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What's with all these stupid flash ads?

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Nebben

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Why in the hell are there flash ads, or otherwise incredibly overly-CPU-taxing animated ads, on so many websites suddenly? I can get like 150 FPS in games that are less than a year old and I can run 50 programs at the same time with no problems but I can't browse a damn website without having my graphics slow to a halt because somebody thought it'd be cool to have like 12 animated, sound-embedded flash banner ads all over their website. I still ignore every single one of them just like I did with plain graphic ads and I also get to enjoy the pleasures of 100% CPU usage and an annoying sound file blasting into my ears through my headphones at volumes I had no idea they were capable of producing.

THANKS, I APPRECIATE IT
 
I use Firefox, I haven't seen a popup in ages, I'm talking about ones embedded in the page.

Generally respectable sites don't use crap like this, but a few of my frequently-browsed sites do... for example, pitchfork.com.

And before anyone replies with the following, I know why this is. I just wanted to express my feelings to avoid killing small animals.

Masses using broadband + masses having no knowledge of computers = Ad-polluted internet HOORAH.
 
Originally posted by: Nebben
I use Firefox, I haven't seen a popup in ages, I'm talking about ones embedded in the page.

Generally respectable sites don't use crap like this, but a few of my frequently-browsed sites do... for example, pitchfork.com.

And before anyone replies with the following, I know why this is. I just wanted to express my feelings to avoid killing small animals.

Masses using broadband + masses having no knowledge of computers = Ad-polluted internet HOORAH.
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Adblock 🙂
 
Originally posted by: Nebben
I use Firefox, I haven't seen a popup in ages, I'm talking about ones embedded in the page.

Generally respectable sites don't use crap like this, but a few of my frequently-browsed sites do... for example, pitchfork.com.

And before anyone replies with the following, I know why this is. I just wanted to express my feelings to avoid killing small animals.
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Flash ads make you kill kittens?

 
Just installed Flashblock, it takes care of some of the problem but not all. I still get some lag when scrolling on pages with animated ads. Any way to block stuff that isn't flash? Like the ads that have a bunch of frames. Are they just GIF files or what?

It's not a huge issue, but when I have zero noticeable lag on websites without this stuff and then go to one with it and scrolling down makes my display seem like I'm playing Quake 3 on a Pentium 66 it can piss a guy off.
 
Originally posted by: Nebben
Just installed Flashblock, it takes care of some of the problem but not all. I still get some lag when scrolling on pages with animated ads. Any way to block stuff that isn't flash? Like the ads that have a bunch of frames. Are they just GIF files or what?
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I dunno if they're GIFs or not, but if they are this should handle it.

 
Originally posted by: JustAnAverageGuy
Harder, but more effective solution?

Modified HOSTS file 😉

Your computer can't even connect to the ad servers that way 😛
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Hostfile fixes tend to be huge unfortunately, mostly because the hosts file won't accept wildcards.

I did something on my router: set it to block all domains containing ".doubleclick.", which stopped full on 75% of the f%$#ing ads.
 
Hmm. I'll try the domain block. Thanks, Yukichigai.

Aniblock and Flashblock took care of a chunk of it, but not all.

You know, I'm only 22, and by no means an old man, but "back in my day" the internet was much less annoying.
 
Originally posted by: yukichigai
Originally posted by: JustAnAverageGuy
Harder, but more effective solution?

Modified HOSTS file 😉

Your computer can't even connect to the ad servers that way 😛
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Hostfile fixes tend to be huge unfortunately, mostly because the hosts file won't accept wildcards.

I did something on my router: set it to block all domains containing ".doubleclick.", which stopped full on 75% of the f%$#ing ads.
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An even better idea! :thumbsup:
 
My complete router blocklist (blocks all containing these):

.advertising.com
.doubleclick.
/ads/ (didn't block /ad/ because it isn't always ads)
ar.atwola.com
casalemedia
freeringtones

I still see ads, but they're minimal.
 
Originally posted by: Nebben
You know, I'm only 22, and by no means an old man, but "back in my day" the internet was much less annoying.
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but uglier with 1995-style websites and less helpful information available at your fingertips.
 
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