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May
kseers

Getting the poos with Bedtime Stories

by kseersComment Published at 22:4522:455 comments5 comments77 Visits77 VisitsReport

The Bedtime Stories banner at the top of the Minti page is really starting to annoy me.  I don't mind ads - I understand that they add to the costs of the site etc...  But these ones that play ads - there is no way of opting out of it and it is slowing everything down.  It has taken all day to get through my watchlist - very slowly - as each page takes for ever to load and if I'm not paying attention the sound comes on and is stilted and annoying.  I know I can stop it playing, but I should not have to so on every page just so I can read what friends have written.  Can we restrict ads or find a way so that we can opt out of moving ads?

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Arna
May 2009 | Arna
Re: Getting the poos with Bedtime Stories

LOL  It scared the living daylights out of me the first time! I've noticed that it is autoloading when i open email notifications, and it is loading from scratch every time.  That means, if I have a couple of pages loading at once, the internet goes really slow and the adds play out of sync.



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matthew
May 2009 | matthew
Re: Getting the poos with Bedtime Stories

 Thanks for the feedback - we will try to increase the time required for roll-over to kick in.  I have been testing this morning and have not been able to get the ad to activate without sliding my mouse over it but it only takes the slightest touch of a mouse to activate.

These ads are usual on minti but actually very important to us keeping the whole site free - having said that I will work towards reducing the frequency of this ad showing up to members and increasing (if it is possible) the time for a mouse to be over the ad before it activates - if not for this campaign them for future ones.

I think the speed of the site is related to other factors and we are working very hard to correct thus as we speak - I am 99% sure it is not related to this particular ad campaign which actually should only have to load itself once to your computer temporary folder and thereafter would not need to be downloaded.

Apologies and rest assured we are working on improvements

Matt



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janicepovey
May 2009 | janicepovey
Re: Getting the poos with Bedtime Stories

 No you don't have to roll over it just starts to play. Have noticed that minti has been awfully slow again, taking so long to load pages and leave comments.



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mystikal
May 2009 | mystikal
Re: Getting the poos with Bedtime Stories

I have trouble clicking on my user name to go to my main page as it brings the ad down. I did it just before and it scared the hell out of me as I just had my volume on full blast after Janice gave me my favourite song to listen to on a youtube clip.



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kseers
May 2009 | kseers
Re: Getting the poos with Bedtime Stories

It does say roll-over for trailer, but you don't have to roll -over it, it just plays automatically - gggrrrr



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