It appears at first glance to be pretty straightforward.
I spent about 10 minutes inside a preexisting toolbar control and had a pretty reasonable workaround for this bug, at least the flavor that is documented.
I then spent a couple of hours starting to work this up into an installable, shippable BHO (Browser Helper Object).
If no one else has posted a workaround for this problem, I will spend the 8 or so hours necessary to work this into installable, releasable state. The work is mainly professional "fluff" - making a reasonable installer/uninstall script, getting the icons right, writing the download Web page, putting in a link to some Web pages with help, putting the appropriate CopyLeft comments into the source files, etc...
Oh, and the source to the BHO will be made available....
But, I don't want to waste my time if someone has already done this....
Could this be because Mozilla does not support Flash? Or the JavaScript statements "setTimer" and "setInterval"?
This type of ad can be implemented without Flash, using only DHTML and transparent GIF's.
I would be careful before declaring complete immunity. It looks like this particular advertiser chose to target only IE users.
For an intelligent and mostly accurate discussion (with examples)of the technology, called "DHTML Flying Ads", go to the DoubleClick site: http://richmedia.doubleclick.net/floating/dhtmlfly ing.htm
I really like this sentence: "However, because they command so much attention, there is the potential for a negative user reponse -- to help prevent this, campaigns should be run in short flights or with frequency caps."
Judging by the activity level here, they sure got that right.
I have detailed knowledge of the techniques because I am the author of PopUpCop, a shareware add-in for IE 5 and above that can block this type of annoying web site behavior, if the user turns of script timers and Flash autoplay....
The technology is called "DHTML Flying Ads" by DoubleClick and is described (fairly accurately, with examples) at this web page: http://richmedia.doubleclick.net/floating/dhtmlfly ing.htm
I especially like this sentence in their description: "However, because they command so much attention, there is the potential for a negative user reponse -- to help prevent this, campaigns should be run in short flights or with frequency caps."
By the number of posts to this thread, I would hazard a guess that the above statment is accurate.
Now for the shameless self-promotion. I am the author of a shareware IE add-in called PopUpCop, which does block these ads. They go away when one blocks script timers and Flash AutoPlay.
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Just found the patch...
Never mind...
It appears at first glance to be pretty straightforward. I spent about 10 minutes inside a preexisting toolbar control and had a pretty reasonable workaround for this bug, at least the flavor that is documented.
I then spent a couple of hours starting to work this up into an installable, shippable BHO (Browser Helper Object).
If no one else has posted a workaround for this problem, I will spend the 8 or so hours necessary to work this into installable, releasable state. The work is mainly professional "fluff" - making a reasonable installer/uninstall script, getting the icons right, writing the download Web page, putting in a link to some Web pages with help, putting the appropriate CopyLeft comments into the source files, etc...
Oh, and the source to the BHO will be made available....
But, I don't want to waste my time if someone has already done this....
I am the author, so I should know.
Could this be because Mozilla does not support Flash? Or the JavaScript statements "setTimer" and "setInterval"?
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This type of ad can be implemented without Flash, using only DHTML and transparent GIF's.
I would be careful before declaring complete immunity. It looks like this particular advertiser chose to target only IE users.
For an intelligent and mostly accurate discussion (with examples)of the technology, called "DHTML Flying Ads", go to the DoubleClick site: http://richmedia.doubleclick.net/floating/dhtmlfl
I really like this sentence: "However, because they command so much attention, there is the potential for a negative user reponse -- to help prevent this, campaigns should be run in short flights or with frequency caps."
Judging by the activity level here, they sure got that right.
I have detailed knowledge of the techniques because I am the author of PopUpCop, a shareware add-in for IE 5 and above that can block this type of annoying web site behavior, if the user turns of script timers and Flash autoplay....
The technology is called "DHTML Flying Ads" by DoubleClick and is described (fairly accurately, with examples) at this web page: http://richmedia.doubleclick.net/floating/dhtmlfly ing.htm
I especially like this sentence in their description: "However, because they command so much attention, there is the potential for a negative user reponse -- to help prevent this, campaigns should be run in short flights or with frequency caps."
By the number of posts to this thread, I would hazard a guess that the above statment is accurate.
Now for the shameless self-promotion. I am the author of a shareware IE add-in called PopUpCop, which does block these ads. They go away when one blocks script timers and Flash AutoPlay.