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Dutch
08-15-2008, 07:06 AM
FOFC is running this advertisement right now.

http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/imgad?id=CJfK657Wm7TqGhDYBRhPMgj3HXpMe7xEpw (http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/iclk?sa=l&ai=B1k1tkXClSMuRO4bQ6AWH-OHLDYOk-oEB65TJ8wjAjbcBkE4QARgBIJ6X9QE4AFCKstyf-f____8BYJXSrIK0B6ABu7qC8AOyARNvcGVyYXRpb25zcG9ydHMuY29tugEJNzI4eDkwX2FzyAEC2gFMaHR0cDovL29wZXJhdGlvbnNwb3J0cy5jb20vZm9mYy9uZXdyZXBseS5waHA_ZG89bmV3cmVwbHkmbm9xdW90ZT0xJnA9MTgwOTUwNIACAakCg5-40xN3rz6oAwHIAwWIBAGQBAGYBAA&num=1&adurl=http://topgamesworld.com/nhl08&client=ca-pub-3627024338195240&nm=2)

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
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
FOFC is running this advertisement right now.

http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/imgad?id=CJfK657Wm7TqGhDYBRhPMgj3HXpMe7xEpw (http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/iclk?sa=l&ai=B1k1tkXClSMuRO4bQ6AWH-OHLDYOk-oEB65TJ8wjAjbcBkE4QARgBIJ6X9QE4AFCKstyf-f____8BYJXSrIK0B6ABu7qC8AOyARNvcGVyYXRpb25zcG9ydHMuY29tugEJNzI4eDkwX2FzyAEC2gFMaHR0cDovL29wZXJhdGlvbnNwb3J0cy5jb20vZm9mYy9uZXdyZXBseS5waHA_ZG89bmV3cmVwbHkmbm9xdW90ZT0xJnA9MTgwOTUwNIACAakCg5-40xN3rz6oAwHIAwWIBAGQBAGYBAA&num=1&adurl=http://topgamesworld.com/nhl08&client=ca-pub-3627024338195240&nm=2)

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

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

Yeah I have to use IE for Kronos (time card) that's the only thing at work that HAS to have it.
:rolleyes:
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
:rolleyes:
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
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
I think I missed the part where Dutch complained that an advertisement showed up on his screen.

No one ever said he did.... :confused:
wade moore
08-15-2008, 02:02 PM
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
No one ever said he did.... :confused:
ya ok
DanGarion
08-15-2008, 02:43 PM
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
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
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
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? :confused:
Passacaglia
08-15-2008, 07:29 PM
what a train wreck

Glad I could help.
DanGarion
08-15-2008, 07:51 PM
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
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.

:D
RedKingGold
08-15-2008, 08:24 PM
What the hell is Firefox?
samifan24
08-15-2008, 10:31 PM
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
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
:popcorn:
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?
Pumpy Tudors
08-17-2008, 01:50 PM
I still wanna know what that ad was, and if it was an error or a ploy...
I recommend Firefox without AdBlock installed.
Rizon
08-17-2008, 02:05 PM
Is this the thread where you learn how to fudge a bank statement?
TCY Junkie
08-17-2008, 03:59 PM
Is this the thread where you learn how to fudge a bank statement?

I know girls gobble things up with chocolate, but I doubt you could cover it in fudge and then later tell her she ate it.

Cho Cho I mean Choo Choo
Buccaneer
08-17-2008, 04:44 PM
I don't know what the point was but I use IE with AdMuncher. That would be the same using FF with AdBlock, wouldn't it?
Anthony
08-17-2008, 08:22 PM
whats so special about FF? my browser (IE) has tabs. it's from Verizon Fios. if your entire arguement that FF is awesome just cuz of tabbed browsing then i don't get it cuz i get tabbed browsing and use IE at the same time. i also have popup blockers that work great. why do you guys see if you don't see ads at the top of FOFC? is it just blank? i'd don't have a problem w/ some ads. i don't click on anything but some that utilize embedded video (like ads for movies) are worth a couple seconds of glancing.
Barkeep49
08-17-2008, 08:51 PM
whats so special about FF? my browser (IE) has tabs. it's from Verizon Fios. if your entire arguement that FF is awesome just cuz of tabbed browsing then i don't get it cuz i get tabbed browsing and use IE at the same time. i also have popup blockers that work great. why do you guys see if you don't see ads at the top of FOFC? is it just blank? i'd don't have a problem w/ some ads. i don't click on anything but some that utilize embedded video (like ads for movies) are worth a couple seconds of glancing.
One most sites, the rest of the page is compressed so you don't even realize that an ad was supposed to be there. On FOFC, I find that occasionally the space with the ad is still there.

And it's not just the tabbed browsing that makes FF awesome.