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Posted by MrJiveBoJingles on Sep-01-2010 14:33:

The Internet is bloatware

Anyone else get a bit tired of the profusion of big images, moving ads, and YouTube and other Flash embeds, and how quick people are to post a ton of them? These things are great in moderation (well, except for the ads), but the sheer quantity of them is kind of bugging me these days.

But maybe my irritation is merely one more sign of my having reached the status of technological senior citizen.

Posted by leph555 on Sep-01-2010 14:36:

I just use a flash blocker with Safari

And fuck those sites that actually support flash for their shitty ads and games

Posted by david.michael on Sep-01-2010 14:37:

Honestly, this kind of thing irritates me much less than it used to when I was younger. I think it's mostly because you don't see 24 pop-ups on any general site that you visit, or ads just randomly strewn about. Even though there might be a lot of them, they are generally worked into the design scheme of the website if it's worth half a shit.

Basically, internet ads in 2010 are much less irritating than they were in 2000 (not to say that it doesn't still happen.)

As far as embeds on forums and such, it just doesn't really bother me.

Posted by Mr.Mystery on Sep-01-2010 15:28:

I was trying to think the last time I actually saw an ad but I can't even remember...

Posted by KilldaDJ on Sep-01-2010 17:03:

quote:
Originally posted by Mr.Mystery
I was trying to think the last time I actually saw an ad but I can't even remember...

yeah me too...we must be doing something right...right?

Posted by Mr.Mystery on Sep-01-2010 17:05:

quote:
Originally posted by KilldaDJ
yeah me too...we must be doing something right...right?

Or... maybe we're in a completely different Internet altogether... ?

Oh man, I'm freaking out.

Posted by Ian on Sep-01-2010 17:10:

It annoys me the laziness of people just to post a new thread with a youtube video & then expect people to respond. It's too easy for simple minds to do it though rather than put some words together in an intelligent manner.

Posted by Lira on Sep-01-2010 19:31:

Nah, they don't bother me at all.

Posted by Arbiter on Sep-01-2010 21:51:

That's why I rewrite all the websites I visit to provide the user interface I want to use rather than the user interface the site's designer had in mind.

Posted by aquila on Sep-01-2010 22:48:

http://adblockplus.org/en/

Posted by Lews on Sep-01-2010 23:37:

I use firefox and it blocks most the annoying things these days.

Posted by SYSTEM-J on Sep-01-2010 23:40:

The only things that really annoy me are adverts that create massive flash pop-outs when you go near them with the mouse.

Posted by Lira on Sep-02-2010 01:01:

quote:
Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
The only things that really annoy me are adverts that create massive flash pop-outs when you go near them with the mouse.

Good call! I actually hate those flash pop-outs that block the entire screen the moment you visit the website.

If I visit a website, I sort of want to interact with it

Posted by FuzzQi on Sep-02-2010 12:53:

I think the numerous ad-blocking and pop-up blocking add-ons speaks to this being a problem... Having said that a lot of the internet is funded by ads so I guess you have to put up with it for the greater good at times. It's just got to the point where I'm so used to ads I see them but I don't really "SEE" them anymore.

Posted by w_ashley on Sep-02-2010 14:47:

Re: The Internet is bloatware

quote:
Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
Anyone else get a bit tired of the profusion of big images, moving ads, and YouTube and other Flash embeds, and how quick people are to post a ton of them? These things are great in moderation (well, except for the ads), but the sheer quantity of them is kind of bugging me these days.

But maybe my irritation is merely one more sign of my having reached the status of technological senior citizen.

You can get a browswer addon or use your options to turn off scripting, images, java etc..

http://techie-buzz.com/browsers/dis...gle-chrome.html

The need varies by browser most have inbuilt capacities.

Posted by igottaknow on Sep-02-2010 14:54:

Posted by D-res on Sep-02-2010 18:12:

quote:
Originally posted by leph555
I just use a flash blocker with Safari

steve jobs really does hates adobe

Posted by on Jan-25-2011 11:28:

quote:
Originally posted by david.michael

Honestly, this kind of thing irritates me much less than it used to when I was younger. I think it's mostly because you don't see 24 pop-ups on any general site that you visit, or ads just randomly strewn about. Even though there might be a lot of them, they are generally worked into the design scheme of the website if it's worth half a shit.

Basically, internet ads in 2010 are much less irritating than they were in 2000 (not to say that it doesn't still happen.)

As far as embeds on forums and such, it just doesn't really bother me.

Thanks for your explanation! It's comprehensive.

Posted by Darkarbiter on Jan-25-2011 12:09:

quote:
Originally posted by Ian
It annoys me the laziness of people just to post a new thread with a youtube video & then expect people to respond. It's too easy for simple minds to do it though rather than put some words together in an intelligent manner.

Admitably it's nice sometimes to see what other people think of something rather than colouring everyone's view at first.