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Author Topic: Film-Tech is still advertising-free (for a reason) Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 11-24-2010 02:04 AM                     Is it me or is web advertising getting to a point of ridiculousness? Just take a look at this screen grab. See anything PURE EVIL about it? No??? Lets take a closer look... Right there! Just press "close" and TRY as fast as you can to get your mouse OFF of the button "release the magic" before it starts the stupid ad all over again which is hovering OVER the information you are trying to read! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 11-24-2010 02:24 AM                     ..couldn't you just use the TAB button to highlight the "close-x" button, then hit ENTER while the cursor is off-screen away from any trouble? ..just a thought ... good luck-Monte  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 11-24-2010 02:30 AM                     It was some sort of flash popup. Nothing I did worked except by the time I finished uploading these pictures it finally went away on its own in the original browser window. Still...  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 11-24-2010 03:08 AM                        AdBlock Plus  |  IP: Logged Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-24-2010 10:56 AM                     quote: Joe Redifer AdBlock Plus ^^^ +1 (Actually it should be +1,000,000! )  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 11-24-2010 10:59 AM                        Disney's web-designers seem to think everyone in the world has at least a 3mb DSL connection. I pity anybody with anything less trying to look at any of their sites. Or any movie site, I guess.  |  IP: Logged Tony Bandiera Jr Film God Posts: 3067 From: Moreland Idaho Registered: Apr 2004 posted 11-24-2010 01:47 PM                     My first thought about the evil was the "movie download" line. I have run across similar ads that won't go away..thanks Joe for the link.  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 11-24-2010 02:20 PM                     quote: Brad Miller See anything PURE EVIL about it? YES! Nicolas Cage in another movie (Moonstruck excepted).  |  IP: Logged Jonathan Smith Expert Film Handler Posts: 201 From: Youngstown, OH Registered: Jan 2010 posted 11-24-2010 03:26 PM                     At first glance, I thought the current HARRY POTTER film was going to be out in six days (Sorry, not up on all the fantasy film stuff out there now. . .)  |  IP: Logged

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