Time to dump Flightmemory? (excessive ads)
Feb 27, 2008, 5:46 pm
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Time to dump Flightmemory? (excessive ads)
I just logged into flightmemory.com to add some flights and found it pasted with so much advertizing that my experience, well, it sucked.
Top, bottom, side ads. Talking ads ("Congratulations, you've been picked to win a new iPod!"). Ads that explode over the page when you move your mouse to the wrong place. Ads situated such that if you miss with your mouse by the tiniest fraction of an inch, you click on the ad. Ads that actually seemed to jam up my cursor for several seconds while they displayed stupid and uninvited animation (the Nevada ski ads).
It's too much. I love the cute maps too; but updating my stuff was such a traumatic experience that I think I might stop using it... not worth the psychological stress.
Top, bottom, side ads. Talking ads ("Congratulations, you've been picked to win a new iPod!"). Ads that explode over the page when you move your mouse to the wrong place. Ads situated such that if you miss with your mouse by the tiniest fraction of an inch, you click on the ad. Ads that actually seemed to jam up my cursor for several seconds while they displayed stupid and uninvited animation (the Nevada ski ads).
It's too much. I love the cute maps too; but updating my stuff was such a traumatic experience that I think I might stop using it... not worth the psychological stress.
Feb 27, 2008, 7:34 pm
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I just logged into flightmemory.com to add some flights and found it pasted with so much advertizing that my experience, well, it sucked.
Top, bottom, side ads. Talking ads ("Congratulations, you've been picked to win a new iPod!"). Ads that explode over the page when you move your mouse to the wrong place. Ads situated such that if you miss with your mouse by the tiniest fraction of an inch, you click on the ad. Ads that actually seemed to jam up my cursor for several seconds while they displayed stupid and uninvited animation (the Nevada ski ads).
It's too much. I love the cute maps too; but updating my stuff was such a traumatic experience that I think I might stop using it... not worth the psychological stress.
Top, bottom, side ads. Talking ads ("Congratulations, you've been picked to win a new iPod!"). Ads that explode over the page when you move your mouse to the wrong place. Ads situated such that if you miss with your mouse by the tiniest fraction of an inch, you click on the ad. Ads that actually seemed to jam up my cursor for several seconds while they displayed stupid and uninvited animation (the Nevada ski ads).
It's too much. I love the cute maps too; but updating my stuff was such a traumatic experience that I think I might stop using it... not worth the psychological stress.
Feb 27, 2008, 7:46 pm
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Go try and build a map though....
I'd consider Firefox and/or Safari to be "real" browsers (not that it should make a significant difference, if the pages are well-designed).
Feb 27, 2008, 8:25 pm
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I just got an email from FlightMemory announcing a new advertising partner. In the email, FlightMemory says:
So it sounds like FlightMemory might be receptive to complaints about those annoying ads. That said, I went to the site and didn't see any ads at all, thanks to the ad blockers I have installed. Instead of dumping FlightMemory, why not go that route?
Still - there might be some ads, we all do not want. These include ads making
noise without interaction, ads which grow dynamicly, and so on. Just report
if you see one and we will act.
noise without interaction, ads which grow dynamicly, and so on. Just report
if you see one and we will act.
Feb 27, 2008, 9:19 pm
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Feb 28, 2008, 4:09 am
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Flightmemory is a neat tool for tracking flight history but isn't really the latest frequent flyer program buzz. I'll move this to TravelBuzz.
Regards,
Gary
aka gleff
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Regards,
Gary
aka gleff
MilesBuzz moderator
Feb 28, 2008, 11:12 am
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I just finished loading 3800 flights into Flight Memory. As you might imagine, that took some time. Aside from the Nevada Ad and the Ipod announcements, none of the other ads were a problem.
Feb 28, 2008, 12:07 pm
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But, you are also the only other person I have ever met who has both been to Adak and taken the train from Arica to La Paz.
Feb 28, 2008, 1:14 pm
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You have to enjoy flying enough to have kept track of your flights and then desire to see what they all look like when loaded into into an online database.
Last edited by Seat 2A; Feb 28, 2008 at 1:21 pm