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One of the few benefits that the annoying ads described above gave everyone online is the general depreciation of older technologies used to display these adverts. Web browsers like Google Chrome dropped flash '''by default''' at the end 2020, and other browsers followed suit, which forced advertisers to use [=HTML5=] or Javascript to deliver their ads instead. Flash has always had issues with disproportionate memory usage, so a page merely ''showing'' ads plays a big role in the reason behind the deprecation of Flash in general (something even Adobe itself admitted was an issue and renamed "Adobe Flash" to "Adobe Animate" to reflect this stance). After all, the smaller footprint you leave on a webpage, the more chance the page will load your advertisement on as many computers and devices as possible. Because of this, adverts won't be going away, but their existence on a page should keep your web browser chugging along fine in the near future.

One of the few benefits that the annoying ads described above gave everyone online is the general depreciation of older technologies used to display these adverts. Web browsers like Google Chrome dropoed flash '''by default''' at the end 2020, and other browsers followed suit, which forced advertisers to use [=HTML5=] or Javascript to deliver their ads instead. Flash has always had issues with disproportionate memory usage, so a page merely ''showing'' ads plays a big role in the reason behind the deprecation of Flash in general (something even Adobe itself admitted was an issue and renamed "Adobe Flash" to "Adobe Animate" to reflect this stance). After all, the smaller footprint you leave on a webpage, the more chance the page will load your advertisement on as many computers and devices as possible. Because of this, adverts won't be going away, but their existence on a page should keep your web browser chugging along fine in the near future.

One of the few benefits that the annoying ads described above gave everyone online is the general depreciation of older technologies used to display these adverts. Web browsers like Google Chrome droped flash '''by default''' at the end 2020, and other browsers followed suit, which forced advertisers to use [=HTML5=] or Javascript to deliver their ads instead. Flash has always had issues with disproportionate memory usage, so a page merely ''showing'' ads plays a big role in the reason behind the deprecation of Flash in general (something even Adobe itself admitted was an issue and renamed "Adobe Flash" to "Adobe Animate" to reflect this stance). After all, the smaller footprint you leave on a webpage, the more chance the page will load your advertisement on as many computers and devices as possible. Because of this, adverts won't be going away, but their existence on a page should keep your web browser chugging along fine in the near future.

One of the few benefits that the annoying ads described above gave everyone online, is the general depreciation of older technologies used to display the adverts, with web browsers like Google Chrome dropping flash '''by default''' as of the end of 2020, forcing advertisers to use [=HTML5=] or javascript to deliver their ads instead. Flash has always had Disproportionate Memory usage for a web-page, so a page merely showing ads plays a big role in the reason behind this deprecation of Flash in general (something even Adobe itself admitted was an issue). After all, the smaller footprint you leave on a webpage, the more chance the page will load your advertisement on as many computers and devices as possible. Because of this, adverts won't be going away, but their existence on a page should keep your web browser chugging along fine in the near future.

One of the many benefits that the annoying adverts described above gave everyone online, is the general depreciation of older technologies used to display the adverts, such as the aforementioned autoplaying flash ads, with web browsers like Google Chrome now going so far as to block flash content '''by default''', forcing advertisers to use [=HTML5=] or javascript to deliver their ads instead. Flash has always had Disproportionate Memory usage for a web-page, so a page merely showing ads plays a big role in the reason behind this deprecation of Flash in general. After all, the smaller footprint you leave on a webpage, the more chance the page will load your advertisement on as many computers and devices as possible. Because of this, adverts won't be going away, but their existence on a page should keep your web browser chugging along fine in the near future.

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Another form of ads is through pop-up windows. Those are hated more than Uwe Boll. They not only are intrusive, waste memory and occupy task bar space (depending on your operating system UI and/or internet browser), but some have the gall to disguise themselves as alerts from your system.

Some ads take it to the extreme of being outright evil and use a security hole in your browser to install malware on your system. If you're viewing it on anything other than Windows, you can foil the attempt of malice because they're asking you to download a Windows executable (though, honestly, even if you're using Windows, programs generally don't install themselves, and even if they did, you usually know about it beforehand.) Even more obviously is if they are showing the GUI for Windows XP while you are running on Windows 7, Windows 10, MacOS, Linux, and, more amusingly, Smartphones.

One of the many benefits that the annoying adverts described above gave everyone online, is the general depreciation of older technologies used to display the adverts, such as the aforementioned autoplaying flash ads, with some browsers now going so far as to block flash content ''by default now'', as well as opting to use [=HTML5=] or javascript to deliver ads instead. Disproportionate Memory usage for a web-page merely showing ads plays a big part in the reason behind this change. After all, the smaller footprint you leave on a webpage, the more chance the page will load your advertisement on as many computers and devices as possible. Because of this, adverts won't be going away, but their existence on a page should keep your web browser chugging along fine in the near future.

-->-- Ecosystems Unlimited psychologist '''Varroa Jacobsoni''', ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'', [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1700/fc01622.htm August 27th, 2008]].

Internet advertisements are also one of the cutting-edge areas of research for annoying users with multimedia software, pioneering techniques such as embedded frames, animated [=GIF=] banners, blink tags, autoplaying audio ads, flash-powered ads; such as video ads, as well as some poorly made java-based video players. Needless to say, this tends to eat up enormous amounts of bandwidth and cause compatibility problems (up to and including instant crashes) on pages that would otherwise present only meager burdens on the reader's system. Most people hate these type of ads.

One of the many benefits that these particular annoying adverts gave everyone on the internet is the moving away and general depreciation of older technologies used to display ads, such as the aforementioned autoplaying flash ads, with some browsers going so far as to block flash content by default now, and opting to use [=HTML5=] or javascript to deliver ads instead. Disproportionate Memory usage for a web-page merely showing ads plays a big part in the reasoning behind this change. Adverts won't be going away, but their existence on a page should keep your web browser chugging along fine in the near future.

Well firstly, you see the ad on top, and the ad just to the left? If you don't, turn off Adblock (you cheap bastard). Those are Internet Ads. They are basically like ads in print media. They allow money to come to a site, so that sites can operate without people charging us to use the site (or at least charging us less than they would have).

Some ads take it to the extreme of being outright evil and using a security hole to install malware on your system. If you're using an operating system other than Windows, you can tell them because they're asking you to download a Windows executable (though, honestly, even if you're using Windows, programs generally don't install themselves, and if they do, you usually at least know about it beforehand.) Even more obviously is if they are showing the GUI for Windows XP while you are running on Vista or 7.

Another form is the in-page pop-up, or lightbox. These are far more annoying, as they take over the entire webpage until you can close them, a more difficult task than strictly necessary since they don't use your operating system's standard GUI.

By far the most annoying of all may be the flashing pop-up ads. These appear in their own web page, disappear into the background for a second, and then reappear. The hope is that they are hidden in the brief moment of time you are heading to mouse the "X" button in the corner of the browser window so instead of closing the ad, you don't react fast enough to the flash and close the browser windows you are working in, leaving the ad open.

Internet advertisements are also one of the cutting-edge areas of research for annoying multimedia software, pioneering techniques such as embedded frames, animated [=GIFs=], blink tags, autoplayed audio, java, flash, video, and flash and/or java-based video players. Needless to say, this tends to eat up enormous amounts of bandwidth and cause compatibility problems (up to and including instant crashes) on pages that would otherwise present only meager burdens on the reader's system. Most people hate these type of ads.

-->''Hey! There's a fine art to annoyance! Annoyologists get paid big bucks to figure out how many ads you can put on a web page before people will click to another site.''
-->--Ecosystems Unlimited psychologist Varroa Jacobsoni, ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'', [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1700/fc01622.htm August 27th, 2008]].

Well firstly, you see the ad on top, and the ad just to the left? (If you don't, turn off Adblock, you cheap bastard.) Those are Internet Ads. They are basically like ads in print media. They allow money to come to a site, so that sites can operate without people charging us to use the site (or at least charging us less than they would have).

Some ads take it to the extreme of being outright evil and using a security hole to install malware on your system. If you're using an operating system other than Windows, you can tell them because they're asking you to download a Windows executable (though, honestly, even if you're using Windows, programs generally don't install themselves, and if they do, you usually at least know about it beforehand.)

Well firstly, you see the ad on top, and the ad just to the left? (If you don't, turn off Adblock, you cheap bastard) Those are Internet Ads. They are basically like ads in print media. They allow money to come to a site, so that sites can operate without people charging us to use the site (or at least charging us less than they would have).

Another form of ads is through pop-up windows. Those are hated more than UweBoll. They not only are intrusive, waste memory and occupy task bar space (depending on your operating system UI and/or internet browser), but some have the gall to disguise themselves as alerts from your system.

Another form is the in-page pop-up, or ?lightbox.? These are far more annoying, as they take over the entire webpage until you can close them, a more difficult task than strictly necessary since they don't use your operating system's standard GUI.

Internet advertisements are also one of the cutting-edge areas of research for annoying multimedia software, pioneering techniques such as embedded frames, animated [=GIFs=], blink tags, autoplayed audio, java, flash, video, and flash and/or java-based video players. Needless to say, this tends to eat up enormous amounts of bandwidth and cause compatibility problems (up to and including instant crashes) on pages that would otherwise present only meager burdens on the reader's system. Needless to say, people hate these type of ads.

-->--Ecosystems Unlimited psychologist Varroa Jacobsoni, ''{{Freefall}}'', [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1700/fc01622.htm August 27th, 2008]].

Well firstly, you see the ad on top, and the ad just to the left? Those are Internet Ads. They are basically like ads in print media. They allow money to come to a site, so that sites can operate without people charging us to use the site (or at least charging us less than they would have).

Internet advertisements are also one of the cutting-edge areas of research for annoying multimedia software, pioneering techniques such as embedded frames, animated [=GIFs=], blink tags, autoplayed audio, java, flash, video, and flash and/or java-based video players. Needless to say, this tends to eat up enormous amounts of bandwidth and cause compatibility problems (up to and including instant crashes) on pages that would otherwise present only meager burdens on the reader's system.