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avator · « **Reply #20 on:** March 05, 2020, 03:59:51 PM »

Ladies and gentlemen. It's been decided by the new ownership that this is the design of the new GTA. It is what it is. Can we please get back to what we all came here for? Airguns.

triggertreat · « **Reply #21 on:** March 05, 2020, 04:07:21 PM »

I don't mind the ads. They are all talking about my hobby, and now have a direct link without leaving the GTA to go find them.

My .02 is that I liked the scrolling banner better at the bottom. At least there is a stop button I can hit to stop the scrolling, but it has to be hit with each page refresh. I think the scrolling speed should be half of what it is now. That would be easier on the eyes and would give the vendors more exposure time when up front.

Hoosier Daddy · « **Reply #22 on:** March 05, 2020, 06:53:51 PM »

Lord knows I agree Bill... But why twice?

DevilsLuck · « **Reply #23 on:** March 05, 2020, 06:55:57 PM »

Quote from: Hoosier Daddy on March 05, 2020, 06:53:51 PM

Lord knows I agree Bill... But why twice?

That was kinda what I was wondering...

robertr · « **Reply #24 on:** March 05, 2020, 07:08:50 PM »

2009 Vista with adblockerplus , no adds seen.

ZackUSAF82 · « **Reply #25 on:** March 05, 2020, 07:22:44 PM »

Quote from: robertr on March 05, 2020, 07:08:50 PM

2009 Vista with adblockerplus , no adds seen.

Vista!!?? Now that's amazing...I have some VMs that are still Vista for "testing" but I'm shocked someone is still using it. Just make sure you don't do anything on that PC you care about....but otherwise rock on!

smythsg · « **Reply #26 on:** March 05, 2020, 10:59:17 PM »

I don't mind the ads, but Firefox with NoScript will stop them as well. Back to Airguns...

Wayne52 · « **Reply #27 on:** March 06, 2020, 04:38:33 AM »

I use Linux Mint 19.3, Firefox, Addblocker Ultimate and privacy badger. It's a desktop that I recently had to put a new hard drive in because the old one died. Honestly I really should buy me a more updated mother board and case but heck this one works so darned good the way that it is I ain't going to mess with it.

avator · « **Reply #28 on:** March 06, 2020, 07:01:09 AM »

Exactly the same software here Wayne except I don't use Ad Blocker and I see zero ads. Just 19.3, Foxfire and Badger. I use the Silver theme and get the old logo with the flags.

nced · « **Reply #29 on:** March 06, 2020, 10:22:25 AM »

Quote from: avator on March 05, 2020, 07:56:17 AM

Mine still works as intended but then again.. I use Linux, Firefox and Badger.

Same here using Linux Mint, Firefox and uBlock Origin 1.24.4.

DevilsLuck · « **Reply #30 on:** March 06, 2020, 10:43:47 AM »

Quote from: avator on March 06, 2020, 07:01:09 AM

Exactly the same software here Wayne except I don't use Ad Blocker and I see zero ads. Just 19.3, Foxfire and Badger. I use the Silver theme and get the old logo with the flags.

That’s the logo I see also. I use the black theme. Maybe that has something to do with it. I really don’t mind seeing ads generally speaking. I don’t even see the scrolling ad some reference. For me, it’s the weird double column of the same ads that throws me off. Why twice back to back? It’s just weird. Because being stacked one atop the other... If you see one; you see the other. So there’s really no additional exposure for that advertiser. It would make more sense from an advertising perspective, that if you wanted to show those vendors twice... put one stack at the top of the page, and the other at the bottom. Then you’d see their ad in two separate locations. It’s just weird...

Wayne52 · « **Reply #31 on:** March 06, 2020, 10:50:22 AM »

Ever since I've been using Linux Mint 17 I have had very few things go wrong that were due to software. The last MS operating system that I used on the internet was Windows XP Pro. The only reason I quit using it was due to the fact that MS didn't support it anymore. I have that system on this new hard drive also but I unplug the ethernet cable when I boot into it.

RobertMcC · « **Reply #32 on:** March 07, 2020, 03:33:50 AM »

Quote from: avator on March 05, 2020, 03:59:51 PM

Ladies and gentlemen. It's been decided by the new ownership that this is the design of the new GTA. It is what it is. Can we please get back to what we all came here for? Airguns.

Well don't you think, that maybe some of the users are getting annoyed. That to visit here, they have to install programs, to make their visit much more better? Be it desktop/laptop/mobile. Because sure I'm using ad blocker, It was working 100%. But now its barely working and the ads are some how getting thru. Now every time I open a new post I gotta deal with something I find annoying. I cannot even change the theme, because it makes it worst.

I shouldn't have to click the stop button every time I look at a new post. To get rid of that banner.

So as users of the site, we got a say at what we don't like, and it shouldn't have to be. If you don't like it, leave. Give us the options of not dealing with it, without programs.

avator · « **Reply #33 on:** March 07, 2020, 07:15:04 AM »

Quite frankly Robert, I see two small ads at the top of the page in your attachment. Do they honestly annoy you that badly? If so, your internet experience, as a whole, must be an adventure in frustration.

DevilsLuck · « **Reply #34 on:** March 07, 2020, 08:06:07 AM »

Quote from: avator on March 07, 2020, 07:15:04 AM

Quite frankly Robert, I see two small ads at the top of the page in your attachment. Do they honestly annoy you that badly? If so, your internet experience, as a whole, must be an adventure in frustration.

Going over a couple things with Travis yesterday; we determined that the issue with the large, long column of double stacked ads that were the basis of this OP; were caused by using the non standard theme. In my case, the “ambassador” theme. I switched my theme over to standard, and everything changed. He said he’ll have his tech guys look into the theme issue. This may help explain different users having wildly different ad presentations.

Wayne52 · « **Reply #35 on:** March 07, 2020, 08:13:27 AM »

I've never use anything but the standard theme myself because it always looked fine to me

DevilsLuck · « **Reply #36 on:** March 07, 2020, 08:19:13 AM »

Quote from: Wayne52 on March 07, 2020, 08:13:27 AM

I've never use anything but the standard theme myself because it always looked fine to me

I find the contrast offered by the ambassador theme to be easier on my eyes. I mostly use mobile devices to access the site, so that may have something to do with it.

avator · « **Reply #37 on:** March 07, 2020, 08:19:32 AM »

Wayne.. give the Sinful Silver theme a look. I think you'll like it.

avator · « **Reply #38 on:** March 07, 2020, 08:20:53 AM »

I used the Black theme before, I found that the black back ground hid some characters.

Hoosier Daddy · « **Reply #39 on:** March 07, 2020, 11:28:09 AM »

I was using "Ambassador", but switched th "Curve" recently for my tablet.
like it's "Look and Feel".
I just checked "Silver" hard to see in the sun.

went back to "Default and saw why everyone was grumbling about the new GTA logo.

back to Curve

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