All of a sudden this box at the very right appears when it was never there before and it distorts the whole screen using the scroll left and right on the bottom instead of fitting in one page.
Yeah, it seems to only affect some people (I talked to GizmoDVD and it doesn't affect his either).
Edit: BTW, I just checked using Firefox, and the scroll is on there as well... Maybe it's the computer monitor resolution? I have mine set to 1024 x 768.
scott1598
09-23-08, 05:54 PM
Doesn't affect my horizontal scroll.
thing is it never used to be a problem. if i deleted my cookies and logged off then it would be there as if i was a new user, when i logged back in, it was not an issue. now when i am logged in, it is there :(
pilot
09-23-08, 05:56 PM
It screws up your screen if you've got a low resolution. Bad move. Just another way for IB to make some more $
couldn't even be bothered to set it up on dvdtalk! they stole code from one of their other sites instead!
Might I suggest for those who don't block ads to add the host mention above to your hosts file (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_file) to block it...
scott1598
09-23-08, 06:01 PM
It screws up your screen if you've got a low resolution. Bad move. Just another way for IB to make some more $
couldn't even be bothered to set it up on dvdtalk! they stole code from one of their other sites instead!
Might I suggest for those who don't block ads to add the host mention above to your hosts file (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_file) to block it...
but, i am at my highest resolution 32 Bit, 1024x768 pixels. and i added the website to my block list and yet it doesn't block :(
kms_md
09-23-08, 09:57 PM
yet another way to interfere with the dvdtalk user experience. it is quite a jarring change.
Lateralus
09-24-08, 05:20 AM
Yeah, it seems to only affect some people (I talked to GizmoDVD and it doesn't affect his either).
Edit: BTW, I just checked using Firefox, and the scroll is on there as well... Maybe it's the computer monitor resolution? I have mine set to 1024 x 768.
I think it has to do with the resolution, as I did not even realize it was there until I saw this thread! I'm set at 1920 x 1200 and everything is fine but if I change it to 1024 x 768 then I get the scroll.
They need to take in to consideration that not everybody uses a wide-screen monitor.
spainlinx0
09-24-08, 09:18 AM
I'm on a 4:3 monitor at 1280x1024 and I don't get the scroll.
TheMovieman
09-24-08, 10:03 AM
That's what I figured, but I'm not going to change it just for this forum since others don't have this problem.
Bronkster
09-24-08, 11:15 AM
It's affecting my screen. I'm not liking it. Also don't like that I have to keep "doing things" here to keep from getting frustrated about all the "wonderful new enhancements and features".
GoldenJCJ
09-24-08, 02:58 PM
I'm on a 4:3 monitor at 1280x1024 and I don't get the scroll.
Same here.
My biggest problem is its unappealing look with all the hyperlinks, bolding, underlining, slashed out prices, font size changes, and color changes. It just looks like a big, ugly, clusterfuck at the top of my screen.
GizmoDVD
09-24-08, 05:51 PM
Ok, its affecting me now.
Grr.
Just checked my monitor settings:
1024 x 768 32bit
Kevin M. Dean
09-24-08, 06:10 PM
Seems that 1152x846 is now the minimum size for this site now.
fumanstan
09-24-08, 06:24 PM
I didn't even notice it and just looked now. I guess I don't look at the top info other then a few of the latest reviews that pop up.
No problems here, but i'm at 1440x900. I'm surprised people still have screens running 1024x768 :eek: Those are what, 15" LCD's or 17" CRT's? Yikes :p
GizmoDVD
09-24-08, 06:30 PM
I didn't even notice it and just looked now. I guess I don't look at the top info other then a few of the latest reviews that pop up.
No problems here, but i'm at 1440x900. I'm surprised people still have screens running 1024x768 :eek: Those are what, 15" LCD's or 17" CRT's? Yikes :p
I'm at work...I'm using a 14 year old desktop PC that shuts itself off every 64 minutes thanks to some "buldging capacitors" that they chose not to get fixed. My keyboard is yellowed from cigarette smoke from the mid 1980's and only one of the 8 USB ports (that some guy randomly installed the side of the tower) works. I sware if I licked the inside of my keyboard I would taste "The New Coke" from 1985 that someone spilled inside of it.
I crave a widescreen monitor here...crave.
WallyOPD
09-24-08, 07:18 PM
I have the horizontal scroll bar at the bottom of my screen but I honestly didn't even notice until I read this thread. I never look at the top of the page and the horizontal scroll hasn't affected my reading of the forums at all.
Spicollidriver1
09-24-08, 09:00 PM
I find it annoying only because when I click something in the drop down sometimes it clicks twice and before it would be clicking nothing but now it clicks the review so then I have to go back and thats annoying
scott1598
09-25-08, 04:58 PM
so are we saying that this is here to stay and nothing will be done? just want to know...
Josh-da-man
09-25-08, 09:12 PM
Hm.
It's showing up for me (using a 3:4 monitor at 800x600); getting a scrollbar at the bottom of the window but it's not effecting my layout at all. If it weren't for this thread, I probably wouldn't have noticed it for a several months!
scott1598
09-26-08, 02:19 PM
but see that is the thing, i haven't changed any setting on pc and i am pretty sure this just started happening.
can we eliminate that box to see if things go back to normal?
scott1598
09-26-08, 02:31 PM
It screws up your screen if you've got a low resolution. Bad move. Just another way for IB to make some more $
couldn't even be bothered to set it up on dvdtalk! they stole code from one of their other sites instead!
Might I suggest for those who don't block ads to add the host mention above to your hosts file (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_file) to block it...
how exactly can i block this site using Vista? i put it in my "block" cookies list, but it still appears.
Jam Master Jay
09-26-08, 10:18 PM
I think he means using a ad blocking add on with mozilla firefox
big whoppa
09-27-08, 04:40 PM
No problems here, but i'm at 1440x900. I'm surprised people still have screens running 1024x768 :eek: Those are what, 15" LCD's or 17" CRT's? Yikes :p
Same res here. Didn't change my experience. Top of the page looks off-kilter but I don't have to scroll.
The Cow
09-28-08, 11:54 AM
how exactly can i block this site using Vista? i put it in my "block" cookies list, but it still appears.
Do what he says, not what you did.
Put it in your 'hosts' file. Follow his wiki link if you don't know how. It's all spelled out in his post. (or just use an adblocker as someone else mentioned)
EdTheRipper
09-28-08, 02:49 PM
I'm not seeing the "top selling discs" one but I am seeing the "hot deals" one on each review page. Guess I'll be going elsewhere for my movie/dvd reviews now.
The Cow
09-28-08, 03:11 PM
I'm not seeing the "top selling discs" one but I am seeing the "hot deals" one on each review page. Guess I'll be going elsewhere for my movie/dvd reviews now.
Wow! I just checked a review from another browser without blocks and there are 5 big graphic adds for 'createspace'. 1 at top, 3 on the side, and 1 at the bottom.
It's a shame as this is a good place for reviews, but this place is getting REALLY UGLY.
Wow! I just checked a review from another browser without blocks and there are 5 big graphic adds for 'createspace'. 1 at top, 3 on the side, and 1 at the bottom.
It's a shame as this is a good place for reviews, but this place is getting REALLY UGLY.
I agree. I understand the need for ads to support running the website but those are excessive.
Tarantino
09-28-08, 07:14 PM
Wow. I guess I have something installed through Firefox, because I'm not getting anything like that yet.
= J
NoirFan
09-28-08, 10:34 PM
I love these informative Amazon ads! How else would I be aware that the full-screen version of Sex and the City is currently the 6th most popular DVD they stock? I thought consumers had moved beyond their ignorant fear of widescreen years ago, but that high ranking seems to invalidate that. Either way, it certainly says something about the film's audience.
fumanstan
09-28-08, 10:46 PM
I clicked over to a few reviews and didn't find anything that I would call obnoxious. Only thing I really noticed was one at the very bottom (big whoop) and something on the side. Nothing that really gets in the way of reading the actual review.
Josh-da-man
09-29-08, 01:11 AM
I agree. I understand the need for ads to support running the website but those are excessive.
For quite some time now I've been running Firefox with Adblock Plus, NoScript, and Flashblock which eliminates all annoying ads, scripts, and flash animations from web pages.
It's quite shocking just how much less cluttered and annoying web pages are without all of that crap. Everything operates much smoother and pages are easier to read.
I will occasionally websurf on a machine that doesn't have all of the above protections, and it's really quite shocking just how fucking annoying all of that shit can be. Pages look like they should speeding around a NASCAR track; ads are playing music and talking to me; flash crap starts popping up right in the middle of pages I'm trying to read...
(And, to be honest, DVDTalk is hardly the worst ad offender out there.)
Brian Shannon
09-29-08, 08:34 AM
Horizontal scrolling :bmonkey:
matta
09-29-08, 07:16 PM
Horizontal scrolling :bmonkey:
It doesn't really bother me too much. If the threads were expanded so I had to scroll to read a post, that would really be annoying. As it is, I just ignore the horizontal scroll.
But if it really bothers you guys, can't IB shrink the search box and the width of the "DVDTalk Headlines" table and get everything on one page?
Mordred
09-29-08, 07:58 PM
The Ad Blocker script for greasemonkey also works really well if you don't mind the adds flashing for a half a second before disappearing.
scott1598
09-30-08, 05:11 PM
so is there a freeware ad blocker script whatever program for Vista that would solve this annoyance? i do have a pop-up blocker.
The Cow
09-30-08, 07:20 PM
Adblock plus works great for Firefox
scott1598
09-30-08, 07:43 PM
Adblock plus works great for Firefox
anything for Internet Explorer?
scott1598
10-02-08, 08:11 PM
Adblock plus works great for Firefox
anything for Internet Explorer?
anyone with something that works with IE?
scott1598
10-05-08, 01:09 PM
so is or can something be done about this particular ad?
The Cow
10-05-08, 08:45 PM
so is or can something be done about this particular ad?
IB isn't going to do anything obviously. It's there for a reason.
You're choice is to find a way to block it. And some options to do that have been posted.
scott1598
10-06-08, 12:31 PM
IB isn't going to do anything obviously. It's there for a reason.
You're choice is to find a way to block it. And some options to do that have been posted.
nothing has been posted that works for IE as yet.
The Cow
10-06-08, 01:31 PM
nothing has been posted that works for IE as yet.
Join the world. Don't use IE.
scott1598
10-06-08, 04:59 PM
Join the world. Don't use IE.
i like it and i am very much a part of this world.
auto
10-06-08, 06:40 PM
i like it and i am very much a part of this world.
What exactly do you like about IE that prevents you from switching to Firefox? Maybe we can help you with overcoming that.
scott1598
10-06-08, 07:57 PM
What exactly do you like about IE that prevents you from switching to Firefox? Maybe we can help you with overcoming that.
no thanks. i am not a follower :)
Tarantino
10-06-08, 09:27 PM
no thanks. i am not a follower :)
Suit yourself. Not using a browser that is obviously better because you're "not a follower"?
:lol:
Works for me.
= J
fumanstan
10-06-08, 09:55 PM
IE7's not a bad browser, in some cases I like it better then Firefox.
Still, buy a new monitor that supports a higher resolution. :)
scott1598
10-07-08, 03:45 PM
Suit yourself. Not using a browser that is obviously better because you're "not a follower"?
:lol:
Works for me.
= J
so far a few people in this thread said they use it over IE, so how is that "obviously better"? preference does not equal superior product.
wendersfan
10-07-08, 04:11 PM
so far a few people in this thread said they use it over IE, so how is that "obviously better"? preference does not equal superior product.No, being a superior product equals being a superior product.
scott1598
10-08-08, 04:12 PM
No, being a superior product equals being a superior product.
Buy: