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thanks for the answers.
Well I'm always logged in and I have Firefox but no addblocker.
But if you look to the screenshot, you should also confirm, that this is not a pleasure.
From my point of view, this is a question of webdesign.
The banner is able to push the content so much to the right side,
that the post is no more readable.
I am in many forums, but I have never seen banners inside of content cells.
You should not be seeing ads while logged in, it's possible this ad is being injected somewhere else.
--jeremy
Nevertheless, I feel the OP has a valid point... I have been meaning to bring this up before.
New users who come here looking for help, finding this site via a search engine, only to be presented with what amounts to an utter mess, with huge ads actually embedded in the posts, probably won't stick around for long. It presents the site as a "low value" result. If I had seen LQ in that state back in 2005, I would have moved along. Nowadays its more likely they will - to the plethora of alternatives. I fully understand the site needs revenue, but the ads should not be positioned to as to be intrusive, distracting and disruptive to the layout.
"It's ok with ad/script blockers"
and/or
"it's ok if you're logged in"
is not a solution.
Nevertheless, I feel the OP has a valid point... I have been meaning to bring this up before.
New users who come here looking for help, finding this site via a search engine, only to be presented with what amounts to an utter mess, with huge ads actually embedded in the posts, probably won't stick around for long. It presents the site as a "low value" result. If I had seen LQ in that state back in 2005, I would have moved along. Nowadays its more likely they will - to the plethora of alternatives. I fully understand the site needs revenue, but the ads should not be positioned to as to be intrusive, distracting and disruptive to the layout.
"It's ok with ad/script blockers"
and/or
"it's ok if you're logged in"
is not a solution.
thanks for confirmation,
BTW if logged in, the publicity is still there.
Only way is add-blocker.
But this i never have to use with other sites.
cheers mike
thanks for confirmation,
BTW if logged in, the publicity is still there.
Only way is add-blocker.
But this i never have to use with other sites.
cheers mike
sorry to report this,
but the publicity posted in the forums is so big, that you cannot read the posts anymore.
cheers mike
Ran tests. I cannot replicate this behavior with any of my browsers!
Chromium came closest, but Brave, Vivaldi, Falkon, and Firefox all did well. Dillo would not open the page at all, I think it lacks https support.
I did not test the TOR browser, or Links.
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