I have never seen that behavior on Photo.net. I find it very easy to use, and with Chrome, it loads quite rapidly compared to picasa and other sites. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 1:51 PM, P. J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote: > > It's not the popup adverts I object to. I don't like them but it's just a > moments effort to dismiss them. No, when Photo.net loads, at least on my > machine, I see the page, then a popup advert, then after the visible page > loads, it continues to try to load data which blanks the browser window. > This happens weather I dismiss the popup ad or not. The only way I can see > the page is hit to back button on my browser,. then immediately hit the X to > stop photo.net from trying to load whatever it is that blanks the page. Now > admittedly I'm not using the latest version of Firefox, I looked at the new > version and decided to pass. I can't believe that I'm the only one who > decided not to move to the latest and greatest so I expect others will have > problems with Photo.net in the future. It's probably not deliberate, it's > just sloppy work and I find it appalling. > > > On 3/26/2012 1:13 PM, Tom C wrote: >>> >>> Sheesh, guys. >>> >>> 1. Quite a few of us post on photo.net, so if you adopt a "no photo.net" >>> policy you'll miss a lot of pix. >>> >>> 2. You'll see the pop-up ad once per day.? After that, no ad. >>> >>> 3. You can spend 1 minute getting a free membership, and then you won't see >>> pop-up ads (or any others) at all. >>> >>> 4. For all its warts, photo.net presents pix well, and is easy to navigate >>> (unlike, say, Flickr). >>> >>> Someday I'll move my on-line gallery elsewhere, but there are other things >>> to do. >>> >>> Rick >>> >>> >> I'm with Rick on this. I've used photo.net for years and have been a >> paying member for years. Is it perfect? No. Neither is Flicker, >> Smugmug, or Picasa, all of which I dislike more than photo.net. >> >> What's strange is that as a paying member I still see the occasional >> popup ad. It may be that I'm not logged in at the time. >> >>> From: Tim Bray<[email protected]> >>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List<[email protected]> >>> Cc: >>> Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2012 2:44 PM >>> Subject: Re: OT -- Really annoying Photo.net behavior >>> >>> I also practice such a policy, mostly.? And for PESOs here, I?m way >>> less likely to click on them if the URL includes photo.net. >>> -T >>> >>> On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 11:42 AM, Bob W<[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> No, I'm endorsing a stop-shoving-ads-in-my-face-or-I'll-stop-visiting-your >>>> site policy. >>>> >>>> B >>>> >>>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >>>>> Bob Sullivan >>>>> >>>>> So Bob W, you are actively endorsing a no win policy? ?Regards, ?Bob S. >>>>> >>>>> On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 12:55 PM, Bob W<[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Well, they are offering a "free" service. >>>>>> >>>>>> [...] >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Nothing is free. ?You have to pay for it somehow. >>>>>> >>>>>> they're not offering me a service at all. The people who use it are >>>>>> getting the so-called service, but if nobody looks at their pictures >>>>>> because the so-called service provider is pissing people off then >>>>> >>>>> nobody wins. >>>>>> >>>>>> B >>>>>> >>>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >>>>>>> Of George Sinos >>>>>>> Sent: 25 March 2012 18:42 >>>>>>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>>>> Subject: Re: OT -- Really annoying Photo.net behavior >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Well, they are offering a "free" service. ?And they do have to pay >>>>>>> the bills. They aren't doing anything many other sites are doing. I >>>>>>> agree that the interstitial ads are more annoying, but they are >>>>>>> easily dismissed with a single click. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The most annoying ads, for me, are the flash animated ads you see on >>>>>>> many sites. ?That's a sure way to drive me away. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I did sign up several years ago, but other than looking at the links >>>>>>> people post here, I haven't been there for years, not because of >>>>> >>>>> ads, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> it just didn't fit my needs. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> One of the reasons I use Smugmug is the lack of ads, and their >>>>> >>>>> policy >>>>>>> >>>>>>> of not constantly bugging your customers with follow up emails. >>>>> >>>>> ?But, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> they have to pay the bills, too. ?And for that, you pay between $50 >>>>>>> and >>>>>>> $150 per year. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Nothing is free. ?You have to pay for it somehow. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> gs >>>>>>> >>>>>>> George Sinos >>>>>>> -------------------- >>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>> www.georgesphotos.net >>>>>>> plus.georgesinos.com >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 11:45 AM, Bob W<[email protected]> >>>>> >>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >>>>>>>>> Behalf Of George Sinos >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> This sounds right. ?Every time I go to photo.net I get an >>>>>>>>> advertisement that is a full screen overlay. ?There is an "x" in >>>>>>>>> the upper right hand corner to dismiss it. ?They started doing >>>>>>>>> this >>>>>>> >>>>>>> several weeks ago. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Sounds like the problem is a side effect of this. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Like all advertisements, it's annoying, but they have to support >>>>>>>>> themselves somehow. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> they've been doing similarly annoying things with their ads for >>>>>>> >>>>>>> years. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Whether or when you see them seems to be random, but it seems to >>>>> >>>>> go >>>>>>> >>>>>>> in runs. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> When you get them they are extremely intrusive, and they can't be >>>>>>>> excused by 'they have to support themselves somehow' because >>>>>>>> driving people away from the site can't possibly be a good >>>>> >>>>> business model. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Since they started doing this I never knowingly follow a photo.net >>>>>>>> link, just as I don't give time of day to chuggers, doorstep >>>>>>> >>>>>>> salesmen, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Jehovah's Witnesses, spammers or cold-callers. A plague on all >>>>>>>> their >>>>>>> >>>>>>> houses! >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> B >> >> And all exercising lawful rights and freedom of expression (except >> possibly spammers). >> >> Sorry Bob, the world doesn't run by your rules alone. >> >> Tom C. >> > > > -- > Don't lose heart! They might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a > lengthily search. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
