That friggin' "Helloooo!" web advert

Oriel

Hi Folks,
You know the one - an advertisement for "enhanced" emoticons. It's is doing my head in.
Does the creator of that think that this is doing anything positive for the internet?
I'd post a link to it, but it's an embedded Flash object, and I don't want to introduce it to people who haven't already seen it, lucky sods.
As a Mac user it's one of those annoyances that you just can't escape.
It enough to turn off my speakers, make me hate the internet.

Why do poeple make up these hateful, hateful things?

S.

whassupp2

is that the one thats on bebo??? thankfully i dont usually have speakers turned on but i have heard it and agree with you

CoNfOuNd

I saw this once on bebo. Extremely annoying. I immediately blocked it.

I recommend Firefox with Adblock.

http://adblock.mozdev.org/

GhostInTheRuins

The first time I heard that it scared the **** outta me! Feckin eejit who came up with that. I've seen a few different versions of it since, one that whistles and another with a female voice. The whistling one is by far the most annoying. Feckin smilies, whos bothered with them anyways?

Basq

The ones around Valentine's were worse. Remember sitting looking at something (with my speakers up louder than i'd previously though) and all of a sudden, this little smiley shouts in a big gruff voice:

"I'm counting down the minutes til i can be with you again!"

That feckin' haunts me to this very day...!

the_syco

No, the worst one is when the cat "Meow's". Here's me listening to my tunes, chilled, and I go on some site which "Meow's" at me... and my dog goes bloody mental

Oriel

It's similar to a "shock-tactic" advert I think.
One which everybody talks about, but nobody buys the product based upon the advert, and makes even more people not buy the product simply based upon the advert.
E.g. Why to CocaCola need to spend millions on advertising? Just to keep the brand name familiar.

But I digress.
This is the single most annoying advert on the internet, closely followed by the ones that appear on top of a webpage (e.g. u.tv), but have no obvious "close" button.
I've stopped going to regular websites purely because of these.

the_syco

Oriel wrote:

This is the single most annoying advert on the internet, closely followed by the ones that appear on top of a webpage (e.g. u.tv), but have no obvious "close" button.
I've stopped going to regular websites purely because of these.

Get firefox, and use the pop-up blocker thing. Its great.

Ro: maaan!

Yea. Bastards. "Hellooooooo, No waaaaay!"

Oriel

the_syco wrote:

Get firefox, and use the pop-up blocker thing. Its great.

I stopped using IE 6 years ago. I used Firefox on PCs for 3 years, which was fantasic.
Then I moved to Mac, which was even better, but Firefox is still playing catchup on the Mac OS.
Currently using Camino, but back on topic.

PiE

CoNfOuNd wrote:

I recommend Firefox with Adblock.

http://adblock.mozdev.org/

Seriously, who doesn't use this by now?

patrickc

never saw it thank ****

nervous_twitch

the_syco wrote:

Get firefox, and use the pop-up blocker thing. Its great.

..OHMIGOD..!! no way!!!! :mad:

Tá Mé Gaeilge

whassupp2 wrote:

is that the one thats on bebo??? thankfully i dont usually have speakers turned on but i have heard it and agree with you

i know the one alright- it's always on Bebo but if you go into my account at top of page and then ad preferences make sure you untick the box that has somethin like technology or computers and then its gone forever- no matter what computer or browswer you use!!!:eek:

AlmightyCushion

Tá M&#233 wrote: »

i know the one alright- it's always on Bebo but if you go into my account at top of page and then ad preferences make sure you untick the box that has somethin like technology or computers and then its gone forever- no matter what computer or browswer you use!!!:eek:

Must remember that.

Mossy Monk

nervous_twitch wrote:

..OHMIGOD..!! no way!!!! :mad:

Out of interest. Why?

Jumpy

Mossy Monk wrote:

Out of interest. Why?

Thats the sound the smiley makes Mossy. He isnt saying No way to using it.

It says "Oh my gawd... no waaaay"

RoundyMooney

Firefox and Adblock plus, my friends.

No bloatware browser and invasive advertising here (I get enough of that on bloody tv), and this comes from a former IE7 user

Catari Jaguar

The robot and obnoxious yellow dude... "S-S-S-SAY SOMETHIN'" "*robot voice* What?" :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: Give's me a fekn heart attack.

I use some java script blocker I got on mozilla options

Phoebus

I despise those things.
*glare*

LovelyTom

i hate that little bollox...