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That damn Oxo Advert

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That damn Oxo Advert

Postby Scatterlung » Thu Sep 10, 2009 9:28 pm

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Anyone else getting peeved at that stupid advert for Oxo?

Seibertron has it, along with just about every other site on the internet. It just sits off to one side, and plays a really loud cheer from some crowd. I don't know why the crowd is relevant because I haven't actually paid attention to the advert. The cheer automatically makes me stop wanting to look at it.

But don't you hate advert banners that have sound activated by default? I think its bloody intrusive. I just wanna sit and read some posts and instead I get a half-cheer from an unconvincing studio-recorded folks whaling.

Does quite remind me of those stupid animated smilies. "Oh my god! No wai!" ARGH.
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Re: That damn Oxo Advert

Postby Mkall » Fri Sep 11, 2009 12:42 am

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While this suggestion seems kinda contradictory to site policies (ya know, me being staff and such), are you using firefox? If so, I'd suggest getting the AdBlock Plus add on for it. No more ads, no more sounds. Surf the Internet in peace.
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Re: That damn Oxo Advert

Postby Convotron » Fri Sep 11, 2009 10:50 am

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I've never come across the Oxo advertisement here. I do find those smiley face ads annoying when I find them. I'm not a fan of sound or video triggers in ads.
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Re: That damn Oxo Advert

Postby Shadowman » Fri Sep 11, 2009 10:54 am

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Scatterlung wrote:But don't you hate advert banners that have sound activated by default? I think its bloody intrusive. I just wanna sit and read some posts and instead I get a half-cheer from an unconvincing studio-recorded folks whaling.

Does quite remind me of those stupid animated smilies. "Oh my god! No wai!" ARGH.


Yes! Wikia had those on every other page for a while. It was quite infuriating.
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Re: That damn Oxo Advert

Postby Scatterlung » Fri Sep 11, 2009 11:34 am

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Its like those damn roll-over ads on Windows Live Messenger. You can almost never avoid it.

And then they glitch and appear through whatever I'm browsing on the internet and I have to switch to WLM to roll over and off it to close it, only for it to do it again later.
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Re: That damn Oxo Advert

Postby cybercat » Fri Sep 11, 2009 8:46 pm

Solution from your local techno-phobe: Turn your volume on your speakers off? That's what I've done to my computer in my office. If I want to watch a vid, I just click the volume on. Rest of the time, blessed silence.

However, I have to say I sometimes find those noisy adverts incredibly handy. Such as when I'm teaching in a computer classroom. Students who think they can blow off the topic and hit up their Myspace pages...instant toast. (insert sinister anime princess laugh here)

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Re: That damn Oxo Advert

Postby Shadowman » Fri Sep 11, 2009 9:51 pm

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hellkitty wrote:Turn your volume on your speakers off?


That's like plugging your ears when someone is trying to tell you something you don't want to hear; it's not going to prevent any future occurrences, and it deafens you to anything you may need to hear. Ad Block seems to be the equivalent of saying "Back off or I'll knife you good." You don't need to drop your sense of hearing, and they won't be coming back.
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Re: That damn Oxo Advert

Postby Scatterlung » Sat Sep 12, 2009 3:57 am

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Shadowman wrote:
hellkitty wrote:Turn your volume on your speakers off?


That's like plugging your ears when someone is trying to tell you something you don't want to hear; it's not going to prevent any future occurrences, and it deafens you to anything you may need to hear. Ad Block seems to be the equivalent of saying "Back off or I'll knife you good." You don't need to drop your sense of hearing, and they won't be coming back.

That, and I listen to music a lot whilst browsing.
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