Ack Posted July 12, 2005 Share Posted July 12, 2005 Hey guys. I know I've been one of those people who has been the most pain in the ass about the popups on this here fine forum. And well, it's gotten worse. I now get about two seconds to close down the popup before I get "Adult Friend Finder".... Now, this bugs me since I am not an adult, nor am I searching for any friends. Especially not naked such ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benevolence Posted July 12, 2005 Share Posted July 12, 2005 Get a pop-up blocker like I have! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlicerDude Posted July 13, 2005 Share Posted July 13, 2005 Get Mozilla Firefox like I have! (It includes a great popup blocker in addition to other useful features.) In all seriousness, there's really no excuse for advertising like that on a site like this (or anywhere, really), but there's not really anything we or the DF modders can do about it. I remember hearing that UGO was responsible for the advertising here, so you might try taking it up with them. Alternatively, you could figure out who's in charge of LucasForums and ask them what you can do about it, as I'm sure they're not happy about it either. Good luck, and let's hope it doesn't scare anyone away from the mod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ack Posted July 13, 2005 Author Share Posted July 13, 2005 Originally posted by SlicerDude Get Mozilla Firefox like I have! (It includes a great popup blocker in addition to other useful features.) In all seriousness, there's really no excuse for advertising like that on a site like this (or anywhere, really), but there's not really anything we or the DF modders can do about it. I remember hearing that UGO was responsible for the advertising here, so you might try taking it up with them. Alternatively, you could figure out who's in charge of LucasForums and ask them what you can do about it, as I'm sure they're not happy about it either. Good luck, and let's hope it doesn't scare anyone away from the mod. Mozilla is fine in that way, but sucks in other. I work with websites which means that I have to make websites for the maximum used browser - Internet Explorer. Lot's of things (like for example the Star Wars official website) doesn't function properly in Mozilla. Second of all, as I have stated before, I don't want to be forced to change browsers. I shouldn't need to. Someone has to be able to change it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewok mercenary Posted July 13, 2005 Share Posted July 13, 2005 In most cases of a site not working properly in Firefox, it's because the site designers are using proprietory Internet Explorer code, instead of adhering to internet standards which work with *all* browsers. I'm unsure as to why the SW site doesn't work correctly in Firefox, but the program is updated regularly enough that it probably will in the near future. Just use Firefox. It is an *immensely* superior browser to Internet Exploiter in absolutely every way. Once IE is as secure, has tabbed browsing, supports plugins (the adblock plugin is very useful) and themes, then it might become a reasonable choice. However, I don't see that happening anytime soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ack Posted July 16, 2005 Author Share Posted July 16, 2005 My personal opinion is that Mozilla isn't better. It's better in some aspects, and in others IE works better. I do not want to be forced to using a browser that I do not like, when I visit this forum as much as I do. Is it really impossible to put an end to these popups? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_One Posted July 30, 2005 Share Posted July 30, 2005 The problems should now have disappeared along with the old forum design. Fear not, our own custom design is on the way! I'm liking these new forums - very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riceplant Posted August 5, 2005 Share Posted August 5, 2005 IE6 has a popup blocker anyway. I agree about firefox. I'm thinking of switching back to IE. Firefox just can't handle Cookies properly. Keeps telling me there are new responces to posts after I've already viewed them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ack Posted August 5, 2005 Author Share Posted August 5, 2005 Yeah well, the new forums are userfriendly and works superb. Haven't had one problem with them Keep on tranglin' with the mod guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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