Haven’t had any of the issues you are talking about. I use chrome and it seems to work fine. Overall I like chrome better than firefox, you might want to consider switching. It’s free.

But haven’t really messed around with it (mainly because I don’t trust google) but I might start experimenting if it is Firefox messing up DBB experience. :(

but I’ll forward this along to SBN Support and see if they can’t do something about the advertisement. Asking users to switch their browsers to make using this site more convenient is kind of silly (though my experiences with Chrome have been MUCH better than Firefox). In the future, though, just email one of us.

Google is like Xanax.

and than I made the switch to Chrome. Chrome has alot of the same extensions that firefox uses such as Adblock.

Firefox just all of sudden would go really slow for me, even after an OS reinstall and it even would run slow for me in Linux, so I was basically certain it wasn’t a virus. I switched to chrome and everything is ok again.

Never had the ad problem before though. Maybe you’re just special.

for Firefox might work for ya.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865

I’m using Firefox with no difficulties on this page. I have found that if you mouse-over some flash ads they expand to a ridiculous size and cover content on the page. The trick may be to get your mouse cursor to the login link without dragging it over the ad.

As far as ad-block goes, it sounds like a good idea but if too many people use it, it will break the internet and I’m not even kidding. So many sites are “Free” (like this one) because they can sell advertising. If too many people are blocking the advertising, the sites wont’ be able to make enough revenue, and then they’ll just have to start charging for content or disappear completely. I’m sure someone like MIkePayne who runs his own site could comment on this.

So, support DBB! Don’t use adblocker.

That’s just my opinion, of course, but I never block ads at blogs and sites like this that depend on ad revenue for their existence. Ars Technica recently did an experiment that you guys might find helpful.

“”http://“Why Ad Blocking is Devastating to the Sites You Love.”" target="new">Why Ad Blocking is Devastating to the Sites You Love."

FWIW, I do use AdBlock on Firefox and Chrome, but I disable it on all the Pistons blogs, etc., that I frequent.

As to the FF vs. Chrome debate, FF’s sheer number as well as quality of extensions has kept me, in spite of Chrome being a bit faster. Plus, I’ve had all sorts of rendering issues with Chrome, even on some of Google’s own pages. Chrome is just a bit too unpolished for me at this point.

I use Mental AdBlock. I don’t even look at them. I couldn’t tell you what any of the ads on any website say (even this one, which I visit 10,000 times a day). I don’t ever notice them, which makes me wonder how effective they really are?

Ads rarely get me to act on them, but they occasionally work. Mostly for music/concerts/albums.

These blogs and sites are free- the only way they stay so is ad revenue. I have no problem with it. The pop-up and cursor trackers are annoying, but worth dealing with.

is DBB trying to tell me something?