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[Digital BW] Re: OT - Yahoo Adv.

2002-02-09 by mkravit

Harvy

What am I missing. Is there an option to change to text only. All I 
have ever seen is an option for the text format not for the page 
format. If you are keeping a secret from us...well you will just have 
toi pay the price my friend. ;-)

Mike


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., SKID Photography 
<skid@b...> wrote:
> If the ads are really bothersome, why not change your preferences 
(in Yahoo) to
> 'plain text' (no HTML) only?
> 
> Harvey Ferdschneider
> partner, SKID Photography, NYC
> 
> Michael Kravit wrote:
> 
> >  Jee Tom, I just love those little camera ads with the good 
looking women....
> >
> > Seriously, that is why I switched to emails only, the "continue" 
stuff is
> > really annoying.
> >
> > Mike
> >   ----- Original Message -----
> >   From: tomoc
> >   To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y...
> >   Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 8:52 PM
> >   Subject: [Digital BW] Re: OT - Yahoo Adv.
> >
> >
> >   Right on!
> >
> >   I am definitely an EX-YAHOO FAN. I'm playing around in other 
lists to
> >   see how they run and I can tell you, Yahoo is the worst. I've 
sent
> >   emails to a couple of list managers suggesting they email 
Antonis and
> >   try to lure him away from Yahoo... Antonis, have they reached 
you?
> >
> >   The popup + click through is so obnoxious I can't deal with it.
> >
> >   I've installed Symantec Internet Security software and turned 
on ad
> >   blocking and also use a popup ad filter. Between the 2 of them 
they
> >   seem to stop about 75% of the images at least... Yahoo is so
> >   obnoxious you still get a blank page to click through, but at 
least
> >   you miss most of the dumb yahoo ads and the page loads faster.
> >
> >   Tom O'Connell
> >
> >
> >   --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "lyonscox" 
<lyonscox@m...>
> >   wrote:
> >   > Ok,
> >   >
> >   > I understand Advertising keeps this stuff (I do some myself 
as a
> >   job)
> >   > up for free but tonight I'm a bit annoyed when I click to 
continue
> >   to
> >   > the message and it gives me a SECOND AD.  Can't tell me I'm
> >   Clicking
> >   > to get to the message, then Mr. Yahoo, not give it too 
me...you
> >   have
> >   > to change the click-through label :-|D (sticking my tongue 
out ;-)
> >   >
> >   > Cleavis
> >
> >
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

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