linglop Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 My ability to read The Nation on line is being obstructed by a flash advertisement by KTC whoever they are. If I click the Exit box, I get a grey box which moves down the screen as I attempt to read the newspaper. I am using flash player 9. Any ideas on how to get rid of this nuisance? Many thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crockett Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 Just opened The Nation in both, IE and Firefox but did not see any moving advert. I have Flash player installed as well. Anyway, I am wondering why you click the Edit box? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 I have same problems. The gray box stays there. Bloody annoying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 I have same problems. The gray box stays there. Bloody annoying I don't see it either. If you use the lite version is the problem still there? http://www.nationmultimedia.com/index_lite.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farma Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 I had the same problem this morning after clicking the exit box. I moved my mouse pointer to a blank area at the side of my screen, clicked, and it went away. I just tried it again and the popup disappears each time i click the exit box. weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guardian Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 IE v6.0.2900.2180.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519 No problem here too like the OP mentioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waldwolf Posted November 3, 2006 Share Posted November 3, 2006 ......Any ideas on how to get rid of this nuisance?.......You may need to adjust your "Flash" settings. To do so, you will need to go to the Adobe (Macromedia) website's "Settings Manager", HERE.Read the instructions and review your settings in: * Global Privacy Settings Panel * Global Storage Settings Panel * Global Security Settings Panel * Global Notifications Settings Panel * Website Privacy Settings Panel * Website Storage Settings Panel EXAMPLE > (NOTE: When viewing above settings, you are actually looking at your computer's flash settings. Click the tabs to see different panels, and click the options in the panels if you want to change your Flash Player settings. Before making any changes, it is recommended you write down the current setting(s) in the event you may wish to "go back".) waldwolf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linglop Posted November 4, 2006 Author Share Posted November 4, 2006 Many thanks for the suggestions which i am following up. Prior to connecting to this forum the Nation site still displayed that dreadful grey box. Anyway I will work on the suggestions. You guys always come up trumps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linglop Posted November 4, 2006 Author Share Posted November 4, 2006 The ad does not appear when using Nation lite so I shall stick to that. many thanks. I have been to the Macromedia website to change flash player settings but to no avail. i.e. with a restart and a change of settings the problem still manifests itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palm Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 The ad does not appear when using Nation lite so I shall stick to that. many thanks.I have been to the Macromedia website to change flash player settings but to no avail. i.e. with a restart and a change of settings the problem still manifests itself. If you use Firefox, install the AdBlock extension (Firefox - Tools - Addons menu option and search for Adblock) and use it to filter out 99% of advertising. For the Nation site, bring up the page in Firefox (with AdBlock installed) and press Ctrl-Shift-F to remove all Flash adverts, or better still, press Ctrl-Shift-A to see a list of ALL advertising and be able to remove them one by one etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 Seems now I see the same grey box others have been seeing using Firefox. However using Avant (uses the IE engine) it shows up without the grey box and hitting the eXit button closes correctly. I have IE Tabs for Firefox installed and added the Nation to the list and now it behaves normally and no more grey box and exits correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopburi3 Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 IE Tabs seems to be the easy way out. Has the correct clear background there so the click on X clears it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 IE Tabs seems to be the easy way out. Has the correct clear background there so the click on X clears it. Yes, IE Tabs makes it transparent for the Firefox user (sorry, groaner) IE Tab can be downloaded from here > https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1419/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guardian Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 Does the problem appear on particular links in their website or anywhere on their site? If it's in a few particular links, could you please post them here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tywais Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 Does the problem appear on particular links in their website or anywhere on their site? If it's in a few particular links, could you please post them here. Just looked at the source code of the main page and there are several .swf flash calls in it. In the lite edition there are none. Seems to be a problem with Firefox's Flash plugin not working quite right, IE is no problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cool Water Palace Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 I think this is the problem I had some months ago. I complained to the webmaster. I forget the outcome now but will search for reply if still in my email archive. It may have been a mac problem solved by changing preferences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 IE Tabs seems to be the easy way out. Has the correct clear background there so the click on X clears it. Yes, IE Tabs makes it transparent for the Firefox user (sorry, groaner) IE Tab can be downloaded from here > https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1419/ Thanks for the tips, now it works great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crushdepth Posted November 6, 2006 Share Posted November 6, 2006 I just ran afoul of the grey box as well...man that is the WORST popup I've seen in ages. The Nation PDA Format page is a nice quick loading alternative without the crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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