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[vivandorron]

The Ed now has a new Avatar,
Which I think must be number 4.
If he keeps changing his mind,
I bet I'm left behind;
In trying to keep account of the score.

Ron... ( A genuine Welsher.)

[AB Editor]

Morning Ron (and Viv)

Glad to see you're on form. Has anyone noticed our new "Public Service Announcements" yet?

Spare Ed

[redman41]

Have not noticed anything different Ed, same Ads as before..........

[rowanwitch]

Is the hammer thingy a.... head hitter.... sorry couldn't resist

[bibblebub]

Public Service Announcements - ah yes. Fortunately there are add-ons in Firefox to get rid of all sorts of screen clutter.

[AB Editor]

So none of you see the grey "contact the editor" just above the orange "1 to 5 of 5" line on this screen?

Didn't think adblock would remove it.

Spare Ed

[ummmm]

I can see it.

[snags]

I see it too. It's stunning.

[bibblebub]

but Customise Your Web lets you get rid of any elements of the display for any or all pages in the site

[ummmm]

And just clicked on it. That's a bit handier.

[jackthehat]

I've got it, Ed
I have also wondered why, when I have installed an ad-blocker, I have had several different 'things' in that space.

Do you mean that the techies are working out ways to 'get round' ad-blockers ?
A bit unfair, if they are...........

[ChuckFickens]

I can see it fine with ad-block enabled.

[bibblebub]

jack as I mentioned above, the add-on Customise Your Web lets you play around with the display, such as removing parts that you don't want to see or automatically clicking on a button just to get past an intermediate page that you can't avoid.

[AB Editor]

No, we're not trying to "get round" ad-blocker.

Not sure why it would be unfair though? Without users occasionally clicking an ad we go under and the site goes down - it is kind of important!

I will have a look at the page with adblocker to see if it can find out what you mean JTH.

Will also check out "Customise Your Web" - sounds interesting.

Spare Ed

[bibblebub]

it might help if I spelled the name right - it's customize with a Z not an S

[AB Editor]

Not a problem!

Spare Ed

[ChuckFickens]

Ed while your about, it seems that links in posts no longer open in a new tab as they used to.

[AB Editor]

Really? Oh dear. Thanks chuck - any examples to hand?

Like this:
http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/teatime/

Or This:
http://www.qwantz.com/index.php

I have a feeling the techies made it different depending on whether the url was external or internal? I will pass it on Chuck.

Spare

[ummmm]

So we have to click on Ads?

[AB Editor]

For me they both opened in a new window - but if the second was clicked it would replace the other open window. probably not what we want.

Spare

[ChuckFickens]

Hmm, in firefox they both opened in the same tab I'm using now, in IE they both opened an entirely new IE window.