Again, Firefox, with its Adblock extension. I get no Expedia ad, no FODOR'S full-screen ad. No ads at all. I love it! The only thing I can't do with Firefox is add a smiley face. Does anybody know how to do that?

Hi maryfalin, the website for the smileys is: www.fodors.com/forums/smileys

Is it smart for advertisers to annoy their customers? I, for one, am not coming here nearly as often because I find these ads and the layout too darned annoying. This might be a good thing overall as it will get me away from the computer. But <i>hello</i> advertisers! This means I won't be seeing your ads as often either.

Sure the site is free, but apparently it's here to be used not to be avoided and Fodors is really advertising themselves as well.

A very interesting thing just happened. I got on this page and on the right hand side where the threads appear, I got a message that per Norton security, this website was blocked. However, the list of msgs on the left was still there. When I clicked on a particular msg, it did come up on the right hand side. Obviously, the message I got related to the ad showing up.

The moral of the story...everyone go out and get Norton!

Fodor's, find a less obnoxious and intrusive way to get your advertiser's msgs out, you seem to be turning people against your advertiser. I don't think that's the plan!

Thanks, LoveItaly! ;;)

I have found that if one opens up over the text, like the Mariott one does, just move your cursor from left to right over it and it closes.

the new ads are a complete turnoff. fodors, please get rid of them.