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(Vanity) Is it just me, or did Foxnews add a whole bunch of new scripts to their page?

Posted on 03/23/2010 6:48:31 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA

Locking up every time I open a browser there. Whoever is advising them to add a surfeit of ads, should be taken out and flogged. Looks tacky, and drives people away.


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1 posted on 03/23/2010 6:48:31 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA
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To: Red in Blue PA

Yep. Pretty soon you won’t be able to see who’s speaking.


2 posted on 03/23/2010 6:50:20 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: Red in Blue PA

I have found that disallowing anything from ad.doubleclick.net makes most pages open much quicker.


3 posted on 03/23/2010 6:51:20 AM PDT by w1andsodidwe (How can you tell when the President is lying? When his lips move, of course.)
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To: Red in Blue PA

I’ve never used FOX on the internet. On TV they are the only game in town, but on the internet . . . fugggedabout it. I decided that when I tried their boards and the ads were all over the place and interfered with enjoying and discussing.


4 posted on 03/23/2010 6:52:31 AM PDT by Woebama (Never, never, never quit)
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To: Woebama

Personally, I think the people who design their webpage never surf the internet. Who could not be annoyed by all of the ads?


5 posted on 03/23/2010 6:54:23 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA (Thinking of using 911 for protection? Google "Brittany Zimmerman")
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To: Red in Blue PA

yeah, I quit visiting Fox ages ago...Locked up my MAC every time I visited...


6 posted on 03/23/2010 6:56:01 AM PDT by devane617 (VOTE THEM OUT! ALL OF THEM!)
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To: Red in Blue PA

The new Mid-Eastern owner has lots of sway for being only a minority stockholder...


7 posted on 03/23/2010 6:57:09 AM PDT by LachlanMinnesota
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To: Red in Blue PA
Scripts? What scripts?

NoScript is your friend.

8 posted on 03/23/2010 6:57:52 AM PDT by snarkpup (We need to replace our politicians before they replace us.)
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To: Red in Blue PA

I think they have a comments and suggestions page.


9 posted on 03/23/2010 7:05:33 AM PDT by envisio (My wife don't care if I smell like welding rods and gasoline. She actually kinda likes it.)
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To: Red in Blue PA
Migrate to FireFox 3, and install an addon called "adBlock Plus 1.1.3."

You'll never have to worry about all that crappy code Fox, and so many others use on their site. Plus, your browsing experience will be MUCH faster.

10 posted on 03/23/2010 7:12:53 AM PDT by OldDeckHand (USA - b. July 4, 1776 / d. March 21, 2010)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Foxnews.com might as well be the Enquirer. After a few token front page headlines, it’s all about celebrities and sex.


11 posted on 03/23/2010 7:24:42 AM PDT by T Minus Four ("You do not have soul, you ARE a soul. You have a body." C.S. Lewis)
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To: envisio
I think they have a comments and suggestions page

I eamiled them a few years back whne they had that buzzing fly that "walked" all over the page. It was disgusting and beyond irritating. They replied to me quickly and pulled the ad.

12 posted on 03/23/2010 7:26:17 AM PDT by T Minus Four ("You do not have soul, you ARE a soul. You have a body." C.S. Lewis)
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To: Woebama
On TV they are the only game in town...

They jumped the shark on TV this weekend. I guess there is no game in town now...

13 posted on 03/23/2010 7:33:32 AM PDT by TankerKC (I think P. T. Barnum had his time off by about 59 seconds.)
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To: Red in Blue PA

they have some kind of goofy pop up thing now. Every time you mouse over a highlighted word it pops a box up. very very annoying.


14 posted on 03/23/2010 7:36:25 AM PDT by tuwood
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To: TankerKC

They jumped the shark on TV this weekend. I guess there is no game in town now...
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What happened this weekend at FOX?


15 posted on 03/23/2010 7:40:32 AM PDT by Woebama (Never, never, never quit)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Mark for later.


16 posted on 03/23/2010 7:47:43 AM PDT by SweetCaroline (He is the Antichrist that denieth the Father and the Son. 1-John 2:22)
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What happened this weekend at FOX?

The were reporting the "racist incident" by anti-Obamacare protesters as fact.

17 posted on 03/23/2010 8:02:36 AM PDT by TankerKC (I think P. T. Barnum had his time off by about 59 seconds.)
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To: Red in Blue PA

It’s not just you. Something they’ve recently added is making my browser freeze up. Most times I try to open and article, I get a pop-over window saying “Internet Explorer cannot open the Internet site ____ Operation aborted (the article is visible underneath, but cannot be scrolled or brought to the front. When I click “OK”, the article disappears and the “Internet Explorer cannot open this webpage” screen appears. Then when I hit the back button on my browser, the article is back, but with a new pop-over window that says something else (can’t recall exactly what) — can’t bring the article in front of this, but can now scroll and thus read the article around it.

I’ve been spending a lot more time on CNN recently . . .


18 posted on 03/23/2010 8:49:01 AM PDT by GovernmentShrinker
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To: Red in Blue PA

I don’t care how many ads they have, but when the tech underpinnings of the ads make it virtually impossible to read the articles, I no longer have any use for the site. This is hardly beneficial to the advertisers.


19 posted on 03/23/2010 8:50:50 AM PDT by GovernmentShrinker
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