Um, WTF? Ads at the side? UPDATE - PICS!

[Rufio]

yeah it sucks.

 

[FuZoR]

arrrg its driving me nuts lol

 

[Anubis]

subscribe they will go away

 

[chynkboi]

what a scam!

 

[eklass]

Originally posted by: TheEvil1
subscribe they will go away

bad form for not giving us notice of the upcoming change

 

[prodigy]

Originally posted by: AnandTech Deals
High Everyone,

Sorry about the additional banners. We are experimenting as google no longer allows us to put their banner on the bottom of the page. We are doing our best to minimize banners.

Cheers,

Kristopher

 

[Keego]

HORRIBLE formatting choice!

 

[Azraele]

makes me feel claustrophobic

Lol, that's exactly how it makes me feel.

 

[CraigRT]

hate it!!!!!!

 

[Warthog912]

Originally posted by: zippy
Yeah, quite annoying. What the hell?

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: GermyBoy

Originally posted by: Eli
WTF is going on with the forums? All those locks?

They're locking anything talking about the new sidebar advertisements. They're like big brother...always playa hatin' on the little guys.

Oh, mybad. I thought all the orange folders were locks, lol.

 

[stultus]

Originally posted by: GermyBoy

...always playa hatin' on the little guys.

The little guys appear to mostly be golden+ members.

 

[Mookow]

Mother of god it makes the page look ugly! :disgust::|

 

[Kev]

guess what, i will never ever click on an ad as obtrusive as that.

 

[her209]

I feel lopsided / off balance with those ads there.

 

[ThisIsMatt]

Originally posted by: maladroit
guess what, i will never ever click on an ad as obtrusive as that.

I've never (intentionally) clicked on an internet ad in my lifetime.

 

[Joemonkey]

Originally posted by: FuZioN
arrrg its driving me nuts lol

hehe that makes me able to stand them a bit longer

 

[Nocturnal]

This is why you subscribe!!!!!!!!

 

[MrHappyMonkey]

Originally posted by: NFS4
Hmmm, I don't see any ads. Oh that's right, I'm a subscriber

 

[blahblah99]

I hate forums who have advertisements on the side! Seems like everyone is doing this nowadays. I can stand all the bannerads on top, or bottom, but NOT on the side. It takes up WAY too much width space that would have otherwise been used for message headers. I guess I'll be viewing these forums a little less.

 

[DrCool]

WTF!!!

whose idea was this?

this is RIDICULOUS.. if they are going to continue this, they should just make the forums subscriber only..

this is really messed up..

the banners are obtrusive now, and take away from the forums..

PUT THEM BACK WHERE THEY BELONG!!!

Dr Cool

 

[Kev]

Originally posted by: ThisIsMatt

Originally posted by: maladroit
guess what, i will never ever click on an ad as obtrusive as that.

I've never (intentionally) clicked on an internet ad in my lifetime.

come to think of it, neither have i. except the old blinking "WINNER" ad that would bring my old 486 to its knees. i just clicked that hoping it would stop. it never did.

 

[NokiaDude]

The ad totally messes up with the layout and feel of the forums, it feels like a huge void to my left . . .

 

[BD231]

Anand and the gang are milkin cash out of this site for all it's got!

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

If you use mozilla or phoenix, look in the forum issues thread, I posted something that should get rid of it.