Personal Opinion : Ads

[LNLeather]

I use Adblock Plus from Firefox, and have never ever had a problem.

I Found this thread and learned something cool about my computer...

I downloaded Adblock Plus and it is Grrrrreat! Works perfect

and it was Eeeeasy to download!

Thanks!

I love this place

[bluesman1951]

Bill,

I have never seen ads on Leatherworker at any time so I was a bit confused when you posted this. Then I got more confused when I read all the responses from others about four ads at the top of the page.

So I went looking to find out why I didn't get something others were getting. Well lo and behold, my ad-blocker is set not to allow them. I changed the setting, and now they show up. Who knew????

So, I would think that if the ads all of a sudden just showed up on your screen, you may have inadvertently changed the setting on your ad-blocking program. I use Adblock Plus from Firefox, and have never ever had a problem.

Also Bill, regarding your e-mail spam. Pretty much every spam e-mail other than those ones from Nigeria, have a "un-subscribe" link in small text at the bottom of the e-mail. I know it takes time to click the link to un-subscribe, but if you do this, the e-mails will be greatly reduced. I used to get hoards of them each day as well, and after spending some time un-subscribing, I may get 2 or 3 a week now, probably because I do so much on-line.

Yes something has changed with my add blocker settings and it looks like a trip to visit the computer guy is in order . As to the trash emails its up to about 100 a day between 5 seperate email accounts . Getting real ticked off about it . I know changing the email will solve this ,but my position is : Its my email I happen to like it ,I have it on my cards for my business and I have no intention of bowing to crooks and change it . I will some how get enough computer skills to melt their key boards if they are stupid enough to send me a scam email . People have no respect for privacy any more and there is no punishment . Did you see where some foriegn crooks breeched a IRS computer some how and had complete access for more than a week and stole identiy informaton on every one who payed taxes in that state . In short they robbed an entire state each and every person who filed taxes is now well on their way to having their ID's mis used . The theives accomplished this without leaveing home sitting in a easy chair simply boggles the mind . Dont appear any punishment is on the way for them either. Makes me sick with all the mischeif going on on line . Bill

[bluesman1951]

Tom (Northmount) Your good advice about controlling spam will be helpful to many members. Thank you for explaining the options so well.

You can also tell people on the forum to email you or PM you. If you hover the cursor over a members name, a box will pop up with the send message icons on the left. If the member has allowed it, an email and PM option are presented. You can also reach these options on a member's profile page. The board keeps PM email addresses confidential between the parties. We mods try to catch the real email addresses on the board as they get posted and "fix" them to be bot-unfriendly, but of course we don't get them all.

The advertisers use their ads to announce specials, new products and to introduce themselves to new customers. The ads don't flash or pop up. Many members have found them to be useful, and our sponsors pay for the server fees. A site like this, busy and full of pictures, requires a lot more than "average" hosting. Like I said before, perhaps your ad blocking software does not recognize our private adserver. Our ads do not come from doubleclick, Google or the other big companies that mine data from your Internet browsing and sell it to the highest bidder. Our ads are meant to be informative and useful, and they are owned by very reputable businesses. If we allowed a third party company to do ads we would have no control over the content, or what was done with the info those kinds of ads can collect. Even worse, we wouldn't be able to control where a click on those ads would go. The decision to establish our own adserver was made for those reasons- protecting the privacy of our members and the integrity of the site. With our arrangement, there is nothing on this site that can infect or interfere with anyone's computer.

I hope this answers some questions. I am sorry you feel that the ads are an inconvenience, but I assure you that they are in the best interest of this FREE site. Any person, anywhere in the world, can come here to learn about leather and meet new friends. Without our sponsors, we would not be able to stay online.

~J

Today is the first time I have seen the 4 banner ads ,so it was a big surprise . I guess my ad block was working up to now.

Apparently as Beverslayer said my ad block settings have changed somehow that will be looked into and corrected . I dont respond well when I do not have a choice to see or not to see . When I cant make something go away or be out of sight my frustration level goes through the roof . Bill

[TwinOaks]

When I cant make something go away or be out of sight my frustration level goes through the roof .

I keep a bottle of white out next to the computer for just that reason .... a few swipes with that and no more problems.

[bluesman1951]

I Found this thread and learned something cool about my computer...

I downloaded Adblock Plus and it is Grrrrreat! Works perfect

and it was Eeeeasy to download!

Thanks!

I love this place

Yes it easy to down load however click on the icon and see how many filters you have . Without the filters it does nothing to block any thing . Iam yet to figure out how to install the filters . Time for me to get some help . Bill

[bluesman1951]

I keep a bottle of white out next to the computer for just that reason .... a few swipes with that and no more problems.

Big surprise for me the ads were always there . My ad block has apparently stopped working . For those who have always seen those 4 ads at the top of the page ,please understand I saw them for the first time two days ago when my ad block apparently quit working . No wonder every one thought I was NUTS ! Seems the auto spell check here has ceased to work for me as well . Nothing but frustration with this computer stuff. Had not considered the white out ,but a hammer and duc tape has crossed my mind . Time to see the computer doctor I guess . I just realised its possible one day I am going to click on a button who's function I dont understand and end up deleting myself . Scarey !! Bill Edited November 22, 2012 by bluesman1951

[TwinOaks]

Before you take it to someone else, it's pretty easy to make sure that your add-ons are compatible with your current version of your browser. I had some add-ons stop working a long while back and was getting pretty peaved before I realized that FF had updated itself and the add-ons didn't work with the new version. It was a simple visit to the add-on page to get the most recent iteration of the app, and everything was back to normal.

[immiketoo]

I'd strongly recommend against hitting the unsuscribe link. That merely confirms that they have reached a valid email address.

[cem]

. Any opinions on "Qcad " or "Blender" looking for a 3d cad program for pattern and mold making for wet forming leather . Bill

Not sure about Qcad never used it I use Illustrator for making my patterns up I have used Blender it's got a bit of a learning curve though if you are only doing simple wet forming shapes a solid modeller might be better that way you could get it 3D printed if you wanted fairly easily. The surface modellers (Blender, Maya, 3DMax etc) can be used for 3D printing but you need to go through a few extra steps to get the models to export for 3D printing. I use a program called 123D it's free and is a scaled down version of Autodesks Inventor you can get it here http://www.123dapp.com/design.

Clair

[Beaverslayer]

I'd strongly recommend against hitting the unsuscribe link. That merely confirms that they have reached a valid email address.

Mike, since I have clicked the un-subscribe links in emails, my spam of such has been reduced to maybe 1 or 2 a week, from well over a 100 per week. I play a lot of online poker, and I would get so many emails a day for pretty much everything available in the world. I still play online poker, but no more weird and wonderful spam.

The Nigerian ones, I send them very disgusting, foul mouthed, vile emails. I continue sending them for about a week just to let them know how disgusted I am with there existence. I must now be on a list of Nigerians "Do Not E-Mail" because I may only get 1 or 2 a year now from them.