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Every time I click a link to another page within the forum, I get a blank ad "window" on what appears to be a separate layer inside the browser screen. ...
- 06-08-2011 #1Linux Newbie
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Blank ad sub-window pops up
Every time I click a link to another page within the forum, I get a blank ad "window" on what appears to be a separate layer inside the browser screen. There is no ad, it's just a white pane with a close box and the text "Advertisement -- Log in to disable this ad."
But I am logged in already.
I am using the latest Chromium on Ubuntu 10.10.
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Thanks for the feedback, we have a discussion on the bugs that are being reported in the admin section, several users are reporting the same behavior. Hopefully it will get sorted out soon for everyone.
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- 06-09-2011 #3Linux User
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Adding to this, I am also getting a popup on every single page covering about 1/3 of the page when I am logged in. It is an HP popup ad.
I understand ads make you money, but intrusive ads like that don't really help things. Half the time trying to close it I end up opening it, which I suspect is the intention, then it causes more popups, etc....
I am on my phone while browsing most of the time, so this is a HUGE inconvenience. Not only does it take about 3 minutes to load the site because of the ads on my 3G connection, but now I get popups too?
- 06-10-2011 #4Super Moderator
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I'm seeing this on my wifes machine with Win7, and Adblock too.
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- 06-10-2011 #5forum.guy
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Not sure why, but I've never seen it in Linux, or on my Windows box at work.
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- 06-10-2011 #6Trusted Penguin
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Personally, I'm not seeing the HP ad... just the blank one that ramin.honary referred to.
On Windows 7 FireFox, Ubuntu and Fedora have FF and Chrome... still see it.Jay
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- 06-10-2011 #7forum.guy
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Not sure why, but that's another one that I've never seen in Linux, or in Windows. Guess I'm just lucky... Originally Posted by jayd512
At any rate, this issue has been reported in the admin forum so hopefully the fix will be implemented right away.
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If it helps any, this would be the pop-up...
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- 06-10-2011 #9Trusted Penguin
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I think you guys got it fixed.
I'm not seeing it now after logging in.
I only see the pop-up when not signed in.Jay
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- 06-10-2011 #10forum.guy
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Thanks for the update. Originally Posted by jayd512
I never see it so have no way of knowing when it's fixed unless someone reports it and I am trying to mark all bugs that are fixed as such in the admin forum.
Please do report back if it starts acting up again!
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