Ahhh! Pop-ups!

reno · Sep 22, 2002, 07:44 PM

I type in driverheaven.net into my address bar in internet explorer...I wait for the long load for the main page to come up...I see a few new ads on the page, then all of a sudden.

POP UP AD!

Please no...I don't want to stop going to this website as well...or I might just block the ads with my proxomitron...but still! This is one of the few major sites I haven't had to guard my privacy and/or my sanity from. Please no pop-ups!

Alan Allen · Sep 22, 2002, 07:46 PM

I AGREE........

No Popups PLEASE!!!!

***craig5320*** · Sep 22, 2002, 07:50 PM

I dont get any pop-ups? never had on this site.

Alan Allen · Sep 22, 2002, 07:53 PM

I never have either....just the thought of them made me post the above message after reading the first post!

***craig5320*** · Sep 22, 2002, 08:00 PM

It could be third party software like Gator grr...

digitalwanderer · Sep 22, 2002, 08:13 PM

As far as I know, one of our biggest goals as a site is to AVOID the need for pop-ups! Please donate or click on our sponsors once in a while, it really helps!

Zardon · Sep 22, 2002, 09:13 PM

I tried one pop under for a short while to try and raise revenue for hosting but as far as I know it was removed due to some issues. I frequently turn DOWN alot of advertising due to the unpleasant way its handled which is intrusive on the forum.

The reason I put advertising at all on the forum was due to a lack of donations, running a dedicated T3 server with the amount of bandwidth we consume a month isnt inexpensive. half a million hits a day (sometimes almost 1,000,000 hits a day) and between 200 gig and 400 gig a month of bandwidth. I am against advertising and all that goes with it. Do you think I like seeing flashing gifs on Driverheaven? it was a last resort.

And here is a little food for thought, have any of you people complaining donated even a dollar to the running of this site in the last 3 months? the place you are saying you love so much? If you have, thank you, and if you havent, well I dont think you have any place to complain about seeing ads. In fact apart from a few people, no one has donated anything in the last 6 or 7 weeks.

Until even a small percentage of members start helping more financially, advertising is necessary to the running and upkeep of this site.

click some banners if you can, it all helps.

I consider this matter closed.

Shaith · Sep 23, 2002, 01:26 AM

It's like voting, people. If you don't vote, you don't get to bitch.

*grin*

Z's not kidding though - he definitely agonized over ads for a long time, it just frankly reached a point where there wasn't any choice.

Sep 22, 2002, 07:44 PM	#1
reno Painlord of Ichor Join Date: May 2002 Location: bloinkin! Posts: 1,610 Rep Power: 0	Ahhh! Pop-ups! I type in driverheaven.net into my address bar in internet explorer...I wait for the long load for the main page to come up...I see a few new ads on the page, then all of a sudden. POP UP AD! Please no...I don't want to stop going to this website as well...or I might just block the ads with my proxomitron...but still! This is one of the few major sites I haven't had to guard my privacy and/or my sanity from. Please no pop-ups!

Sep 22, 2002, 07:46 PM	#2
Alan Allen The "Eye" Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada Posts: 286 Rep Power: 0	NO Popups I AGREE........ No Popups PLEASE!!!! __________________ [COLOR=lightblue] [SIZE=small]Alan Edward Allen[/COLOR] [/SIZE] [SIZE=xsmall] [COLOR=yellow]AMD Athlon T-Bird 1.4Ghz 266fsb (AIR COOLED MC-462A), Gigabyte GA-7DXR - Microsoft Windows Me Micron 512Meg PC2100 DDR 16-8-8-2-6-2-2 @ 2.7v, IBM Deskstar 60GXP 40Gb (x2), Setup as RAID 0 ASUS V8200 Deluxe GeForce3 - nVidia 40.71's [/SIZE] [/COLOR]

Sep 22, 2002, 07:50 PM	#3
*craig5320* HH Administrator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 8,565 Rep Power: 445 System Specs	I dont get any pop-ups? never had on this site. __________________ HardwareHeaven on Facebook

Sep 22, 2002, 07:53 PM	#4
Alan Allen The "Eye" Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada Posts: 286 Rep Power: 0	I never have either....just the thought of them made me post the above message after reading the first post! __________________ [COLOR=lightblue] [SIZE=small]Alan Edward Allen[/COLOR] [/SIZE] [SIZE=xsmall] [COLOR=yellow]AMD Athlon T-Bird 1.4Ghz 266fsb (AIR COOLED MC-462A), Gigabyte GA-7DXR - Microsoft Windows Me Micron 512Meg PC2100 DDR 16-8-8-2-6-2-2 @ 2.7v, IBM Deskstar 60GXP 40Gb (x2), Setup as RAID 0 ASUS V8200 Deluxe GeForce3 - nVidia 40.71's [/SIZE] [/COLOR]

Sep 22, 2002, 08:00 PM	#5
*craig5320* HH Administrator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 8,565 Rep Power: 445 System Specs	It could be third party software like Gator grr... __________________ HardwareHeaven on Facebook

Sep 22, 2002, 08:13 PM	#6
digitalwanderer Colour Commentator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Highland, IN USA Posts: 5,619 Rep Power: 0	No pop-ups! As far as I know, one of our biggest goals as a site is to AVOID the need for pop-ups! Please donate or click on our sponsors once in a while, it really helps! __________________ WTF is up with the sigs?

Sep 22, 2002, 09:13 PM	#7
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	I tried one pop under for a short while to try and raise revenue for hosting but as far as I know it was removed due to some issues. I frequently turn DOWN alot of advertising due to the unpleasant way its handled which is intrusive on the forum. The reason I put advertising at all on the forum was due to a lack of donations, running a dedicated T3 server with the amount of bandwidth we consume a month isnt inexpensive. half a million hits a day (sometimes almost 1,000,000 hits a day) and between 200 gig and 400 gig a month of bandwidth. I am against advertising and all that goes with it. Do you think I like seeing flashing gifs on Driverheaven? it was a last resort. And here is a little food for thought, have any of you people complaining donated even a dollar to the running of this site in the last 3 months? the place you are saying you love so much? If you have, thank you, and if you havent, well I dont think you have any place to complain about seeing ads. In fact apart from a few people, no one has donated anything in the last 6 or 7 weeks. Until even a small percentage of members start helping more financially, advertising is necessary to the running and upkeep of this site. click some banners if you can, it all helps. I consider this matter closed.

Sep 23, 2002, 01:26 AM	#8
Shaith HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 916 Rep Power: 0	It's like voting, people. If you don't vote, you don't get to bitch. grin Z's not kidding though - he definitely agonized over ads for a long time, it just frankly reached a point where there wasn't any choice.