Posted by Zepachu on October 11, 2000 at 08:49:07:
In Reply to: Holy shit, and I thought the monkey was bad... posted by The Arcane(VIP) on October 11, 2000 at 00:36:33:
> I was merrily (ok, not so merrily) sitting in my room, reviewing some lectures online, when suddenly the sound cuts out and I hear something that sounds like a dying cricket chirping emanating from my speakers. > I switch to IE (at this page), and see the most hideous banner ad I've ever come across in my long history of web browsing... but not only do I see it... I hear it. When I first saw that freeze-your-computer Java applet monkey banner, I figured that had to be among the most annoying and stupidest banners I'd seen. But nope, I've just encountered one that sets new standards for awfulness. And go figure, both of them I first encountered on the Gameshadow network :P. Anyway, it's a crappy Flash ad for an e-trader company, looping animation, that hijacks my audio out with this awful sound. You guys seen this yet? The best part is that being a Flash app, it's not even clickable. What the hell's the point of a non-clickable banner, that spews god-awful annoying sound at the user? Is this supposed to make me want to use their service? Furthermore, how can this ad generate any money for gameshadow, given that it's not clickable and thus clickthru figures aren't measurable?
> [/rant]