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    Posted: June 17 2011 at 13:02
Is it really necessary to have these giant adverts for Rhapsody of Fire and Symphony X at the top, they're taking up half the page and are rather annoying. I dont mind bands advertising on the site (beats insurance adverts at least) but this is getting a bit intrusive.
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Exactly what I was thinking. They completely dominate the site. I sent a friend here earlier and the first thing he said was 'What's up with the massive adverts?'. Not the greatest addition...

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Points: 20252 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 17 2011 at 14:42
 
yup, we're complaining behind closed collab doors as well.
 
It does seem to be more reasonable by now.... not every single page anylmore!!!!
 
 
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Points: 3968 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 17 2011 at 19:31

Can't say that Rhapsody is big. It is exactly 730x90 pixels big, so 90 pixels doesn't take much of my screen.


Yours is bigger ?
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Points: 37575 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 18 2011 at 02:53
Originally posted by Marty McFly Marty McFly wrote:

Can't say that Rhapsody is big. It is exactly 730x90 pixels big, so 90 pixels doesn't take much of my screen.

They are 730x730.
Originally posted by Marty McFly Marty McFly wrote:


Yours is bigger ?

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Points: 20252 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 18 2011 at 03:42
Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Originally posted by Marty McFly Marty McFly wrote:

Can't say that Rhapsody is big. It is exactly 730x90 pixels big, so 90 pixels doesn't take much of my screen.

They are 730x730.
Originally posted by Marty McFly Marty McFly wrote:


Yours is bigger ?

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Yup, it's definitely square adds, about as high as it is wide, really!!
It's only the Rhapsody and Symphony X adds that are disprortionate, though.... The rest (non-musical) are normal size.

Edited by Sean Trane - June 18 2011 at 03:43
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I say get rid of them.


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Huh, I don't see them. But 730x730 is far too big. 
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All the popular browsers have a very functional ad blocking addon/extension. I wasn't even aware of these
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Points: 29630 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 18 2011 at 19:05
Originally posted by Slaughternalia Slaughternalia wrote:

All the popular browsers have a very functional ad blocking addon/extension. I wasn't even aware of these


Shhhhh,  We love the ads.  The bigger the better. Tongue
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Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

Originally posted by Slaughternalia Slaughternalia wrote:

All the popular browsers have a very functional ad blocking addon/extension. I wasn't even aware of these


Shhhhh,  We love the ads.  The bigger the better. Tongue
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Say NO to giant adverts! Confused

(Btw, how do I get rid of them? I use Firefox 3.6.16. Tips are appreciated.)
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Points: 16715 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 19 2011 at 18:05
Originally posted by Formentera Lady Formentera Lady wrote:

Say NO to giant adverts! Confused

(Btw, how do I get rid of them? I use Firefox 3.6.16. Tips are appreciated.)

Adblock...
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Points: 11415 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 20 2011 at 03:54
I see the latest version of 'Walter block' has just been released to rave reviews.
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Points: 65270 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 20 2011 at 04:06
I thought it was overrated actually
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Points: 11415 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 20 2011 at 04:14
Possibly over hyped, after all, the following keystroke shortcut :                                                                         (achieves the same result)


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