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I'm sorry, I don't enjoy using AdBlock, but I was forced to to even read this article. I've not seen ads like the Flash ad at the bottom of the screen before on
by JimmyM 11y ago
I'm sorry, I don't enjoy using AdBlock, but I was forced to to even read this article. I've not seen ads like the Flash ad at the bottom of the screen before on Polygon, if it's an experiment it's been unsuccessful imo.
Combined with the gutters, it reduces the percentage of the screen that's actually content to something like ~25% and is not removable. I want to support authors and creators using whatever method they think is best, but if your content is rendered illegible I'm afraid I will avoid that.
My personal standards can only stretch so far before I'll just take what I want, and I imagine many consumers are similar. Please reconsider your ad format.
- djloche 11y agoWhich device / screen were you using to read this article? On a 13" laptop with my browser window taking up 85-90% of my screen, the formatting seemed appropriate. The width of the text column is probably close to the edges of comfortable reading.
- JimmyM 11y agoMacbook Air, I've revisited the page since making that comment and tried turning AdBlock back off. It seems to be a problem with just a couple of adverts I was unfortunate to come across - they took up the bulk of the screen from the bottom, were fixed position, and they didn't have 'close' options. One was a public health campaign, don't remember the other one. Most of the adverts don't have this problem because no matter how large they are, they have some kind of close button. I won't uninstall AdBlock, because I could quite easily imagine coming across the same sort of ad in future, but I'm keeping it paused at least for now.