Sound on adverts

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R11ysf

Original Poster:

1,931 posts

181 months

Wednesday 3rd February 2016
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The new adverts on the right hand side of the forum now have sound on them. As I, and I expect most people on the forum, are using this site whilst at work it isn't the best to have this blaring out of the computer every time you go on a forum page.

Can we please have an option that we can tick in our preference file that defaults the sound off? Otherwise we will just go down the adblocker route and not see any of the paid for advertising at all.

Thanks.

Dom_PH

358 posts

103 months

Thursday 4th February 2016
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Hi R11ysf,

Thanks for your feedback. Could you say specifically what type of page on the forums and what advert it is and I will raise this with the relevant department.

Thanks,
Dom

Jordan210

4,503 posts

182 months

Thursday 4th February 2016
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My guess its the Honda advert that seams to be on every topic you go on


jaf01uk

1,943 posts

195 months

Thursday 4th February 2016
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Yes it is very annoying, it's on practically every page I visit, I have no interest in a Honda CRV, especially one which can "know the speed limit and stop you exceeding it!!"

Ollie_M

2,268 posts

105 months

Thursday 4th February 2016
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We'll have this looked into for you and try and have it resolved ASAP

Edited by Ollie_M on Monday 8th February 12:28

Rich135

768 posts

241 months

Friday 5th February 2016
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Same for me, always a Honda ad. Very annoying and enough for me to stop using the site.

TKH

395 posts

188 months

Friday 5th February 2016
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hehe and now its on this thread !

sound would be better optional

Dom_PH

358 posts

103 months

Friday 5th February 2016
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I'm currently getting a different ad so I cannot see this at the moment. I have informed the ad team of this.

Just to confirm, this ad is playing sound when the page loads, regardless of whether the mouse hovers over it/clicks on it?

jaf01uk

1,943 posts

195 months

Friday 5th February 2016
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Dom_PH said:
I'm currently getting a different ad so I cannot see this at the moment. I have informed the ad team of this.

Just to confirm, this ad is playing sound when the page loads, regardless of whether the mouse hovers over it/clicks on it?
Yes it is, and short of pausing the video there is no way of disabling it...

Highway Star

3,573 posts

230 months

Friday 5th February 2016
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jaf01uk said:
Yes it is, and short of pausing the video there is no way of disabling it...
Yep, same here. Running Safari if that makes a difference. Has done it on the last 6 pages loaded in various sub-forums including this one

crmcatee

5,691 posts

226 months

Friday 5th February 2016
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There is a way to disable all of them - adblocker for safari. Install it and you don't have to bleat anymore about problematic adverts.

https://getadblock.com

Highway Star

3,573 posts

230 months

Friday 5th February 2016
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Thanks. smile

Ollie_M

2,268 posts

105 months

Thursday 11th February 2016
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The Ad team are currently investigating and running some tests to try and isolate the ad