Not me!
On the original topic, I did an inspect of the dynamic web page code for the pages where I've run across this issue and it seems to start with a sizing/placeholder declarative issue that does not appear to constrain or redirect the banner ads that come in if they are going to be rendered over other parts of the page. It's also always seems to be the same sub-frame/placeholder that has this issue. That notwithstanding, the ads should be better behaved; I am however more than happy to keep a list of the ad's sponsors nearby as they keep showing up and commit to never considering their products :-) ! |
And STOP deleting our posts!
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That’ll teach me to type a factual statement :-),...it just happened again 3 times in a row; VOXATIV and BOOST Mobile ads seem to be one to ignore boundaries and just drop themselves in over forum posts I’m trying to read. |
Yes but it seems to have gone from constant over the first 24+ hours to sporadic (1 in 100 page reloads/transitions). I think someone made some adjustments... |
This just happened to me now . Box said one question site survey . As i scrolled it followed . Then vanished . Something fishy going down here |
dbtom2: Thanks for your comment that you've seen this too recently. It seems to no longer occur in the last 24 hours or thereabouts.
All: Thank you for the comments and recommendations. I will check out Ghostery and see if it it is compatible/allowed by our IT image. I do clear my cache and cookies frequently throughout the day so I doubt that is the cause but some new type of pop-over/fly-over ad misbehaving is probably to blame.
I know support has told me they don't own this and it is the result of some advertiser's ad behavior but one would think it would be something that people would want to watch over how things behave for the good of their long-term users not just the most recent contributing money at the trough :-) |
I have also experienced the issue brought up by@zephyr24069. It is inconsistent and I haven't noticed it happening since the OP.
Sometimes the "Sponsored Content" rectangle ads runneth over the listings. It was annoying but I found that if I hovered the cursor over the listing, I could read it/select it.
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p.s. -- I do have anti-virus software installed, Sophos, but no ad-blocking software. (Having managed a very large site for several years I understand more than most the need for ad revenue, especially on a site that is free to users. Sure, many of them are annoying but, then, so are most ads on TV.) |
I visit Audiogon almost daily on either an iMac or a Macbook Air, both running OSX 10.12.2 Sierra with Chrome as my usual browser. I've never seen any of the ad behavior you're describing.
I don't have Firefox installed but did test extensively this morning using Safari and still didn't have any of those issues. |
Thank you all for the suggestion; I do have a pop-up blocker, anti-virus and firewall/other tools installed. This seems to be a new behavior for previously well behaved add panels that Audiogon has had for quite some time. They literally are sitting over the posts; this is a coding or other UI error on the rendering not adware or some external force per se. I did an inspect on the web page code for both the page and the ad-panel and it is kosher, just not well-behaved as far as placement. To the last poster, there is no spurious adware that got installed; there is alot of work-related protection on this MacOSX laptop that prohibits such things from installing themselves as is much more prevalent in Windows....Thank you all again for the help! |
P.S: Are you sure that some unwanted adware app hasn't found its way onto your computer?
Regards,
-- Al
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FWIW, I haven’t ever seen that occur on this site. I use Firefox on Windows 10 computers, without any ad blocker installed. I do have Firefox set to ask permission before allowing Adobe Flash to run on any site (which I generally do not grant, as allowing it to run often results in obnoxious talking ads and/or slow performance), although I don’t know if that has any relevance to this issue.
Regards,
-- Al
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Me too. I'm using Ublock. No pop ups here |
I use Ad Blocker, works well |
I agree with dill. I've never noticed what you're describing as I have Ghostery installed on my iMac as well. That, and AdBlock, are wonderful aids.
All the best,
Nonoise
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Don't hold your breath while they do this after all your NOT a dealer.Good luck anyway.
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Download and install Ghostery and you won't see them, I don't. |
