Annoying advert

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Depends on what you call intellegent. If you want people to look at the advert rather than shut it down immediately, it is quite good thinking.

[OldironParticipant @oldiron]

Its also driving me mad. 30 minutes on forum and it pops up every time I look at another post and sometimes whilst reading. Makes me want to turn on the adblocker.

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Oldiron have you clicked the cross in the top right corner to close it?

Also as I said if those having problems can say what OS and browser they are using it may highlight a certain combination where clicking the X does not work so something can be looked into. We can’t help people if they are not willing to help themselves

[JasonB]

On JasonB Said:

Depends on what you call intellegent. If you want people to look at the advert rather than shut it down immediately, it is quite good thinking.

If you want to actually sell something then assesment of intelligence is not so clear cut.

[GeorgineerParticipant @georgineer]

Me too.

Sneaky way of hiding the X in plain sight, I suppose the sales and marketing people think it’s a good idea. I’m already a print and electronic subscriber and get the sales leaflet every issue, so this is doubly irritating.

It seems to bypass Adblock Plus, as it crops up every time I access the site. Using Duckduckgo NOAI (that’s good), Firefox, Windoze 10.

George

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

I’m seeing it pop up every time I visit a new page.

I have asked the IT people if it can be changed so it only appears once per site visit.

 

Neil

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

Neil, have you read the replies saying it goes away when the X to close it is clicked?

[Bo’sunParticipant @bosun58570]

Neil,

Can you ask the same about that infuriating WARCO ad that keeps popping-up at the bottom of the page?

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

The subscription one should be sorted now, seems the second box should have been ticked so that it closed wherever the screen was clicked not just on the X.

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