If that banner ad for Hostage with Bruce Willis pops up on my screen, it really drags down my computer response time. My cursor is flashing a mile a minute, and the text is dragging on my screen. With the banner up, 32% of my system resources are in use...with it gone, I am down to 2%.
Anyone else having this problem?
Chew
06-16-05, 07:33 AM
The same thing happens to me whenever that ad is showing.
Mopower
06-16-05, 09:08 AM
How come I never have any of these ad problems people make threads about every week? Oh that's right. I don't use IE.
Chew
06-16-05, 10:28 AM
How come I never have any of these ad problems people make threads about every week? Oh that's right. I don't use IE.
Some of us don't have the admin authority (at work) to install another browser. :)
At work, it's banners with IE. At home, DVDTalk kept crashing Firefox.
I'm having all kinds of problems. :lol:
Derrich
06-17-05, 05:28 PM
Damn thats annoying.
D
eedoon
06-17-05, 05:32 PM
:hscratch:
Finch03
06-17-05, 05:41 PM
que?
DVD Polizei
06-17-05, 05:42 PM
Give us a <strike>ransom</strike> donation and we'll take it away. :D
Do you realize that Geoff can't make money on us Otters arguing over pointless crap all day?
Save Ferris
06-17-05, 05:47 PM
It was an awful movie, it deserves a bad ad.
The Edit King
06-17-05, 06:07 PM
...and now, something completely different:
-other-
IDrinkMolson
06-17-05, 06:08 PM
And, ironically, what ad shows up when I click in here. We're trapped like rats.
Green Jello
06-17-05, 06:09 PM
...and now, something completely different:
-other-
rotfl TEK!
How's the neck?
Phil L.
06-17-05, 06:16 PM
Do you realize that Geoff can't make money on us Otters arguing over pointless crap all day?
Not only that...I just found out that we don't get paid a penny a post. :(
The Bus
06-17-05, 06:16 PM
Wait, Phil, we
The Bus
06-17-05, 06:17 PM
don't?
Aww crap.
In other news, ads make money for Geoff. You could... you know... not have Flash installed.
The Edit King
06-17-05, 06:17 PM
rotfl TEK!
How's the neck?G-R-E-A-T!!! :up:
I have NO PAIN WHATSOEVER & total movement in my neck & arm and it was like a miracle or something, because I just woke up one day (last week) and it was like I never had a problem!!! :eek:
No more meds, and I'm ON TOP OF THE WORLD, MA!!! :lol:
:banana: !!!YAY FOR ME, EVERYBUDDY!!! :banana:
-Tek! :editking:
mrpayroll
06-17-05, 06:40 PM
G-R-E-A-T!!! :up:
I have NO PAIN WHATSOEVER & total movement in my neck & arm and it was like a miracle or something, because I just woke up one day (last week) and it was like I never had a problem!!! :eek:
No more meds, and I'm ON TOP OF THE WORLD, MA!!! :lol:
:banana: !!!YAY FOR ME, EVERYBUDDY!!! :banana:
-Tek! :editking:
Well allow me to come over and give you a great big gigantic slap on the back! :horse:
Chris
The Edit King
06-17-05, 06:42 PM
YEE-OUCH, CHRISTOPHER!!! :eek:
(I've gotta story or a thread about that very thing happening a little while back...That IDIOT nearly POPPED MY SCREWS!!! :lol: )
But I've been feeling SO GOOD...
I could be...
OTTER PRESIDENT & BLOW THAT ELECTION THING THEY'VE CURRENTLY GOT GOING (in a thread somewhere around here) RIGHT OUTTA THE WATER...WITHOUT EVEN RUNNING!!!
:lol: & rotfl
-THEEK! & MRPAYROLL IN '05! :up:
mrpayroll
06-17-05, 06:47 PM
YEE-OUCH, CHRISTOPHER!!! :eek:
(I've gotta story or a thread about that very thing happening a little while back...That IDIOT nearly POPPED MY SCREWS!!! :lol: )
:confused: oh really, I didn't know! I never read your threads ;)
:lol:
Chris
The Edit King
06-17-05, 06:48 PM
YOU SUCK, Mr. Vice President...
mrpayroll
06-17-05, 06:57 PM
YOU SUCK, Mr. Vice President...
Hey :mad: I'd make a perfect VP. I'd be totally clueless to any of your policies!
Chris
The Edit King
06-17-05, 06:58 PM
Policies Schmolicies!!! -ohbfrank-
Everyone knows...THEEK! is the One & Only Real President of OtterVille!
What could be better than FUN & MONEY???
Vote for Fun!
Vote for Money!
TEK & MRPAYROLL in '05! :up:
mrpayroll
06-17-05, 07:20 PM
Whaa, what? They moved us to Forum Feedback and Support????
We should be in the Politics Forum!
Mr. President, can you do something about this? :mad:
Chris
Rival11
06-17-05, 07:46 PM
que?
What does half a farthing have anything to do with?
The Edit King
06-17-05, 08:45 PM
Whaa, what? They moved us to Forum Feedback and Support????
We should be in the Politics Forum!
Mr. President, can you do something about this? :mad:
ChrisWhat the HELL do you think I have a Vice President for?
GET TO WORK!!!
:lol: & rotfl
(I'm just kiddin' ya, Christopher! This "thread movement" issue doesn't really require any attention. Look. It's ALL FREE Publicity! Besides, I'm more interested it the...
DVD TALK/OTTERVILLE PRESIDENTIAL VICTORY PARTY!!! :up: & :lol: )
HEY EVERYBUDDY!!!
VOTE FOR FUN!!! :up:
VOTE FOR MONEY!!! :up:
THEEK! & MRPAYROLL IN '05 :up:
NCMojo
06-18-05, 09:54 AM
Are you talking about an ad here?
Do you realize that Geoff can't make money on us Otters arguing over pointless crap all day?
:hscratch:
If that banner ad for Hostage with Bruce Willis pops up on my screen...
And uh... yeah, actually, Geoff can make money on us Otters arguing over pointless crap all day. That's why we have advertising here.
Or did you think he's hosting this site out of some sense of altruism?
Dead
06-21-05, 12:20 PM
If that banner ad for Hostage with Bruce Willis pops up on my screen, it really drags down my computer response time. My cursor is flashing a mile a minute, and the text is dragging on my screen. With the banner up, 32% of my system resources are in use...with it gone, I am down to 2%.
Anyone else having this problem?
I wasn't having it when you first posted about the problem, but it seems to have started causing issues today. The status bar seems stuck on "read anon.truenorth.speedera.net" and resource usage is at 90+%. :(
Tscott
06-21-05, 03:27 PM
I've noticed this the past few days. I use Firefox and tabbed browsing. When DVDtalk's front page is on one of the tabs with the Hostage banner ad, scrolling is choppy and response time is way down no matter what tab I'm using. Took me a while to figure it out because I'd usually notice it when I was using a different tab.
lordwow
06-21-05, 06:41 PM
Ya, it makes it impossible for me to click on "Forum" on the main page, I have to use the drop-down bar on the side when that ad comes up with Firefox.
JesseCuster
06-21-05, 08:12 PM
I can't select any of the options scattered along the top with the Hostage banner going. FYI.
Slowpc
06-21-05, 08:35 PM
Same thing here on firefox. and the Adblock addon will not allow me to block that banner so i can use teh links on the top of the page. Oh Well... IE for now.
DRG
06-21-05, 11:41 PM
Yeah, that ad slammed my browser (Netscape 7.2) three times in a row this morning. It was eating up so much of my resources I couldn't even CTRL-ALT-DEL to shut the program down. I had to wait for Netscape to crash on its own.
nemein
06-22-05, 07:05 AM
The only time I really notice a problem (on Fireefox) is when I'm also playing a DVD (via PowerDVD), the playback gets very choppy. I figure it'll only last another week or so so it's no big deal. If flash banners start to become the norm though that's another issue.
natevines
06-22-05, 07:17 AM
Yep, can't click the forum button. Doesn't slow my comp at all, but it's a really dumb ad that impedes one's ability to use this site.
RDYoung
06-22-05, 05:27 PM
Ditto here. I got to the forum from the newsletter, but not from the frontpage.
DRG
06-22-05, 05:38 PM
And ironically enough, the damn thing appears three f***ing times on THIS thread. :mad:
What's really odd is I don't seen to have a problem with it until it visibly appears on the screen.
littlefuzzy
06-22-05, 06:07 PM
I am using Netscape, and I am having the same problems.
nemein
06-23-05, 04:11 PM
One thing I've noticed, and hopefully Geoff reads through these to pick up on this, is when both the top and middle banner come up w/ the Hostage one it completely hoses the browser. I wonder if there is a way to much sure both banners don't come up w/ the same ad?
AGuyNamedMike
06-24-05, 01:50 PM
premium membership
:D
squidget
06-24-05, 05:29 PM
Using firefox and its ok when there is one banner but if there is 2 (like nemein pointed out) it shoots CPU usage straight to 99% and locks the browser. I have to do an end task in the task manager to get my computer back.
Ketamine
06-24-05, 08:31 PM
Same problems as everyone else.
GeoffK
06-24-05, 08:58 PM
Sorry guys. I know this SUCKS. I gave the feedback to the ad agency of all the issues and we've actually passed on a few upcoming campaigns which have this kind of advertising.
YES this means we're skipping out on making $$$ to improve your experience on the site!!!! So you're welcome :p
You should see the banner a lot less on the site starting Sunday.
strife
06-24-05, 10:08 PM
Thanks Geoff!
Realize this means less money, but we are greatful.
mikehunt
06-26-05, 03:05 PM
I just had the Hostage banner ad. cpu usage went from the normal 5% to 35% and memory usage went up 10 megs. reloaded the page and the ad went away and everything dropped back to normal
Vision of Love
06-28-05, 12:16 AM
I detest that ad. First time I got it on the main page of DVDTalk, I tried clicking onto a textfield to search for reviews, but I could not get the text cursor to appear in the textbox. A few seconds later, the Hostage ad appeared in front of my cursor, and I realized I had been clicking on an invisible ad. Even so, I could not get into the search textbox because that ad kept following my cursor. Nice.
mifuneral
06-29-05, 03:03 PM
When that banner was around there were a number of links I could not click. In the end I discovered that I could click on the furthest left link which brought me to a page that didn't have the ad. And then I went from there to wherever I wanted to go (reviews or forum). Very annoying though.
Sorry guys. I know this SUCKS. I gave the feedback to the ad agency of all the issues and we've actually passed on a few upcoming campaigns which have this kind of advertising.
YES this means we're skipping out on making $$$ to improve your experience on the site!!!! So you're welcome :p
You should see the banner a lot less on the site starting Sunday.
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