ssddx said:
the site isn't free to host and run you know
advertising is a valid source of revenue.
however i do agree that they should be previewed first before they appear. some can be rather obnoxious.
Yes, and the stuff in the side bars, etc. doesn't at all bother me in the least. The part that bothers me is when it's thrown in your face and forces you to stop what you're doing to click and close the stupid little box because the rest of your screen is greyed out. The ones that go across the bottom of your browser window are particularly annoying as well...the firefox and Nvidia ads have been down there lately and I hate them. The NVidia ad doesn't even have an X to close it out...you just have to wait for it to go away which is terribly annoying!
I am all for advertising funding the site...good on them for bringing in a buck however they can. However, when the user experience begins to suffer over it...I think alternative methods should be explored.