Make the LTT Cafe Vanilla advertisement less bright.

[r2724r16]

The bright-orange Linus Tech Tips Cafe Vanilla advertisement is way too distracting. And I can't even use an adblocker in iOS.

 

Just take a look at this: 

 

It hurts my eyes. Please change the picture to something less bright/distracting. Thanks!

[kelvinhall05]

I mean, I use an adblocker, but on mobile it hurts my eyes.

 

Please change this @colonel_mortis @LinusTech

[bellabichon]

I, uh, think that's kinda the point? Advertisements are designed to capture your attention, and apparently it's working. If you don't like it, you should really just use adblock.  

[r2724r16]

Just now, bellabichon said:

you should really just use adblock.  

Have you read my post?

[bellabichon]

1 hour ago, r2724r16 said:

Have you read my post?

Ah. I see. I've always found browsing the forums on mobile to be a bit of an ordeal anyways, so it completely went over my head. It is surprising that Apple hasn't implemented any sort of adblock functionality, but I guess that's to do their partners a favor. In that case, the only thing you can really do is switch to light mode, and try not to fry your retinas. It would be cool if they implemented dark-theme ads though. It would allow them to keep the one they already have, and the color correction would just be 5 minutes in PS. 

[r2724r16]

Just now, bellabichon said:

Ah. I see. I've always found browsing the forums on mobile to be a bit of an ordeal anyways, so it completely went over my head.

I browse the LTT forums more often on my iPad than my PC, so this is quite an issue for me.

1 minute ago, bellabichon said:

In that case, the only thing you can really do is switch to light mode

Light theme is too painful.

1 minute ago, bellabichon said:

It would be cool if they implemented dark-theme ads though...

That's what I'm thinking. Perhaps an ad with a darker (grey or black) background.

[LogicalDrm]

First people complain about the bar just under the being too distracting and now the ad itself? It's not even worst ad the site has had. Amazon and Newegg ones (and the Dis-whatever) are all white themed. I don't think it's that distractive and I have visual disability. You people with (probably) normal eyesight are way too sensitive about such things.

 

If you want actual bad UI/UX, go to FP site. With their grey text on white background, non-existent buffers and non-selectable text.

[jiyeon]

The adspace in that screenshot takes up no more than 14% of the entire page, you're just being a bit sensitive.

[porina]

That's an idea, "dark mode" and "light mode" versions of ads...

[LogicalDrm]

5 hours ago, porina said:

That's an idea, "dark mode" and "light mode" versions of ads...

"Now featuring the Dark Amazon where no one knows what you buy. Not even you."

[Velcade]

10 minutes ago, LogicalDrm said:

"Now featuring the Dark Amazon where no one knows what you buy. Not even you."

Amazon loot box?!

[r2724r16]

6 hours ago, seoz said:

The adspace in that screenshot takes up no more than 14% of the entire page, you're just being a bit sensitive.

I said that I find the advertisement distracting and that it hurts my eyes. It doesn't matter if it only covers 14% of the page.

[BrinkGG]

one compound word: 

Pi-Hole

Problem solved. 

[Derkoli]

11 hours ago, LogicalDrm said:

First people complain about the bar just under the being too distracting and now the ad itself? It's not even worst ad the site has had. Amazon and Newegg ones (and the Dis-whatever) are all white themed. I don't think it's that distractive and I have visual disability. You people with (probably) normal eyesight are way too sensitive about such things.

 

If you want actual bad UI/UX, go to FP site. With their grey text on white background, non-existent buffers and non-selectable text.

True, i have 0 issues with the ads.. this website is the only site i dont use ad blocker on as i believe LTT deserves the revenue from them. They arent distracting at all, and they go away as soon as you scroll down.

[colonel_mortis]

On 6/18/2019 at 7:33 PM, BrinkGG said:

one compound word: 

Pi-Hole

Problem solved. 

PiHoles block content at a DNS level, but the forum advertisements are hosted directly on the forum so you can't block them at a DNS level (without blocking the whole of LTT, which is maybe slightly overkill).

 

There's no way to have separate ads for the light and dark themes, which makes it tough to fix properly. I also have no control over that sort of stuff, but I will pass it on to the team.

[BrinkGG]

15 hours ago, colonel_mortis said:

PiHoles block content at a DNS level, but the forum advertisements are hosted directly on the forum so you can't block them at a DNS level (without blocking the whole of LTT, which is maybe slightly overkill).

 

There's no way to have separate ads for the light and dark themes, which makes it tough to fix properly. I also have no control over that sort of stuff, but I will pass it on to the team.

PiHole can do specific whitelisting and blacklisting for sites to allow content through. You can also use it to filter specific content on a site if you know what the context is for linking. 

Personally I don't use adblock on the forum because I want to support what LMG does, but there are sites with obnoxious autoplay videos (I'm looking at you, C-Net) that I will filter out entirely. 

If you're smart, youtube and twitch ads can also be blocked. I haven't successfully done this without breaking other aspects of the websites though. 

 

Also, Adblock on mobile is a thing through certain browsers or apps.