On 21/03/2008, Geoffrey Plourde <geo.plrd(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
I agree. Pop up ads would be better than inline ads.
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From: White Cat <wikipedia.kawaii.neko(a)gmail.com>
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Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 4:47:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Advertisements?
You kinda got me concerned when you said "pops up" but then I read the rest
of the sentence. It also got me thinking.
Pop-up ads would be better than in-line adds. Granted more annoying but
would be less of a compromise from NPOV. Basicaly we would cover the screen
with the ford logo rather than put the ford logo in the middle of the page.
- White Cat
If the only way to have adverts is to have pop-ups, then we shouldn't
have adverts. Forcing your user to actively get rid of the advert if
they want to read the article is very bad - adverts should be out of
the way where users can look at them if they want and ignore them if
they want.