tigsounds said:
Nope, not buying it. Your complaint should be directed at Burger King where you can 'Have it your way'. There is a perfect solution to the problem but you won't budge. Firefox with Adblock Plus completely stops all the adds and makes the browsing experience quite sanitary. If Firefox was plagued with problems it might be another story but FF works very well and is produced with putting power and control in the hands of the user. The browsers that keep you 'in the box' with no way out should be abandoned on principle alone since they dictate how you will use your computer despite your disappointments.
Tom's Hardware is a technical site that allows, teaches and encourages regulars how to prevent the ads from showing/disrupting their experience here. I disable Adblock once in awhile just to click ads as a way to help support the site. There are ways to make the ads persistent but Tom's hasn't resorted to that so to go ad-clicking is the least I can do every few days. When the ads are viewed/clicked intentionally, they aren't so bad to look at. You should try it sometime.
Just for good measure, I did not say that ads were not needed. I understand that. If you got past the first couple sentences you will see that I love toms reviews and honest nature of the reviews. There is nothing wrong with what I am writing about and I am not alone. As I already stated, have the ads pop in another window or have a points system that if you are a registered user and post or read so many reviews, the ads will either be minimal or be removed all together. So relax on the fanboy aggressive attitude. I myself I do have FF installed and use FF, Chrome and IE depending on the site and requirements. As you know, some companies only work correctly via IE. Some support FF ok but not Chrome. I get it. I use them all. I know what adblock plus is and have used it since it first arrived forever and a day ago. I never said that I won't use it, you just assumed that. I actually found a way to stop the iFrame ads while browsing via Chrome with no 3rd party installer or change on your browser. I just shouldn't have to do it. So, going forward, accusing people of what they are or not doing and telling them how to browse is none of your concern. It is MY browsing experience that I am concerned with and if you think that I am the ONLY person disgusted with the iFrame ads, Google away and you will be surprised.
I do have to say something about this comment:
Tom's Hardware is a technical site that allows, teaches and encourages regulars how to prevent the ads from showing/disrupting their experience here.
Really? So, if I understand your statement correctly, I need to come here and use the site to stop the same ads it is producing? Now that's funny. To give you an idea of the ads and how they have progressed in the past few months, go ahead and fire up Chrome or IE and browse for a week. I myself have clicked some of the ads on the page itself but NEVER the ads that take control of my screen. For one, it pisses me off. But honestly, I am not going to support a product or try to benefit a site when my screen was basically hijacked from an ad. Also, read up on iFrame and some of the software that can be injected via a popup of this type. Toms actually had an ad that installed malware a while back unbeknownst to the admin! There are other ways to gain revenue, but screen hijacking from an iFrame ad is obtrusive and dangerous.
So, relax. Smile. Merry Christmas!
Just for kicks, I even got an ad when I tried to reply to this message!