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November 7th, 2005, 12:14 AM

Conundrum

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Huge Microsoft Visual Studio ads

Does anyone else find the huge Microsoft Visual Studio ads annoying? On a 1024x768 screen, the ad takes up a large % of the screen and because there's no 'x' to close the ad, it's hard to figure out you need an onmouseout to close the ad. Sometimes the ad opens without an onmouseover (the cursor isn't even on the ad) which makes it more confusing. Before I figured out how to close the ad I had seriously considered stopping my visits here because the ad made reading the forums an almost impossibility.

Edit: even knowning about the ad, anticipating it, and closing it seems to result in a certain amount of unintention click-throughs due to the latency in the opening of the ad. I prefer much more unobtrusive ads.

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November 7th, 2005, 04:49 AM

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I agree - it is a bit on the big side !

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November 7th, 2005, 09:40 AM

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Yeah, I do have to agree that it's a bit larger than the others.

Though I do understand that Devshed has to pay their bills. So I guess I can't argue too much. It is annoying, but its essential for any free forum board.

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November 7th, 2005, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by chads2k2

Actually I had NO idea that ad did that - Im having it taken down now.

Sorry

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November 7th, 2005, 12:19 PM