- From: David Poehlman <poehlman1@home.com>
- Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 10:54:50 -0400
- To: "wai-ig list" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
----- Original Message ----- From: "Automatic digest processor" <LISTSERV@BAMA.UA.EDU> Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2001 12:00 AM Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2001 17:01:37 -0500 From: Richard Fouchaux <rfouchaux@edu.yorku.ca> Subject: QUESTION: Ad-blocking software I've been quite impressed with McAfee.com's online "clinic" and ActiveShield, so I took the opportunity to upgrade and try some other of their services. Among them is "Privacy Service," which offers several things, including "ad-blocking," which I decided to give a whirl. Soon after installing it, but long enough afterwards that I didn't immediately make the connection, I visited a site I'm working on. To my utter horror the company name & logo, an animated GIF, navigation bar, and everything else in the table containing them were missing. They were even missing from underlying pages upon which the GIF is not an animation. When the client assured me it still looked fine from their office I relaxed somewhat and began seeking an explanation on my network, in my browser cache, in my computer hardware, and finally 12 hours later realized what had happened. I was quite miffed, as the animated GIF has no link to anywhere and the other pages "banners" all point back to the home page. I'm awaiting a response from McAfee specific to their software, but I'm curious to know... 1) if others have experienced this, 2) if other ad-blocking software causes such results, and most importantly, 3) is there anything I can put in the code or a script I can write to prevent it? Best regards, Richard Fouchaux
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