Jon L Posted May 8, 2008 Report Share Posted May 8, 2008 I thought the "explanation" to calm the masses was to support Can Jam, which is over, but the annoying left-sided banners/ads still make me move my cursor to right with every page change. http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f11/can-jam-over-can-ads-move-r-again-323913/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grawk Posted May 8, 2008 Report Share Posted May 8, 2008 If they bother you, block them. Otherwise wtf. It's just ads. I wouldn't mind a "pay $x to get rid of all ads" tho, to support the site without seeing ads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiug31 Posted May 8, 2008 Report Share Posted May 8, 2008 I'm not really bothered, Firefox and RIP (Remove It Permanently) are working very well https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/521 other solutions were discussed here: http://www.head-case.org/off-topic/way-to-go-head-fi/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anders Posted May 8, 2008 Report Share Posted May 8, 2008 Advertising has increased over the years so there is not much hope. If they withdraw this something else will come instead. My only question is if advertising is for supporting the site or if users are necessary for the advertising revenue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon L Posted May 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2008 I'm not really bothered, Firefox and RIP (Remove It Permanently) are working very well https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/521 Oh, Thank you. RIP is working beautifully! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smeggy Posted May 8, 2008 Report Share Posted May 8, 2008 There are ads? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catscratch Posted May 9, 2008 Report Share Posted May 9, 2008 I've already asked about this on HF and was ignored. I'm guessing that CanJam was an excuse to up the advertising content. I can't want to see what they'll come up with for the next national meet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostonetr Posted May 9, 2008 Report Share Posted May 9, 2008 hm. RIP no work with Firefox 3 beta 5. Is there another equivalent for this version of firefox? Or Opera / IE7. I have 3 browers installed right now... don't know why yet- but having a plugin for any one of those browsers that does what RIP does would be nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milkpowder Posted May 9, 2008 Report Share Posted May 9, 2008 I'm using FF3b5 too. So RIP can remove the whole frame?! I'm using Adblock Plus to block a heck of a lot of images/banners on Head-Fi, but it'd be nice to be able to block some frames too: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon L Posted May 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2008 I'm using FF3b5 too. So RIP can remove the whole frame?! I'm using Adblock Plus to block a heck of a lot of images/banners on Head-Fi, but it'd be nice to be able to block some frames too: Yup, with RIP, you can keep on right click on *anything* and go "remove it." I got the whole L side removed. Make sure to click "Remove permanently for this website" later. I posted about RIP at HF and promptly got deleted. Jude PM'd to let me know he hopes I understand Then again, he missed my "edit" to mention RIP in post #1, so I voluntarily removed it for him. My mama was wrong when she said I was no good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riceboy Posted May 9, 2008 Report Share Posted May 9, 2008 Yup, with RIP, you can keep on right click on *anything* and go "remove it." I got the whole L side removed. Make sure to click "Remove permanently for this website" later. I posted about RIP at HF and promptly got deleted. Jude PM'd to let me know he hopes I understand Then again, he missed my "edit" to mention RIP in post #1, so I voluntarily removed it for him. My mama was wrong when she said I was no good Thanks for the tech tip. I didn't know about RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightWoundsTime Posted May 10, 2008 Report Share Posted May 10, 2008 I really don't get the idea of not being able to read a post because of some stuff off to the left. Then again I'm running a 25" monitor, so my opinion may be pointless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postjack Posted May 10, 2008 Report Share Posted May 10, 2008 I really don't get the idea of not being able to read a post because of some stuff off to the left. Then again I'm running a 25" monitor, so my opinion may be pointless. 24" here, though of course the leftside ads are a bastard on my iPhone, but I'm SOL there. still, i'm glad I learned about RIP in this thread, i've been playing with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardwired Posted May 10, 2008 Report Share Posted May 10, 2008 I posted about RIP at HF and promptly got deleted. Jude PM'd to let me know he hopes I understand Then again, he missed my "edit" to mention RIP in post #1, so I voluntarily removed it for him. My mama was wrong when she said I was no good I guess I hit the timing just right and caught your post about RIP. RIP makes me smile. Awesome add-on. I sent you a PM thanking you, but after reading some around here I wonder if you even got it. Anyway, thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvark baguette Posted May 10, 2008 Report Share Posted May 10, 2008 I'm tempted to try RIP on some of amazon's rather bloated sections. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Looser101 Posted May 10, 2008 Report Share Posted May 10, 2008 I'm also using RIP 'cause it will never happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swt61 Posted May 11, 2008 Report Share Posted May 11, 2008 It's pretty much a given that Head-Fi will become more and more sponsor driven. That's just the way it is, I hate to see it happen, but it's a business and that pays the bills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt Peanuts Posted May 11, 2008 Report Share Posted May 11, 2008 I don't really care all that much anymore, especially since my browsing of HF has decreased significantly of late. I do wish the ad was on the left side, though. I don't know why since it doesn't really make much difference with my browser automatically resizing the forums panels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitz Posted May 13, 2008 Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 I'm also using RIP 'cause it will never happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elnero Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 I just opened HF in IE by mistake, oh my God! I can't believe the amount of ads and intrusive advertising crap they've got going on in their now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laxx Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 Lol, seriously. I use IE7 exclusively and it's a pain to visit that site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_maher Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerius Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 What is this "Head-fi" place which you speak of? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvark baguette Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 I just opened HF in IE by mistake, oh my God! I can't believe the amount of ads and intrusive advertising crap they've got going on in their now. I loathe having to delete internet history for the same reason. I'm not against someone trying to make a buck - I'd do the same thing - but they have crippled the site with bogged down load times. They also replaced the old smilies, and the new ones take curiously long to load in your response window. This is the exact way how not to run a website, imo. Not that my opinion means anything, but its pretty fucking ridiculous. Another major problem is its infrastructure is too graphic-intensive. If I had never been to the site before, and came upon the homepage, I would leave immediately, its that bad. I manage websites for over a dozen non-profit societies, and I know thats small potatoes, but our webpages load up almost instantaneously- even the ones with animations. And some of them serve quite a few scientists and researchers. The more dominant societies have ad space; all run off an unobtrusive javascript window on the right side, that is, for the most part, global. There are like 10 15kb images linked to their respective companies. It takes like a nanosecond to load. Since Headfi pulls so much weight, they should just charge more money for less dedicated add space, and run 25% of what they have running now. They'd bring in the same money and have a much better website. Its stupid not to do this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Chalk Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 Will it even run over Edge on an iPhone/iTouch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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