No more talking ads!

[ajcates]

Lately ive been noticing these stupid Site pal ads that talk!

I understand ads are important to keep the site alive but do they have to make sounds?

[kirupa]

What OS/browser combination are you running on? They should have been fixed to not talk automatically after a good number of you pointed it out a few weeks ago.

[Templarian]

I just tried every browser... none play on startup.

Ajcates what browser are you using?

[ajcates]

Safari 4 OSX.

JUST SAID IT!!! AHHH!! it's driving me nutz.

I really wish osx had a cool sound control panel like windows… then it wouldn't be that big of deal.

[senocular]

They still talk for me on FF/XP

I'm just more careful with my mouse now. :|

[Templarian]

^ Wait... I don't think ajcates is talking about on rollover since to do that you would have to scroll to the bottom of the forums.

[ajcates]

Yes it does it before I scroll down to the bottom! Just randomly. It's hard to go on the site while at work now with all the talking ads.

[kirupa]

If you hit the Mute button does it stop permanently?

This ad will appear for one more week, and I'll make sure all future ads go back to being static gif/jpeg/text. For any future Flash ads, I'll have you guys test them out for quirky behavior before it ever goes live on the site.

:)

[senocular]

The mute button has been persistent for me.

[kirupa]

So, hitting Mute doesn't work either?

[senocular]

No, it does. Persistent in that after I clicked it to mute, it has remained muted, even after page refreshes, etc.

[Seb Hughes]

I've been having a lot of problems with it lately. It constantly keeps talking without me clicking it and muting doesn't always seem to work, as Sen said it un mutes itself.

[TheCanadian]

No, sen said it stays muted.