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BYE BYE BLUE "PIA" . . . 
Although, I am still wondering if it was there from something ECF added or if it was a "hack" of some kind that was holding ECF/Members as a hostage for that $10 Fee to remove it . . .
BTW: SOOOO - Glad that I spoke up and was able to help by informing ECF that it was there too . . .
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ditto. and hahaha on the dingleberry. Wonder if it just poofed, or if we have Robino or Classy to thank for that
Although, I am still wondering if it was there from something ECF added or if it was a "hack" of some kind that was holding ECF/Members as a hostage for that $10 Fee to remove it . . .
BTW: Glad I was able to help and inform ECF that it was there too . . .
Unc,
I saw on another site that the $10 fee to remove was eliminated (sept 18th) - now 'free' - but I could never get to the settings to 'hide'. So it was probably just a 'test' or a 'see what kind of responses we get' thing. There is some 'praise' for the app elsewhere but one never knows if it's the app makers promoting their product.
It's just another 'social media thing' that Roly seems to be into - likely for good reasons for ecf, but not for all ecfers
Oh - I'm "Chilled" "Pops" . . .
In answer before I read the rest of the replies ( been at work all day )... I'm not always right, but have a good chance on a computer related question since that's what I do for a living ....
I know I hadn't seen it but as others mentioned, Adblock could block it and I'm running that... it's just odd to have recently shown up and that in itself is a reason to show a lot of caution and the reason I mentioned the steps I did....
Got a lot of catchin' up before I mention/suggest anything else... if it is needed that is.
Edge Browser doesn't support add-ons or extensions.... so using an add-on for IE won't do you any good.
Thank You, just installed it and it seems to work very good.
**grumble** Seems AdBlock Plus has sold out and is now accepting payments to allow advertising to sneak through.
I'm now using this. https://www.ublock.org/
Works pretty good and the memory footprint is smaller, too.
Crap. I'm using ABP.
Switching now.
I haven't figured out what the diff is between ublock and ublock origin is.
(thank you for the info)
Switching now.
I haven't figured out what the diff is between ublock and ublock origin is.
(thank you for the info)
I've just put Origin on FF. Seems good so far.
i haven't seen a problem with abp yet .....
and btw, r77, congratz!
and btw, r77, congratz!
Please note that the uBlock development team only supports uBlock, not uBlock Origin.
https://www.ublock.org/faq/
i haven't seen a problem with abp yet .....
and btw, r77, congratz!
http://www.ghacks.net/2015/10/02/adblock-for-chrome-sold-joins-adblock-plus-acceptable-ads-program/
https://adblockplus.org/en/acceptable-ads
I may keep ABP. There's the ability to opt-out of the whitelisted ads. See filter-preferences. On the bottom you can un-check "allow some non intrusive ads". I use ABP as a security (read anti-malware) tool as well as an ad-blocker. Until the industry gets better at screening ads for malware it's shooting itself in the foot.
I'm sorry to ECF for that. Because I'm blocking ads here too, at the moment. That's why I was a contributing member here (it's expired, I need to re-up when I get the extra cash). There's no way to be 100% diligent about ads in the computer industry, as hard as any website tries, because the site doesn't serve the ads, a third party does. I know, that's kind of an "attitude" from me. So sites are copping attitudes back, and blocking content if ad-filters are used. It's an ad-block-war.
I get what ABP is trying to do though. It makes them economically practical/viable to have a white-list that the advertisers and/or sites pay for (hopefully it's well screened, but IDK that yet). So SOME minor white-listed screened ads get through and supposedly everyone wins. But....they'll have to prove it to me first.
I may keep ABP. There's the ability to opt-out of the whitelisted ads. See filter-preferences. On the bottom you can un-check "allow some non intrusive ads". I use ABP as a security (read anti-malware) tool as well as an ad-blocker. Until the industry gets better at screening ads for malware it's shooting itself in the foot.
I'm sorry to ECF for that. Because I'm blocking ads here too, at the moment. That's why I was a contributing member here (it's expired, I need to re-up when I get the extra cash). There's no way to be 100% diligent about ads in the computer industry, as hard as any website tries, because the site doesn't serve the ads, a third party does. I know, that's kind of an "attitude" from me. So sites are copping attitudes back, and blocking content if ad-filters are used. It's an ad-block-war.
I get what ABP is trying to do though. It makes them economically practical/viable to have a white-list that the advertisers and/or sites pay for (hopefully it's well screened, but IDK that yet). So SOME minor white-listed screened ads get through and supposedly everyone wins. But....they'll have to prove it to me first.
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