Thanks.

Quote:Btw, I removed the ads from the main forum index, from the journals, and from user profiles.

You Rock!!! Thanks for getting them out of the journals. Now I don't care about them as long as they don't get out of control. [smile]

[edit] I noticed that they are still in the journal index though... [sad] [/edit]

So many sites overuse those things. I'm not entirely sure why, but as soon as I see those kinds of adds, I immediately label whatever site they show up on as unprofessional and focused on profits rather than users. I guess it's just such an extreme contrast to things like wikipedia where clicking on any of the hundreds of underlined links takes you to more valuable information.

The use of then on this site isn't nearly as bad as on some sites, but still, if I were comming here for the first time, I'd immediately throw it into the group of "sites that use those ridiculously annoying advertisements."

Another thing to consider is what the authors of articles in which these "links" show up in would think. I think it may get people who have written articles for this site upset, it it might also turn people off from writing articles who don't want their articles manipulated.

Quote:Original post by cowsarenotevil
Another thing to consider is what the authors of articles in which these "links" show up in would think. I think it may get people who have written articles for this site upset, it it might also turn people off from writing articles who don't want their articles manipulated.

Well, speaking as someone who has both articles and journal entries (although, not many of either) here - I was (until it was fixed) far more concerned about ads being placed in my Journal text than ads going in my articles.

(And speaking of which - thanks for removing them from the journals, Dave [smile])

Although - you are right - the ads are a bit of a negitive if I were considering the site for the first time, or if I were thinking of writing another article (although, for myself, it wouldn't be a big enough negitive to stop me).

I don't mind them. They lag me somewhat, but I can put up with that. One thing to note, they kind of clash some of the themes at NeHe. If you look a Fiction Is Orange it looks kind of ugly with the green sticking out. But that is also another thing I can put up with.

I just ad-block them, as i do with all the rest. I'll get a gamedev member later, once i get full payed. this'll be in some months. but even then, i'll continue to use adblock. reasons:

1) only page content, no ads with other stuff (think of anandtech or tomshardware :D urgh)

2) no FLASH ads! why is that important? because they use much cpu. having a page with several flash items in is no good for my 2.0gig P4M in terms of performance (page scrolling slows down to get unusable), and on battery (1.2ghz then), the 100% cpu usage is not something nice for battery uptime as well. having a page open, and leave it open, should not cost batterylife.

3) no flash sounds. my pc NEVER has ANY sound enabled, except if i want to (winamp, movies, etc). as my cellphone only has vibra, too. i can't stand it, having a thing doing noise by itself, it disturbs not only me, but also others. think of a loud flash ad on a pc that made no noise for hours, but has sound on full power. and this at night, with the parents sleeping in the next room. think of the notebook in the train, or what ever situation. sound from some ad is not something i want.

4) this intellitext thing does (on my notebook) definitely slow down firefox by a large margin. not something i want.

there are more reasons i hate ad. but the main ones you heard: they eat performance wich i don't want to give to them. espencially on a notebook, this is really measurable.