New BYC death on slow connections, slow computers; site crashes and hangs web browser...

[AmyWho]

http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/
http://www.harmonycentral.com/t5/Drum-Forum/bd-p/acapella-19
http://bikeportland.org/forum/

Here are 3 links to forums that I look at the most.
From these links you will find that:
A) I'm a hipster.
B) These 3 places have plenty of ads to offeset costs and NONE of them take over your screen.

 

[XtremeRooster]

We appreciate the feedback and the discussion. We wish we didn't have to have any ads at all. We'd LOVE it if the Bill Gates Foundation or Google Ventures dumped a bunch of money into BYC to promote raising backyard chickens and remove all our expenses. Unfortunately they aren't returning our calls... so we're forced to have ads.

You can read more about the ads, and reporting ones that you feel are inappropriate here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...he-ads-on-the-right-of-the-page#post_10043121


Also, please remember you can remove 100% of all ads by becoming a GFM. For less than the cost of a cheap dinner and movie, you can be ad-free on BYC for a whole year!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/byc-memberships-help-support-backyardchickens

I have a fast dsl connection and pc. My pc and dsl at work is even faster. The dentastix and dove ads will probably get this website blocked by my employer because they popup too frequently and steal bandwidth. So I won't be able to peek in occassionaly from work. I am so sick of the popups stalling my pc that I am ready to bail on BYC. You can be sure of one thing I will never buy my dog dentastix and I have almost eliminated Dove products from my house. Annoying ads NEVER get my business EVER! How much is the commercial free version of BYC? I would rather pay a annual membership fee than deal with the pop ups.

I can read one post then I have to clear popups to read another. It is worse than trying to watch a football game on tv. Touchdown!~commercial break, First down~commercial break, Injury~commercial break, Quarter change~commercial break, penalty flag~commercial break, interception~commercial break, disputed play~commercial break, field goal~commercial break, fumble~commercial break, time out~commercial break, incomplete pass~commercial break, Kickoff~commercial break, punt~commercial break, and heaven forbid it rains satelite signal loss

not to mention the pleasure of listening to seven has beens opinions of the game for halftime! I am so glad modern tv has MUTE! and channel recall!

 

[Nifty-Chicken]

Just to clarify, when y'all say "take over the screen", the ads shouldn't be doing that unless you interact with them. We also don't have any "popup" ads, but we do have the ads that will expand if you interact with them.

If you're seeing ads taking over the screen without interacting with them (for example, some of the ads from one of our provider requires that you hover your cursor on them for more than 3 seconds) then please let us know. Screenshots and details about what happened work best.

 

[stoopid]

I had a bunch of issues when I was using Microsoft Explorer.
I have switched to Google Chrome and it has been much better.

 

[Judy]

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Nifty gave the link with all the info, but it is $12 for 6 months or $20 for one year, and has a number of benefits besides being able to turn off ads. You can purchase this in the Store link at the top of the page.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/byc-memberships-help-support-backyardchickens

 

[bluebirdnanny]

Nifty gave the link with all the info, but it is $12 for 6 months or $20 for one year, and has a number of benefits besides being able to turn off ads.  You can purchase this in the Store link at the top of the page.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/byc-memberships-help-support-backyardchickens

I wish I COULD afford to upgrade but that would not help me here anyway....

1. I HAVE to use free poverty dial up or not have internet period.
2. Can't do any video etc because of connection timing.
3. Can not download anything.... connection times out
4. I do own a TV and converter box that was given to me but that still only gets PBS (public broadcast system) when it wants to come in.

I live on 500 monthly and keep my home, land and medical under that.
So I just count myself blessed to be able to get online when it will let me on.

I don't smoke, drink, eat out, go to movies, etc, and carpool to Church. I try and live within my means and do without what would take me beyond that. Such is life. I can breathe (most of the time) and live with physical limitations. I am just happy I can, when I can. Period.

I thank BYC and other sites for having a way for me to access without paying. I COULD NOT be here otherwise.

 

[Valk]

I wish I COULD afford to upgrade but that would not help me here anyway....

1. I HAVE to use free poverty dial up or not have internet period.
2. Can't do any video etc because of connection timing.
3. Can not download anything.... connection times out
4. I do own a TV and converter box that was given to me but that still only gets PBS (public broadcast system) when it wants to come in.

I live on 500 monthly and keep my home, land and medical under that.
So I just count myself blessed to be able to get online when it will let me on.

I don't smoke, drink, eat out, go to movies, etc, and carpool to Church. I try and live within my means and do without what would take me beyond that. Such is life. I can breathe (most of the time) and live with physical limitations. I am just happy I can, when I can. Period.

I thank BYC and other sites for having a way for me to access without paying. I COULD NOT be here otherwise.

Sounds like you're grateful for what you have, bluebirdnanny. I think we could all learn something from you.

 

[obeloinkment]

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[jperk]

Oh wow my computer has crashed since i joined and is running extremely slow even off the site now I was about to take it to the repair shop, after reading this post i realized it started after i joined , this is a great site and and it has a lot of info i need , but i am questioning that now my computer is one year old and lightning fast connection which is gone now Wow again im in disbelief a website can do this and why they would.

 

[ChickenLegs13]

Notice that some folks who have nothing meaningful to contribute to the issue at hand other than pimping paid membership and calling others ungrateful and complainers are themselves non-paying members. LOL
I'm grateful for everything. Even a bad day alive is better then a good day dead. I think the Lord for that each morning when I don't wake up dead.

So let's get down to business.
I'm not having popups. People who are getting popups have some kind of advertising & tracking spyware infesting their puters, not BYC's fault.
Followed Ivan3's links and Nifty-Chickins detailed instruction but it didn't help me any.
My puter is not a Ferrari but it's not a Model T puttin along on the interstate either.
Running XP with IE 8 on wireless dsl connection, supposedly one of the faster connections that CenturyTel offers. Network status is 54mbps.
75 gb drive
12 gb used space
61 gb free space
.99 gb ram
Only add-on running is Java Sun Microsystems
11 startup items. All AVG antivirus and systems related.
I run a bare bones lean clean machine, no resource hogging programs installed. No MicroSoft Office, Word, Outlook, dancing baby screensavers etc installed. Don't game, porn, email or Skype on it. Dump cache & defrag regularly.
Pretty sure that ad causing my grief is the one at the top & bottom right in the topic threads. Before it runs a video bogging my puter some of the url are:
http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/simgad/13491871357336609013
http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/simgad/4205721410776130453
http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/simgad/16673576424451362657
http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/simgad/7232891201934442605
I can't copy the url when the video starts because when I right click it for properties it says (I assume it's from Google):
Settings
Global Settings
About Adobe Flash
I don't mouse over it or interact with it. At random times it simply starts playing video & sound. I can be in the bathroom or kitchen and hear my puter start playing music and a woman start talking about Dr Martin shoes etc. Seems the ad is buggy because it skips & freezes up and sounds like gibberish.

Not everything Niftychicken asked for but hopefully enough info to solve this issue. Thanks!