptop and don't see any ads. On my android phone, there are some, but I don't view that site that way often, and I barely notice them. If that was the only way I viewed the site, I might take some action. I also would be willing to pay something for an ad-free site. PicoMite, Armmite F4, SensorKits, MMBasic Hardware, Games, etc. on fruitoftheshed |
||||
| matherp Guru Joined: 11/12/2012 Location: United KingdomPosts: 9105 |
The problem with blocking ads is that Glenn then doesn't get the income. That's why I would personally prefer to help fund the site direct |
||||
| Bleep Guru Joined: 09/01/2022 Location: United KingdomPosts: 509 |
Fine with me, but we aren't the only users of the site, there are also the various Off Grid, Electronics & Misc groups, they might want a say as well? |
||||
| matherp Guru Joined: 11/12/2012 Location: United KingdomPosts: 9105 |
Doesn't need to be a subscription. Depending on the cost I was just thinking of a small group of "angels" who could provide the funding. |
||||
| Malibu Senior Member Joined: 07/07/2018 Location: AustraliaPosts: 228 |
I use AdBlock as well running on Opera, it's great for keeping the ads down on YouTube vids. I haven't had any ads for a few years now. I'm happy to kick in for the running costs of the forum. I'm also happy to kick in for the time spent in development of the MM O/S (yeah, I know Geoff and Peter - it's not necessary... but there'll be a lot of people who would like to contribute for appreciation of the work involved) John |
||||
| PhenixRising Guru Joined: 07/11/2023 Location: United KingdomPosts: 857 |
Sign me up  Edited 2024-09-02 05:07 by PhenixRising |
||||
| Page 1 of 3 |
|||||
 Print this page |
