Solution against annoying sound banners on GFY:
 

Maxthon, formerly MyIE2. Includes a filter that enables you to block flash from loading.

[img]http://***********/maxthon.gif[/img]

http://www.myie2.com/maxthon/en/index.htm

You can also block specific embedded flash from loading on webpages.

For Mozilla/Firefox:

http://flashblock.mozdev.org/

I use a thing I discovered myself.

On the left side of my laptop, almost hidden, there's a little black wheel embeded in the case. When it turn it towards me, then no noise comes out of my speakers :)

FANTASTIC.. soooo... how do you hear music coming from your MP3 archives?

Not an option *if* you happen to chat, watch movies/clips, or listen to music while you work and post on GFY. Blocking the fuckin banner *is* an option.

Problem is that doing this because of one site affects all of them, right? I hate the talking shit as much as anyone else, but I don't want to have to remember to turn flash back off after I temporarily enable it to view something elsewhere...

It's probably worth the board guys considering that if enough people start voting with their feet like this then other GFY advertisers using flash are going to suffer. :Graucho

That would be when I'm coding or building, in which case I don't have GFY or ICQ open :)

My own secret :)

Avantbrowser is better then MyIE2 :2 cents:

I agree they get annoying and I hate them very much also, but let's look at it from Lens' perspective.

He's not losing any posters.. maybe 1 or 2, but not enough to matter.

He get's paid to run them.

Webmasters are more banner blind than surfers, with my volume off, I cannot honestly even name one banner up there.

So, he does something to get you to look. It works, because people make multiple threads about the ones who DO make noise, and then other people go LOOK for them to see what the hell :)

I installed the Mozilla extention. Looks like one or two bad apples have spoiled the bunch. Now I don't see anyone's flash ads.

Yup. I'd rather see none than everything..
If I miss a good deal, well.. shit happens.

Yes. No banners for me either.


Thanks Naughty:thumbsup

Just installed it. Works like a charm :glugglug Thanks :thumbsup

I simply remember sponsors who annoy me and ignore complaints and tend to not use them. I'm weird that way :)

Nothing against them, just know my own mind. I'm fickle.

Do you think Naughty Bank will see a single hit from me? Of course not. Programs that feel the need to annoy to catch the webmaster's attention, don't deserve neither that, nor hits/sales.

And quite frankly I don't believe in the whole "piss off, cause controversy, get your name out and then cash in" type of promotion.

I agree there's probably very few leaving GFY over them but I bet the number of people completly turned off of a sponsor first impression is quite high. I've certainly not clicked the "Fuck my pussy!" banner, but if some banner was yelling out "$100 per free signup" it might catch my attention:1orglaugh

Yeah I still think those banners must be aimed at surfers. Doesnt make sense to try to get affiliates by saying "I'm cumming" and "fuck that pussy" I dont think. Could be wrong, lol.

And unfortunately more responsible sponsors will also see less of a return on their GFY advertising if we're forced to resort to blocking ALL Flash ads with a product like FlashBlock:

http://flashblock.mozdev.org/

What pisses me even more is the response to the complaints, well... or the lack thereof. Pathetic.

HAHAHA

I JUST INSTALLED IT TOO

NO MORE FLASH!!!!

nice.

ive been meaning to do this glad you reminded me.

Agree 100%

You likes? :Graucho

AST - see, more and more people go down this road. *Maybe* even Lens might realize that having his precious advertizers piss off the people that make up his community and in return make him cash through pageviews, ain't the best thing to do.

When more people block flash on GFY, advertizers will see less clicks from their ads, and maybe not renew their campaigns.

I will disable flash as well now.... this screaming banner has annoyed me one too many times now.
:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

I've never liked Flash.

Fucking annoying shit... if you can't say it with html, jpeg and gif, it doesn't need to be said.

Wow, isnt that too clever :Graucho

Yeah I blocked flash too. Seems to have sped things up nicely. :)

I found a nifty program for ie that can disable/enable flash, animations, and back ground soundss. Now I can listen to music! :)

If enough of us block flash, thereby rendering ALL flash
advertising useless, they might start to listen.

Turn sigs off, and GFY will be flying.

Sponsors using flash are sure to get their money's worth now :1orglaugh

http://fcukgalleries.com/noflash.jpg

:glugglug

Thanks, this Allie thing is getting disastrous to my nerves

I've never seen the NB banner and never will. I haven't had flash on in months. I love it. I don't even surf the web with it on anymore. Since the majority of it out on the net is ads or some stupid graphic or slow-ass intro, I never miss it. If I run up on a site or menu that I need to see it on, I just enable it and then turn it back off. I rarely have to do that, though.

Here's another tip- go down to your filters (little trash can on bottom) and enable all 3 of the filters (content, popup, and auto popup). You won't see ads anywhere. Turn sigs off and you're ready to go. Sooo much more enjoyable.

Anyone have a good suggestion for IE?

Yeah I would like to know that as well...

Wow, remind me to stick to .GIF's in the future.

First post.

(myie2 is an add-on for IE I believe)

edit: eww...no it's not.

Use AvantBrowser if you still want to utilize IE. They have a disable flash button right in the default nav bar.

I just added this line to my hosts file:

127.0.0.1 www1.gofuckyourself.com

is that the ad server?

OWNED :1orglaugh

yes

sweet tits. NO MORE ADS. BRB rebooting

MyIE2 *is* IE. It's no different. It actually uses your IE and has all the exact same stuff, just tons more options. I didn't want to switch at first but I promise you'll be hooked if you try it. I had to do some stuff to my Dad's computer the other night and I got so frustrated with IE I almost downloaded MyIE2 just to use while working on it. :1orglaugh

nice, works like a charm

I'm using Mute. :2 cents:

The banner is embarrassing. Why should people have to kill flash? Naughty Bank should repair the banner? lower the embedded sounds volume, and fix the mouse out.

I think sound is ok in banners? but that doesn?t mean the audio needs to be annoying. Why ?Fuck me blah hard blah?? etc. A SFX of a bank vault opening or something witty would go over a lot better.

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I agree. The banners with sound never really irritated me before, I actually kind of liked many of them.
But this one is just too fucking annoying :ak47:

Abso-fuckin-lutely brilliant. &Bump&

done it too