Like the Mods and the Forum owner don't know about and actually use adblockers on their personal computers. I dare say even the office computers.....:ugh:

Thanks for the tips all. Adblock plus downloaded. It won't block google ads though. :ok:

It does if you set it up right.

SD

I still not have seen a single advertisement from google. I am missing out :(

Count yourself lucky!

The highly irritating and intrusive side bar adverts are still there, despite everyones' protests.

Why is nothing being done to respond to users' complaints? And no smug "It's his train set" bolleaux; without contributors, PPRuNe has absolutely no other 'product' to offer.....
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How true!

Beagle, the reality is that a very, very very,very, very, very, very, very small number of people have complained, compared with the total readership.

Are reader numbers declining? Quite simply - no.

Perhaps a vast number have had or now have adblocking in place. Perhaps the majority have huge widescreens in place that accomodate the ads with negligible side-effects (boom-boom).

Perhaps loads of people actually like the ads or find them useful.

I don't like the ads in the side bar - certainly not on thread pages. Nor do I like the google ads under usernames. But I simply block them all, now. I do not see a single ad, anywhere on the site.

Is that counter-productive by IB? Very possibly. But as far as I am aware, the ads are here to stay.

SD

How many would state they disliked it if asked though? Active complainers are never a measure of general opinion.

It seems odd that such an obtrusive advert would be placed on every single thread page viewed. I personally echo the comments about it cheapening the look of Pprune :bored:

Like SD, I don't see any of the ads, so I have nothing to complain about.

My PC blocks ads on ALL the websites I visit. Some sites insist that I have to enable stuff before they'll work. If it's javascript on their own website, fair enough. More than that = "No sale". If I was going to buy from them, I'm not any more.

Firefox with the Add-Ons has the added major advantage that there's a separate "sin bin" for the sites you NEVER want to be asked about. Google Ads and DoubleClick are in mine, along with a fair few others.

Did a quick survey (not scientific:bored:) at work and friends......28 people asked only one saw ads. All others used Adblockers. The one on his own now uses Adblocker plus with FireFox so that's 28 out of 28.
I think the main reason for no complaints is the fact that not many people see them. The answer is so simple I fail to understand the complaints anyway.....:ugh:

88 posts and 2312 views. A lot of people will have already had ad blocking in place whilst others will have now and most can't be bothered to post about it unless they have a problem.

I'll agree with the others who say it looks awful. But I'll add that I don't currently use an adblocker because I find that very few of the sites I visit look so bad or overloaded as this one does now.

If an adblocker can be configured to work only on certain sites i.e. this one, then I'm going to install and use it. Even if that means missing out on those useful or interesting ads that I previously clicked on when visiting this site. Ho hum

I just logged on from a work computer. **** me it is a bit much innit (IE and no ad blocker)

Mind you - you can used FF and Adblock and then there is *nothing* to complain about once you tell it to ignore them.

Saab Dastard, I migrated to FF plus adblocker for this site alone! I dont see any google ads, NOR the paid banner ads, therefore whats the point in someone paying to advertise specifically on PPrune to target an audience, if that audience is blocking out the ads?



Mutt

Like Banana no ads, I suspect he is using the same IE version and gateway that I, and many other ppruners, use.

Maybe there are lots of other companies out there with similar system-wide blockers so that corporate ppruners don't know there is a problem.

That new advert size is just plain greedy. I am a website designer, amongst other things, and one thing you always have to consider is the resolution of your users monitors. Placing an advert in that position really screws people using smaller displays over. It intrudes on the viewing space far too much.

Doesn't affect me much as I'm using a 24" display, but I'm still blocking them, as it is just plain greed! :E

I've only got a 15" screen, your right sir.

Just had another go at blocking the ads, when adblocker was first mentioned, I had a moment's success, then they were back to stay. There just don't seem to be that many tools that One could miss set.


The future is with minimal advertising. It's the future, not annoying the hell out of everyone.

FF3 with adblock plus completely wipes out the adverts for me. I really cannot see what the problem is.:}

First of all, the original attempt left me with an Ad block plus in my FF 3 0 3 tools. It seems to run, and shows several of these...

The Great Circle :: Aviation Pilot Supplies & Flight Training

They was just a string of code when I pasted it in.!




They are shown as enabled. One with many hits. There seems to be so little to go on as to what happens next.





Re reading, I assumed I should have created the directory in FF shown in the blog. Got nowhere with that. As follows.

I have to just be missing the point somewhere.


Well, the download that i get is ..... Refusing to be pasted in here! Just don't know why. Download_plus (lots of stuff then ).xpi

I was told to put it in Mozilla -- Extensions -- and a file that was named from their site, which was a long string. This won't copy and paste either but is similar to the other folder names in Extensions.

it doesn't have { } at the ends like the others.

Anyway, if I do this, it unpacks, but then asks for code word and subscriptions etc. No concept of where this codeword comes from and had assumed it was free.

Ah!














what would it be like to have a brain? always wanted one

Tried it, and it worked.:ok:..........Until I rebooted. :{ Checked the other one had gone, and rebooted again. Still no f'in good.


Is it a paid service or free? Cos I seem to be signing up for 15 days trial. There was not a mention of this until I had nearly finished the installation. :mad: I hate when that happens.


Tell you what, having seen the screen for a few minutes without all that crap on it, I'm determined to rid myself of it or simply not bother with the site ---- after all these years. Having one's mind deluged with junk throughout all waking hours is becoming a serious issue for me.

:ugh::ugh::ugh: No, even that didn't help.

The free add-on for FF is ADBLOCK PLUS

SD

As he said - Adblock Plus.

Someone once also recommended Filterset G, which cured whatever was bothering me at the time, so I use that too.

Not seen an ad in yonks.

Oh for Goodnes sake.....Just download Firefox3 then go here...( It is Adblock plus)
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865
Click on add to Firefox, The rest is done for you.......

Stop trying to make it complicated......:)

Follow Call100’s advice and stop trying to make it complicated. Get a Mac! I just followed AppleMacster’s advice and added Safari AdBlock. Like AM said, no configuration necessary. It just works!

Soooooooooo much easier having an ad on site for FF. Never knew it existed. Thanks.


The thing is they have all worked for a few minutes, then back to the adds - so that's something of a puzzle.

Trying the link.

Everything seemed to be normal. Said that it would integrate with my FF.
Well, seemingly only up to a point. Unless there is a big AUTO button that I haven't pressed. ;)


Can I be quite clear...I'm going to tools, picking Adblock plus - Options - checking Enable Adblock plus and noting some filters, but are you defining all your own filters? If so, how did it work so perfectly for a while?

I'm trying to make my filters more generic, but it's not a simple as I'd hoped...but at least I'm getting some results now thanks.

It would give me a clue if I knew just how many filter definitions the typical ppruner would need. That would guide me on the sophistication of the filter.

Hah! the *.* filter I put in has blocked hundreds. What am I missing?:}

Rtfm?

:e

Sd

I have not entered any filters of my own the Generic lists seem to obliterate all the ads for me. I'm certainly more than happy with it...
Are you missing something? I doubt it. The point of advertising is to sell us something we don't need.
If you need something you will search for it......:ok:

Strange....I had at first assumed that the generic lists would do the job. After all, they worked for a few moments.

In a nutshell, this is what my last post was asking. Or, is there a function that I've missed time and time again that causes the program to write its own filters?

After all this cafuffle, I then assumed that I had to put a lot more work into achieving the goal of no adds. I was getting very aware that playing with computers had stopped any productive work for some weeks. But as long as it's fun...but not winning on any front had stopped it being fun.:{

Anyway, last night, having introduced many, many filters, the screen was clear. The Google one this lunchtime GMT - 6, defies all attempts to block it. Paste in the full address or get it off Properties, makes no difference. It's gone for the time being anyway.

At what point does it become more trouble getting rid of them than having them there in the first place?

Tis the principle of it that make us persevere :ok:

That's right, and I used to be found up at all hours determined to beat a problem. Now, I'm running out of time, I need another 30 years to finish my novel.:hmm:

Just finished a call to a pal in the UK. He tells me that the real figures of Vista 'adoption' is much less than that promulgated. He thinks it's a worse OS than ME.

However, right now, he says that he is stuck with MS XP Pro cos of TurboCAD. Running that on any flavor of Linux would be difficult or impossible. For me, that would put a blocker on a permanent switch to Linux cos I need CAD from time to time.

His son uses Linux with no graphical interface. Sounds like fun.


Anyway, he also stated that MS has extended their support date for XP for another couple of years! Can they have cliimbed down that much?

Have they gone?
 

Is it just me - or have those infuriating right hand side adverts been binned at long last?

I haven't changed any settings or anything (I now use IE8), but the right hand edge rubbish hasn't been appearing on PPRuNe for a while now.....

Hopefully the lesson has been learned and the adverts won't be coming back!

Only get the title page for the forums with a large blank down the RHS now, no adverts.

I suspect the powers that be are trying out all sorts of cookies etc. to foil our efforts to block them.

Maybe we are giving them vital information by discussing our individual reception?

Yes, you are! :E

There has been a spot of experimenting going on by IB - which even affected us mods for a while (thankfully resolved).

I wouldn't expect that blank space to remain blank for long, though. :hmm:

SD