Advertisement: Error or Ploy?

Dutch · 08-15-2008, 07:06 AM

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?

samifan24 · 08-15-2008, 08:40 AM

I don't ever see ads and I don't see anything in your post, either. I recommend Firefox with Ad Block installed.

DanGarion · 08-15-2008, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by samifan24

I don't ever see ads and I don't see anything in your post, either. I recommend Firefox with Ad Block installed.

Here come the people saying Firefox sucks and it doesn't work. Still unsure why people don't use FF and AB.

DanGarion · 08-15-2008, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Dutch

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?

Why dont' you click and check it out. It's not going to hurt you.

Passacaglia · 08-15-2008, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by DanGarion

Here come the people saying Firefox sucks and it doesn't work. Still unsure why people don't use FF and AB.

Seriously? That post was 4 hours before yours. If nobody said that before, why would they be coming now?

DanGarion · 08-15-2008, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Passacaglia

Seriously? That post was 4 hours before yours. If nobody said that before, why would they be coming now?

But people always say stuff about FF.

gstelmack · 08-15-2008, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by DanGarion

But people always say stuff about FF.

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.

DanGarion · 08-15-2008, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by gstelmack

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.

I still want to see a site that doens't work in FF...

Maple Leafs · 08-15-2008, 01:09 PM

Is there a firefox plugin that automatically posts firefox crap in every thread that mentions the word "advertisement"?

wade moore · 08-15-2008, 01:14 PM

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.

Alan T · 08-15-2008, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by DanGarion

I still want to see a site that doens't work in FF...

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

PackerFanatic · 08-15-2008, 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Alan T

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

Like my last jobs intranet site. It was damn annoying to not be able to use FF with it.

John Galt · 08-15-2008, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by PackerFanatic

Like my last jobs intranet site. It was damn annoying to not be able to use FF with it.

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.

DanGarion · 08-15-2008, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Alan T

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

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.

Fidatelo · 08-15-2008, 01:31 PM

I use FF, but need IE for all kinds of internal work sites (Time Entry, defect tracking, sharepoint, etc). Annoying.

DanGarion · 08-15-2008, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Fidatelo

I use FF, but need IE for all kinds of internal work sites (Time Entry, defect tracking, sharepoint, etc). Annoying.

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.

Fidatelo · 08-15-2008, 01:55 PM

Stupid lazy good for nothing programmers!

Oh wait... :P

Castlerock · 08-15-2008, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by DanGarion

Still unsure why people don't use FF and AB.

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Originally Posted by DanGarion

I still want to see a site that doens't work in FF...

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Originally Posted by DanGarion

Yeah I have to use IE for Kronos (time card) that's the only thing at work that HAS to have it.

Pumpy Tudors · 08-15-2008, 01:58 PM

I think I missed the part where Dutch complained that an advertisement showed up on his screen.

DanGarion · 08-15-2008, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Castlerock

Actually FF works for it, the problem is Java. For whatever reason it works in IE better then FF.

Castlerock · 08-15-2008, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Pumpy Tudors

I think I missed the part where Dutch complained that an advertisement showed up on his screen.

That was going to be my next post.

DanGarion · 08-15-2008, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Pumpy Tudors

I think I missed the part where Dutch complained that an advertisement showed up on his screen.

No one ever said he did....

wade moore · 08-15-2008, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Pumpy Tudors

I think I missed the part where Dutch complained that an advertisement showed up on his screen.

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!"

Pumpy Tudors · 08-15-2008, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by DanGarion

No one ever said he did....

ya ok

DanGarion · 08-15-2008, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by wade moore

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!"

Dude the FF AB faction rawks!

Karlifornia · 08-15-2008, 03:54 PM

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.

Maple Leafs · 08-15-2008, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by DanGarion

I still want to see a site that doens't work in FF...

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.)

Neon_Chaos · 08-15-2008, 04:31 PM

Firefox is great. Adblocker is just the icing on top of the cake.

DanGarion · 08-15-2008, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Maple Leafs

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.)

Exactly!

MJ4H · 08-15-2008, 05:12 PM

what a train wreck

Shkspr · 08-15-2008, 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Karlifornia

As an aside, I also recommend tickling my flaccid penis with a giant feather.

Great. Now I need to install CockBlocker.

mckerney · 08-15-2008, 07:24 PM

FOFC has has ads?

Passacaglia · 08-15-2008, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by MJ4H

what a train wreck

Glad I could help.

DanGarion · 08-15-2008, 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Passacaglia

Glad I could help.

+1

MJ4H · 08-15-2008, 08:06 PM

It looks like it's just demo downloads.

Passacaglia · 08-15-2008, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by MJ4H

It looks like it's just demo downloads.

No, d00d! FFF -- FULL FIRE FOX -- on they're site rite now...rite?

MJ4H · 08-15-2008, 08:17 PM

I admit to being completely lost.

RedKingGold · 08-15-2008, 08:24 PM

What the hell is Firefox?

samifan24 · 08-15-2008, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by RedKingGold

What the hell is Firefox?

Firefox is a free, multi-platform browser. You can download it at Mozilla.com.

Scholes · 08-15-2008, 10:55 PM

Rolston doesn't play for the Wild anymore.

That is all.

Pumpy Tudors · 08-15-2008, 11:23 PM

This is a TCY Junkie style derailment here.

mckerney · 08-15-2008, 11:31 PM

Royston can't play until 2009.

molson · 08-16-2008, 02:06 AM

I just downloaded opera just to spite all you jerks.

Karlifornia · 08-16-2008, 05:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Shkspr

Great. Now I need to install CockBlocker.

Very, very funny. plus one.

st.cronin · 08-16-2008, 09:17 AM

I like Opera better than Firefox.

Malificent · 08-16-2008, 10:00 AM

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.

MJ4H · 08-16-2008, 10:04 AM

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.

Dutch · 08-16-2008, 11:57 PM

JeeberD · 08-17-2008, 05:16 AM

I still wanna know what that ad was, and if it was an error or a ploy...

Chubby · 08-17-2008, 01:45 PM

what is FF?

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