Selwyn_Davidowitz

I dont know about whether this effects anybody else but I would be keen to know.

I find that I cannot read Fodors message pages anymore because the moving adverts that come up on the screen hurt my eyes intensively. Am I the only Fodorite having this problem? In my opinion no travel tip is worth it if it is going to cause me eye problems and if I am not on my own on this issue then maybe we should ask Fodors to re-evaluate these adverts.

Lets hear your thoughts.

Very proudly part of the wonderful nation of South Africa

julienk

Hi Selwyn,
This is your Nov 5th appointment speaking.

I hate those moving ones as well. They are so annoying that I would never click on one or use that product. But haven't seemed to have any lately once I get into the threads.

Is your pop-up blocker on?

Julie K
Seattle

thit_cho

While I see adverts, none of them are moving. For example, right now there's a Sheraton banner ad across the top, and a US Airways ad just below this box, but both are frozen, non-moving. I probably no less about the Internet than everyone else on this site, but can it be different based on your ISP or region?

nyama

Same for me - non-moving, one on the right, one on the bottom. On all browsers I use (IE, Firefox, Opera).

The ads are provided by DoubleClick. If you're using Firefox, install the free Adblock extension and put ad.doubleclick.net on the block list - you will never disturbed again.

sandi

... mine are static, no movement for now. Every once in a while they do move, but don't cover the text.

Selwyn_Davidowitz

Hello all,

Thanks for all your comments and advices.

Not every advert has a moving sector to it. I would say every third advert seems to have this type of facility. My pop up blocker is set to block these type of ads but this has not worked. Suppose I will have to suffer on. :'(

Very proudly part of the wonderful nation of South Africa

nyama

Popups open new windows. From what you described these moving ads are NOT pop-ups, they move in the same window, thus a popup blocker isn't of much use here.

I just tested the solution I told you above - no ads on the topic pages at all.

zengeos

No ads here at all. Adblocker works very well to block ads and unwanted annoying graphics. Adblock is a little 50-100kb download for Mozilla Firefox.

Mark-

Momliz

Firefox, and Adblock, with the filtreset G extension, all kept updated. I never have any ads whatsoever. (although, I have never been able to see the Africam, sigh!)