sony ad

[wvwoman]

i don't have a mouse--i use the touch pad--so there's no drifting occurring.

[bluffer]

The sony ad was preventing me from solving the puzzle

In order to be able to finish solving the puzzle, I had to leave the cryptograms.org website - then I returned to it and clicked on "Recent Puzzles" and hit the "Retry" box, to get back to the puzzle I was working on. It took up a lot of time, but there seemed to be no other way to keep my 100% solving rate.

[wvwoman]

you don't have to leave the site---you can click directly on "recent games" and "retry" to get the puzzle on a new page.
i hate to possibly jinx myself by writing this, but i haven't come across the evil ad tonight.

[wvwoman]

i spoke too soon last night---now, instead of having the evil ad either at the top or on the side, it's double-teaming and appearing in both places at once! is sony that desperate?

[abra]

Oh yeah, it's still lurking out there, I try to be careful, but then I forget about it and pop it up. I am usually able to get rid of it and don't have to go to "recent games", but it still take some time. I trip over it at least 4 or 5 times a day

[admin2]

Hi everyone -

Just a quick note - I've finally gotten back from Peru and am spending today to track down this ad. Apologies for the delays, just bad luck it popped up while I was out of the country.

[abra]

I haven't been attacked since yesterday afternoon. That's wonderful!!

[imported_Lurker]

Haven't had it today yet. Cross your fingers...

[wvwoman]

nor have i---FANTASTIC!!

[wvwoman]

stephen, it looks like you've succeeded in removing the evil ad, for which i am very grateful!

however, i have my doubts as to whether the timing was accidental---that ad was evil enough to KNOW when you were gone and that we had been left unprotected! (wiggle your eyebrows a few times, groucho-style, as you read that last part.)

[gryhnd51]

Stephen ALWAYS comes through for players! It's too bad he has to take vacation time

[wvwoman]

yes...let's see that it doesn't happen again

[wvwoman]

another "evil" ad!

shades of the sony ads!!

i just had a 'golden nugget' ad to the right of my puzzle (another "roll over here for details" ad that jumps out even if you don't roll over it)---suddenly their video covered most of the puzzle. i clicked and clicked on the "close x" in the upper right corner but it ignored me for quite a while--each time i clicked on it, the letters "close x" would sort of jiggle & bend and then re-set--very weird!

i was just getting ready to go the "recent games" route when it finally closed and i could get back to the puzzle.

whee!

[damsel22]

another floating ad

I too have been bothered by a floating ad. Mine is something green on the left side. I didn't investigate fully, but it appears to be some sort of survey that says "your opinion counts". I believe it pops in when my mouse rolls over the link for "hate ads?", but cannot be certain. I just quickly close it to get back to my puzzle.

[wvwoman]

these blasted golden nugget ads

i've had that one, too---only once---some sort of survey---i'll pay more attention if i see it again.
but this golden nugget is really ticking me off---speaking of which, it's to the right of this page right now. i'm giving it the evil eye and daring it to expand---it seems to be working, but it's hard to do that while one is trying to solve a puzzle.