08-15-2008, 07:06 AM | #1 | ||
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Advertisement: Error or Ploy?
FOFC is running this advertisement right now.
My question, is something this blatantly wrong an error, or a clever trick to make you click the link? |
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08-15-2008, 08:40 AM | #2 |
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I don't ever see ads and I don't see anything in your post, either. I recommend Firefox with Ad Block installed.
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08-15-2008, 12:47 PM | #3 | |
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Here come the people saying Firefox sucks and it doesn't work. Still unsure why people don't use FF and AB. |
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08-15-2008, 12:49 PM | #4 |
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Why dont' you click and check it out. It's not going to hurt you.
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08-15-2008, 12:51 PM | #5 |
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08-15-2008, 12:53 PM | #6 | |
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But people always say stuff about FF. |
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08-15-2008, 12:56 PM | #7 |
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Only time I do it is when someone says "I have no clue why people refuse to use Firefox". I then explain why I don't. But I certainly don't jump in when folks say "use FF & AB", because that's an excellent combo for many.
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08-15-2008, 01:00 PM | #8 | |
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I still want to see a site that doens't work in FF... |
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08-15-2008, 01:09 PM | #9 |
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Is there a firefox plugin that automatically posts firefox crap in every thread that mentions the word "advertisement"?
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08-15-2008, 01:14 PM | #10 | |
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The "FF RULEZ, YOU"RE A MORON IF YOU DON'T USE IT AND ADBLOCKER" FAR outweigh those that diss FF.
At least on this board.
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08-15-2008, 01:15 PM | #11 |
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I can't use the netflix video viewer with Firefox. Everything else I think I use FF for.. but it is tough to say that EVERY site will work with firefox when some people specifically code a site to only work with IE |
08-15-2008, 01:22 PM | #12 | |
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Like my last jobs intranet site. It was damn annoying to not be able to use FF with it.
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08-15-2008, 01:27 PM | #13 | |
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I use FF and I still find a couple of sites for which I have to use IE. One is my employer's intranet. The other ones tend to be online billing or commerce pages that never load right. I still like FF and use it for all of my normal surfing. I just know it doesn't work for everything.
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08-15-2008, 01:27 PM | #14 | |
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Well yeah but that is just a jackass that would do that... Just like people that code sites not to work with IE. It's just funny to hear people complain about advertisements and don't want to use FF to get rid of them. |
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08-15-2008, 01:31 PM | #15 |
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I use FF, but need IE for all kinds of internal work sites (Time Entry, defect tracking, sharepoint, etc). Annoying.
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08-15-2008, 01:32 PM | #16 | |
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Yeah I have to use IE for Kronos (time card) that's the only thing at work that HAS to have it. Programmers need to get their act together. |
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08-15-2008, 01:55 PM | #17 |
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Stupid lazy good for nothing programmers!
Oh wait... :P
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08-15-2008, 01:56 PM | #18 |
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08-15-2008, 01:58 PM | #19 |
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I think I missed the part where Dutch complained that an advertisement showed up on his screen.
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08-15-2008, 01:59 PM | #20 |
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Actually FF works for it, the problem is Java. For whatever reason it works in IE better then FF.
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08-15-2008, 02:00 PM | #21 |
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08-15-2008, 02:01 PM | #22 | |
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No one ever said he did.... |
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08-15-2008, 02:02 PM | #23 | ||
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That was part of my point indirectly. There is a certain group just waiting to pounce on the "OMGZ - YOUZ NEED TO UZE ADBLOCK! YOU IS IDIOT!"
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08-15-2008, 02:02 PM | #24 |
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08-15-2008, 02:43 PM | #25 | |
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Dude the FF AB faction rawks! |
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08-15-2008, 03:54 PM | #26 |
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I don't see the ads. I use FireFox...I recommend it. It has at AdBlocker.
As an aside, I also recommend tickling my flaccid penis with a giant feather.
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08-15-2008, 04:28 PM | #27 |
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Hey dumbass, the huge site redesign I did this year for work currently has CSS tabs that don't render properly in FF3. It screws up the whole site design.
(Wait, that probably reflects more on me than you. Fuck.)
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08-15-2008, 04:31 PM | #28 |
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Firefox is great. Adblocker is just the icing on top of the cake.
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08-15-2008, 04:39 PM | #29 | |
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Exactly! |
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08-15-2008, 05:12 PM | #30 |
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what a train wreck
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08-15-2008, 05:20 PM | #31 | |
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Great. Now I need to install CockBlocker. Last edited by Shkspr : 08-15-2008 at 05:20 PM. |
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08-15-2008, 07:24 PM | #32 |
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FOFC has has ads?
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08-15-2008, 07:29 PM | #33 |
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08-15-2008, 08:06 PM | #35 |
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It looks like it's just demo downloads.
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08-15-2008, 08:07 PM | #36 |
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08-15-2008, 08:17 PM | #37 |
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I admit to being completely lost.
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08-15-2008, 08:24 PM | #38 |
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What the hell is Firefox?
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08-15-2008, 10:31 PM | #39 |
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Firefox is a free, multi-platform browser. You can download it at Mozilla.com.
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08-15-2008, 10:55 PM | #40 |
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Rolston doesn't play for the Wild anymore.
That is all. |
08-15-2008, 11:23 PM | #41 |
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This is a TCY Junkie style derailment here.
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08-15-2008, 11:31 PM | #42 |
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Royston can't play until 2009.
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08-16-2008, 02:06 AM | #43 |
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I just downloaded opera just to spite all you jerks.
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08-16-2008, 05:56 AM | #44 |
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Very, very funny. plus one.
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08-16-2008, 09:17 AM | #45 |
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I like Opera better than Firefox.
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08-16-2008, 10:00 AM | #46 |
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For those people who want to use Firefox, but need to use IE for work or what have you, you can get a Firefox addon called IE Tab that lets you open a page in a tab in Firefox using the IE rendering engine.
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08-16-2008, 10:04 AM | #47 |
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I actually like opera better too, but there are way too many pages I visit regularly that dont work right in opera. Firefox actually has a lot that look like crap, too.
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08-16-2008, 11:57 PM | #48 |
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08-17-2008, 05:16 AM | #49 |
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I still wanna know what that ad was, and if it was an error or a ploy...
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UTEP Miners!!! I solemnly swear to never cheer for TO Last edited by JeeberD : 08-17-2008 at 05:17 AM. |
08-17-2008, 01:45 PM | #50 |
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what is FF?
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