Kyloe on 23/5/2001 at 09:13

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It's back! The banners are in my history list again! It worked so nicely for a few days, but now the horror is back.

Let me explain: while the flooded history list is only a nuisance, the click orgy that it produces is a real pain.

I can't get a flatrate internet access and there are no free local calls in this country. I have to pay for every goddamn minute this modem is dialed in, traffic or no. Being a slow reader, I click and d/l every thread that looks interesting, hang up, and read the posts in offline mode. If I wouldn't do this, my phone bill would be tripled, if not even higher.

The problem is, that when the browser hits the banner code, a dialog box appears, asking me whether I want to reconnect or stay offline. The mouse jumps to 'reconnect', which is the default. Now, one such dialog is OK, two are tolerable, but four for every single page including the topics list results in an endless clickclickclickclick. And I have to move the mouse between clicks.

Please, MsLedd, make it stop! There must be a way. Please.

BTW, it's six or more clicks for the reply pages, but I don't really use them in offline mode. :(

TechImmortal on 24/5/2001 at 22:30

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I have cookie prompt on, and let me tell you that part of the problem is the increasing number of cookies requested by each banner.

It used to be one or two, now it is up to six. This was a recent development (inside of the last month) and coincides with the complaints re: history clogging. And these cookies are all requested by cyberreps. It HAS to be connected to the problem.

Why do they need so many cookies? They should tone it down.

After this goes on long enough, the pages start refusing to load entirely - the smilies don't appear, for example (and neither do the banners - which is counterproductive if you really want people to click on them, as I sometimes do.)

This is a real pain if you want to read and post a lot.