Ad blocker switched on - deeply sorry YBW

[jordanbasset]

I don't get a Tools option under the three bar menu, nor extensions. Do I have to sign in to Chrome to get them?

Do not believe so, I am not signed in. The tools option comes on when I put the mouse over the 3 horizontal bars and left click, but more IT savvy posters may be able to help.

 

[[70521]]

ads for Aldi aned Screwfix are what they need to be showing

+1

 

[[70521]]

They may then worry they will have to close IPC because of the lack of readership !!

As they say on Eastenders (BBC 1), "its business, its business".

 

[ctva]

I've not seen any of the ads but it would seem to me the advertisers are marketing to the wrong peeps

You saying we're not posh and scabby loaded??

 

[BlueChip]

Me too. maybe for once WIN8 and IE10 have done summat right which is a first for me

+1 Not seeing any either

 

[Burnham Bob]

I see them intermittently using IE9 - they appear then the window expands. I think I have a built in pop-up blocker.

 

[[2574]]

The AdBlocker for iOS browser blocks them and reclaims the space, thus giving the full screen back. There's a free version which I have used since Friday, and I've just upgraded to the paid-for version as it seems to work so well.

I've reached the limit of my endurance with the ads, does this adblocker still work okay for you on IPad?

 

[Sandyman]

I've reached the limit of my endurance with the ads, does this adblocker still work okay for you on IPad?

Time to BUMP the poll I think

 

[Ru88ell]

I've reached the limit of my endurance with the ads, does this adblocker still work okay for you on IPad?

Just installed Adblocker for iPad. Pretty good so far.

 

[Ex-SolentBoy]

Just installed Adblocker for iPad. Pretty good so far.

+1. Paid the extra for the pro version as well.

£1.49 to stop all ads! A bargain IMHO.

Nice one IPC. I paid money to someone else to stop you advertising to me. A muppet should realise that with a better business model that money could have been yours.

 

[dylanwinter]

crazy

+1. Paid the extra for the pro version as well.

£1.49 to stop all ads! A bargain IMHO.

Nice one IPC. I paid money to someone else to stop you advertising to me. A muppet should realise that with a better business model that money could have been yours.

crazy on two levels

that people pay to avoid IPC adverts

and that ipad people have to pay

D

 

[Ex-SolentBoy]

crazy on two levels

that people pay to avoid IPC adverts

and that ipad people have to pay

D

You can use the free version, it still blocks the ads.

However, the paid version has some extra features that I wanted.

In my earlier career I sold software for over £200k for a single application. And, compared to today's stuff it was garbage.

Therefore I really do not think hard when I comes to spending £1.49 on an application. That's about an hour in a marina for my old boat.

 

[obmij]

A couple of points

Half the staff of the sailing mags seem to have 'gone freelance' recently

There is only ever one advert on this site as far as I can see (emirates)

Hardly the land of milk and honey..

 

[jbweston]

I wonder if we'd be giving those that have to run the forum a helping hand with their bosses at IPC Towers (even get them a pat on the back) by posting 'What nice ads, I think I'll fly Emirates business class to Australia and take my whole family including my godson and his girlfriend . . . and that coffee was great too'.

. . . While at the same time running our ad blockers silently and enjoying the forum as before.

That's assuming they are still running ads here of course. And we would need someone to take a peek at them every now and again to let the rest of us know which companies to mention so as not to give away our appalling lack of knowledge of who is advertising.

Come to think of I'll start an add appreciation thread.

 

[DaveS]

I'm logged in this morning at the airport and am now getting the ads. Now I see what people are complaining about - what a complete waste of space and bandwidth!

Note to self - don't fly Emirates...

 

[saltylegs]

My ad blocker did work but now the carp is getting through about 50% of the time, real pain, I now seem to be spending more time trying to sort out the blocker than viewing.
Any tips running win7 on laptop.

 

[jbweston]

My ad blocker did work but now the carp is getting through about 50% of the time, real pain, I now seem to be spending more time trying to sort out the blocker than viewing.
Any tips running win7 on laptop.

I'm running Firefox with addons Adblock Plus, NoScript and Ghostery, which is my standard setup for the web. It deals with all sorts of nasties, rejects useless java and blocks trackers - and certainly at present no ads get through on ybw or on most other sites. You need to be careful with NoScript though, because it's a real rottweiler and its default behaviour is to keep out (metaphorically) your little sister and your aunt as well as any armed robbers. In other words from time to time you have to be ready to tell it to let some specific things through its filters.

I'm sorry but I don't know much about Chrome, Safari and IE. One of the reasons I went for Firefox on all my computers some years ago now is that it has such a good library of add-ons, not just for security and cr*p prevention, but for almost anything else you might want a browser to do. So nowadays I don't use other browsers.

But remember ads are good for us. We spend lots of time looking at them. Really we do. We're only pretending to block them. Encourage advertisers to keep IPC in the pink.