Raybestos Posted June 8 Report Posted June 8 Recently, on occasion, I note obnoxious ads taking up the bottom half of the page on my Galaxy S22 when trying to view my state's repeater list. This is annoying as not only does it block the bottom half of the page, it also makes it impossible to select the number of repeaters available (10, 20, 30, etc) for viewing. BTW, is there a way that you can set the number of repeaters viewed, go view a given repeaters page, then not have to select the number of repeaters viewed on return again? Or better yet, how about do away with the selection for number of repeaters viewed and just default it to 50 (or even 100)? In the recent past, shortly after these ads started, I could make them go away by refreshing the page. At the moment, they are there and I cannot make them go away and cannot view any repeaters on my state's list but the very few at the top of the list. Quote
gortex2 Posted June 8 Report Posted June 8 I agree adds can be a pain at some times but Rich pays to have this site on there webs by himself. I'm sure if you donate funds he can limit adds Quote
Raybestos Posted June 8 Author Report Posted June 8 48 minutes ago, gortex2 said: I agree adds can be a pain at some times but Rich pays to have this site on there webs by himself. I'm sure if you donate funds he can limit adds I get that there will be ads, but ads covering a large portion of the page which renders it unusable is not good in any way. As I noted above, this problem is a recent development. It has been going on about two, maybe three weeks. It was intermittent until today. I could make the ads go away by refreshing the page or similar maneuver. Today, the ads won't go away. Quote
gortex2 Posted June 8 Report Posted June 8 I dont notice it as much on a PC. Its there but useable. I can see on a phone how it may not be the same. Raybestos 1 Quote
SteveShannon Posted June 8 Report Posted June 8 Premium users see no ads and are able to download lists of repeaters. The site is run by one person who has to pay for everything out of his own pocket and then spend time and money to support it. He can either do that with advertising or with our donations. WRUU653 1 Quote
Raybestos Posted June 8 Author Report Posted June 8 7 minutes ago, SteveShannon said: Premium users see no ads and are able to download lists of repeaters. The site is run by one person who has to pay for everything out of his own pocket and then spend time and money to support it. He can either do that with advertising or with our donations. Hi Steve! Once again, ads were always here and were not a problem. "RECENTLY", in the last two or three weeks, they intermittently would cover the bottom portion of the repeater page for my (or other) state, making it impossible to see any but the top few repeaters on the page. Not only does it cover the bottom ones listed, it also makes inaccessible, the selector which allowed you to choose 10, 20, 30, 40, or 50 repeaters that could be viewed per page. THAT is the problem, not that there are ads. Before today, I could usually make the offending ad go away by refreshing the page or similar. Today, the ad just sits there, blocking the lower part of the page and nothing makes it go away. Quote
Guest Posted June 8 Report Posted June 8 The things people take the time to complain about. Honestly things change, things stay the same. Sometimes you just gotta roll with it. It’s a free web site that some one takes time and money to run. For free it lists repeaters that are free (or club repeaters that cost to join the club). Those repeaters are put up and maintained with money and time that is not passed on to you. So loads and free going on and you need to complain about a small inconvenience that happens “occasionally”. Geesh. Quote
WRUE951 Posted June 8 Report Posted June 8 Add's are not effective if they aren't 'In your Face'..... another good reason to use the KML tool Quote
Raybestos Posted June 8 Author Report Posted June 8 I see reading comprehension is not a strong suit on this thread, today. Quote
Lscott Posted June 8 Report Posted June 8 2 hours ago, SteveShannon said: Premium users see no ads and are able to download lists of repeaters. The site is run by one person who has to pay for everything out of his own pocket and then spend time and money to support it. He can either do that with advertising or with our donations. I don’t really see any either because I normally disable JavaScript. I use a script blocker on Firefox and on the iPhone there is an option to turn it off on Safari too. This also does a good job killing annoying ads on other sites too. They also load faster on mobile devices and cuts down on your data usage. gortex2 and Raybestos 2 Quote
Raybestos Posted June 9 Author Report Posted June 9 On 6/8/2024 at 11:54 AM, Lscott said: I don’t really see any either because I normally disable JavaScript. I use a script blocker on Firefox and on the iPhone there is an option to turn it off on Safari too. This also does a good job killing annoying ads on other sites too. They also load faster on mobile devices and cuts down on your data usage. Thank you and gortex2 for having actually read and understood my comment! As of now, the problem seems to have disappeared so maybe someone at MyGMRS rectified the problem. Quote
AlexWRXZ642 Posted June 12 Report Posted June 12 Sometimes I have to open Firefox with an adblocker to see repeaters on my phone. I agree that it's design is sometimes website breaking. Raybestos 1 Quote
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