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Posted August 23rd, 2007 by Shawn

Am I wrong in calling for the death of the guy who coded this ad?

Go to this web page to see the effect yourself.

Say What??

On August 23rd, 2007 RoryG says:

I guess it didn't take them long to catch the problem as it appears to be corrected.
Ya got to be quick when using the intraweb!

"Offensive" (how so?) Advertisements

On August 23rd, 2007 Davis Machead says:

Okay, maybe I'm a dufus (okay, okay. I AM a dufus!), but don't see anything obviously wrong with the ad. I went to the web page by using the link that you provided and watched the ad. Big, fat, furry deal! I don't know anything about coding, but, as far as I can tell, there's nothing wrong or obscene. What's up?

Click on the picture, not

On August 23rd, 2007 Christobel says:

Click on the picture, not the link.

Hint for those who don't get

On August 23rd, 2007 ShawnL says:

Hint for those who don't get it:

How do you "close" the ad? Where's the control to do this?

Neat effect of the transparency, but the error was DAMN stupid. What made him think that was a good idea?

Shawn Levasseur
Rockland ME
http://ComicsPundit.com

The ad covers up the content

On August 23rd, 2007 Shawn says:

The ad covers up the content and there's no easy/obvious way to get rid of it.
--
Shawn King
Host/Executive Producer
Your Mac Life
http://www.yourmaclifeshow.com

Not corrected here. I went

On August 23rd, 2007 Shawn says:

Not corrected here. I went to the link and it still happens.
--
Shawn King
Host/Executive Producer
Your Mac Life
http://www.yourmaclifeshow.com

I didn't see the ad when I

On August 24th, 2007 Obi-Wandreas says:

I didn't see the ad when I went to the page; maybe it's still in your cache?

But looking at the picture you posted, I'm seeing a close button just above and to the right of it; it's off the circle, but it's there.

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