Ad Blocker

[DoubleEagle]

Another thing that helps to thwart the ads that follow your "interests", is simply clearing your browsing and cookie history often.

[bobofthenorth]

Something changed a couple days ago.  I had been blissfully unaffected by all the changes here but all of a sudden I've got a blank pane down the right side of my screen.  So far at least Firefox's ad blocker prevents anything from appearing there but the reading pane got suddenly dramatically narrower.  I'll survive.  I'll just have to scroll a bit more.

[richard5933]

Something changed a couple days ago.  I had been blissfully unaffected by all the changes here but all of a sudden I've got a blank pane down the right side of my screen.  So far at least Firefox's ad blocker prevents anything from appearing there but the reading pane got suddenly dramatically narrower.  I'll survive.  I'll just have to scroll a bit more.

This one I have a (possible) solution to.

On the right side of your screen, just above that right-hand column, there is a very tiny little gray box. If you look closely, you'll see an even tinier minus sign in that little gray box. Click on the minus sign and the right-hand column will disappear.

[chessie4905]

Yeah, but what is it doing there???

[buswarrior]

Yeah, but what is it doing there???

Russian training exercise?

Happy coaching!
Buswarrior

[chessie4905]

Could be tinkering by administrators trying to squeeze more ads on site to generate more revenue. Looks like more tinkering needed.

[richard5933]

Wow - now the little gray box is missing. No way to shut off the right-hand column any more over here.

[buswarrior]

Wow - now the little gray box is missing. No way to shut off the right-hand column any more over here.

And we are the beta testers for the Russians...

Comrade, perhaps more than just this same drug company ad all the time, please?

I have good Canadian beer to send...

Happy coaching!
Buswarrior

[luvrbus]

Google has a place where you opt out of the ad's from other co's but not theirs I opted out of 131 of those it did stop a lot of ads now I am after Google,they (Google) have a browser plug in to control their ads I just haven't figured it out yet   

[chessie4905]

My other forums aren't  contaminated like this one.

[Dave5Cs]

I have and have had for a long time 2 small ads at the top for years now and they change from time to time and thats it, So the rest of you are not clearing your cashe when you close out your computer. Just sayin.....

[richard5933]

I have and have had for a long time 2 small ads at the top for years now and they change from time to time and thats it, So the rest of you are not clearing your cashe when you close out your computer. Just sayin.....

It's not that simple. I've done all the usual things like you're describing, but the problems are still there.

On the smartphone the Google ad covers half the screen. On the desktop there is a right hand column taking up space and doing nothing. Neither problem has been there before this.

[Dave5Cs]

On mine there are 3 grey lines one on top of the other, Its been put there I am guessing by Krash for some reason which creats the block you can see that make the space. right click and hit inspect the element and you will see what I am talking about. On mine it is just a blank space that they are holding maybe for ads later or some picture etc. But for ever on mine it has only been a blank space. Get rid of those grey lines at the top and the space goes away.

And on my Phone I wouldn't care because I never use my smart phone for forum websites unless it is with Tapatalk.

[richard5933]

...Get rid of those grey lines at the top and the space goes away.

And on my Phone I wouldn't care because I never use my smart phone for forum websites unless it is with Tapatalk.

There is no longer a way to get rid of those three gray boxes. There was a small gray box you could click, but a few days ago it disappeared. Of course, this right-hand column thing is only an issue on a desktop or laptop. I don't always have access to those when traveling, especially when in the bus.

I used to access this forum on my smartphone via Tapatalk. That stopped working after the upgrade/update last year.

When on the road all I have it the smartphone. I've used that many times in the past to get help while traveling in the bus, and hope to be able to continue doing that. The way it is now, the first screen is filled with ads, and then there are a few screens full of ads at the bottom. Makes things difficult.

[DoubleEagle]

I'm seeing ads right now for replacing broken home window glass, and lipstick for mature women. Not exactly bus related or related to anything I have browsed.