The popups are getting ridiculous.

[Pommie]

I was just replying to a thread when a popup advert popped up over the submit button and there was no way to close it. This was on a Samsung tablet and makes the site almost unusable. BTW, I've no idea what the popup was about as I NEVER read them.

Mike.

 

[Visitor]

There is usually a tiny gray X near the upper right corner of the pop-ups. Usually over some text, so nearly impossible to see.

Very annoying to be sure, and ignored.

 

[Pommie]

On the tablet it's particularly bad as the keyboard takes up half the screen and the gray x isn't visible. I'm guessing it's the same for people using phones.

Mike.

 

[gophert]

I thin

I couldn't finish the post, I had to close and reopen to finish the post. Nice work web developers. No chance to click the close , the ad is too big for the frame. Let me know when it's fixed cuz, as Pommie said, crazy, stupid or what ever. I don't even look at the ads anyhow - just close the window and relaunch as soon as a pop-up comes into the frame. Maybe we just send emails to "Microch" - how is that pronounced? "My croch"? Too bad the whole logo isn't showing. Usually big companies are pretty particular how the logo appears. Oh well, maybe that's the whole logo.

 

[tvtech]

I'm lucky cause I never see these popups. Android 10 on a Xiaomi 9C with Firefox Lite as the browser. No ad blockers installed.

 

[granddad]

The only tablets i have are small round and white.. {fun} , I only see popups once a session if that.. (PC and Firefox,)

 

[Ian Rogers]

As a mod, we don't get them at all, But If I sign out, it does look like its getting bad.. I believe Dave knows about it..

 

[gophert]

As a mod, we don't get them at all, But If I sign out, it does look like its getting bad.. I believe Dave knows about it..

As a non-moderator, I am getting ads whether logged in or not. Comes when I first click or type the url to enter the site from another site. I do not get it when clicking between pages within this site.

I'm guessing the ads only pop up for listed countries speaking English.

 

[atferrari]

I am getting that pop up rather frequently. Started to be like that some months ago.
The "x" is visible in my PCs.
Down here, common people speaks castellano.

 

[alec_t]

I've no idea what the popup was about as I NEVER read them.

Same here. I object to the intrusion. I never respond to or purchase anything in a 'pushed' ad.

 

[Visitor]

Here's a picture of a popup I just got. It's typical of all the rest.

See the X to close it? On my phone, it's typically off the right of the screen, so I have to drag the picture over.

 

[Visitor]

Can't see it? Really?

It's on the stem of the "d". I'm certain the tiny symbol, the location and the fact that the color is almost identical is merely coincident. [/sarcasm]

 

[gophert]

Can't see it? Really?

It's on the stem of the "d". I'm certain the tiny symbol, the location and the fact that the color is almost identical is merely coincident. [/sarcasm]

Really! See post #4. My android phone won't let me drag the ad and the close x is not visible, so, yes, Really.

 

[Visitor]

On my Android, I can drag it to the left, exposing the nearly invisible X.

 

[gophert]

On my Android, I can drag it to the left, exposing the nearly invisible X.

Oh. ... congratulations?
Are you implying mine must work if yours does? Or something else?

 

[Visitor]

Oh. ... congratulations?
Are you implying mine must work if yours does? Or something else?

I made a simple observation and statement that on my particular Android phone, I can drag the screen over, find the nearly invisible X and close the pop-up. Perhaps other people with Android phones can try dragging the screen to the left to see if it exposes the X so they can close the pop-up too.

I don't know what your Jitterbug phone is capable of, so I wasn't making any observation about you or your phone.

 

[alec_t]

Haven't seen any pop-up recently (thank goodness). Has this feature been removed, or have I just been lucky?

 

[gophert]

I had them every click yesterday on my phone but nothing today on my tablet - so far.

 

[tvtech]

None here on my Android phone.

 

[dougy83]

Try the Brave browser. It blocks most ads & cross-site-trackers on most sites (including youtube, which is almost unbearable otherwise).

As an aside, it's based on the google chrome codebase, so it's a capable browser.