mlingenfelter Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 I have a few pet peeves, when it come to the Internet. My biggest is "animated/moving/flashing" ads! I hate these ads with a passion! I'll stop going to web sites that have these types of adds. For me they are very distracting, when trying to read. I understand people are trying to make a living on the internet, and ads are a way to keep some sites free. I accept ads, if they don't interfere with using the site. I've clicked on the rare ad, but can't remember if I've bought anything because of an ad. I only bring this up, because I'm sad that a web site I enjoy has started using these types of ads. Granted I haven't been to this site in away, so this might not be new to the site. So, I'm very sad that LumberJocks has started to use these types ads . I don't want to add them to the list of sites I boycott. I will likely give them a few more tries (more than I do for other sites), but it's not looking good. What are your Internet Pet Peeves? Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beechwood Chip Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 Sites that have music or speech, so I'm quietly surfing the web and go to some site and suddenly my speakers are blasting some sales pitch or music at top volume. That's why I hang out at "The Wood Whisperer" and not that other wood working site, "The Wood Screamer". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewoodwhisperer Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 hey Mike. Not to derail the conversation but I do want to present the website owners side of the story. When you enable Google ads on your site, you don't always have control over what ad shows up. If the owner sees a particularly annoying ad, they can always go in and block it. But the ads that are served are actually based on the browsing info Google has about you. So the ads I see will be different from the ads you see. A well-meaning website may enable Google ads and have no idea that some of them are going to be painfully annoying flash ads. That said, you sound like a good candidate for an ad blocker. This way you can enjoy your favorite sites without having to see unwanted ads. If you use Firefox, check out: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/mobile/addon/adblock-plus/ And considering MOST blogs and websites use Google Ads, this might be a good way for you to have a better browsing experience. Even FWW and Pop. WW'ing have been using Google ads on their sites for the last few years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlingenfelter Posted February 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 Thanks for the information Marc. I've tried ad blockers in the past, but they never worked very well. I haven't tried them in awhile, so maybe I'll give them another look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beechwood Chip Posted February 14, 2011 Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 I like using "NoScript" with FireFox. It turns off all dynamic content. It can be annoying, because a lot of sites just don't work. When that happens, I click on the NoScript icon and click on the sites that I want to allow. I can permanently or temporarily allow dynamic content from sites. This means that none of the sites I visit get any ad revenue from me. So, once or twice a year I go to the sites I visit regularly and click the "donate" button. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlingenfelter Posted February 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 I'm using Chrome more and more lately. I found an Extension that seems to be working pretty well. I guess I allowed my past experience with Ad Blockers, to count them out. I guess things have gotten better . This even blocks those Ads I've been getting in the Google RSS Reader . Thanks Marc, for having me take another look at Ad Blockers. I still stand by my comment about these types of Ads really annoying! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iSawitFirst Posted February 15, 2011 Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 Anything for Safari? Please?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulMarcel Posted February 15, 2011 Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 Speaking of Chrome... I use it everywhere. The Windows version has a nice option I want them to port to the OSX version. It allows you to put the tabs on the left side. Now, I can hear it... "but but but the tabs have to be at the top! heresy!" What I like is that I have a lot of tabs open. When they are strung out on the top, I eventually get a lot of page icons with the first two letters of the page. When they are on the side, you get the first couple words always. Here's how you turn it on: ^T to get a new tab navigate to "about:flags" note the colon Find the "enable side-tab view" and enable it. Save settings and let it restart Chrome. Everything will look the same. But now you've enabled a menu... right-click a tab and find the "use side tabs" item. Voilà! If you don't like them, right-click and uncheck 'use side tabs'. The whole "about:flags" thing was just to enable this hidden feature. I want that on OSX. As for Safari, what I don't get is that Chrome is build on the same webkit as Safari so everything should work the same. I don't use Safari much anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RenaissanceWW Posted February 16, 2011 Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 My biggest internet peeve is the troll disease that makes people who have the protection of sitting behind their screens act like jerks. It doesn't matter the subject matter at all, if someone puts themselves out there with a blog post or video it never fails that someone comes along and has to throw some thoughtless comment into the mix. Moreover I have seen many go so far as to then go on to write their own content specifically bashing the site. Thankfully, it seems that in the woodworking community we are spared most of this stuff (it still happens) as it seems most woodworkers are pretty stand up people. Don't get me wrong I'm not really referring to any incident specifically, and I have been thankfully spared from much of the troll behavior on my site. As I have been forced into more web development in my new job as of late I have spent a lot more time on development and graphics threads and it seems that people are just jerks to one another once they get into web anonymity mode. OK off the soapbox now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alindsey Posted February 16, 2011 Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 Oh yeah? Well you SUCK! Sincerely, Not Allen My biggest internet peeve is the troll disease that makes people who have the protection of sitting behind their screens act like jerks. It doesn't matter the subject matter at all, if someone puts themselves out there with a blog post or video it never fails that someone comes along and has to throw some thoughtless comment into the mix. Moreover I have seen many go so far as to then go on to write their own content specifically bashing the site. Thankfully, it seems that in the woodworking community we are spared most of this stuff (it still happens) as it seems most woodworkers are pretty stand up people. Don't get me wrong I'm not really referring to any incident specifically, and I have been thankfully spared from much of the troll behavior on my site. As I have been forced into more web development in my new job as of late I have spent a lot more time on development and graphics threads and it seems that people are just jerks to one another once they get into web anonymity mode. OK off the soapbox now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlingenfelter Posted February 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 I agree flaming trolls are also at the top of my list. I also agree there doesn't seem to as many on Woodworking sites, but I've seen some really nasty stuff said on some sites. Generally these people are just cowards. They wouldn't have the courage to say half of what they say online, if they were face to face with the person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jab73180 Posted February 16, 2011 Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 if beer is liquid courage, what is a computer.....technology courage??? either way they are courageous until you see them in person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewoodwhisperer Posted February 16, 2011 Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 I have plenty of flaming troll juice all over me if anyone wants some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlingenfelter Posted February 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 Marc, you always deal with those Trolls so well. I don't think I would have that much poise! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewoodwhisperer Posted February 16, 2011 Report Share Posted February 16, 2011 I've had a lot of practice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 My pet peeve are sites that make you scroll left and right. Make it fit the page!!! That's really my only one and I will generally leave a site immediately if they're set up that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulMarcel Posted February 17, 2011 Report Share Posted February 17, 2011 My pet peeve are sites that make you scroll left and right. Make it fit the page!!! That's really my only one and I will generally leave a site immediately if they're set up that way. Dude, get a bigger monitor. The Amiga is past due for a hardware update. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 The Amiga? I have a fairly new laptop and my main computer is the 42" LCD. That should be plenty big. I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harryangel69 Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 Dude, get a bigger monitor. The Amiga is past due for a hardware update. HA Its been years since I have heard that name uttered. Blast from the past. I have a couple in storage if you need parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samhell Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 Hmm, lets see.... Off the top of my head... Java, IE6, IE7, IE8, Active X, all this "lol, omg, b4" debasing of the English language, 90% of the stuff on youtube, Firefox, super "know-it-alls" who know everything online but can't back up anything in real life... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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