I don't mind the ads, but do they have to talk to me too?
By savak03
@savak03 (6684)
United States
August 28, 2015 11:14pm CST
Actually it isn't even the talking that has me aggravated tonight because I can just turn the sound off on my computer and that fixes that. The first time it happened though I nearly jumped out of my skin. I mean, here I am, alone in my house, contentedly typing up a response to someones discussion and all of a sudden this loud voice starts talking. Let me tell you, I almost cleared the bed. That would not have been funny at all from my standpoint.
The problem came though after I tried to shut them up or just pause them so they wouldn't keep running. All of a sudden my computer page started jumping back to the top of the page no matter where I was or what I was doing. I finally figured out I could just keep typing even if I wasn't seeing what I was typing. The words were still going on the screen. Then of course I had to scroll down to the response block I was working on and try to edit it before it popped back up to the top of the screen. It was also making it hard to scroll down.
So, It's been a difficult night to try to participate here. I think this will be my last post this evening. Maybe tomorrow will be better.
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10 responses
@cupkitties (7421)
• United States
29 Aug 15
It is annoying when you're trying to listen to music in the background or it makes everything freeze up. I have the Flashblock addon for Firefox to stop this. But, sometimes I have to disable it because one of my video sites doesn't work even though it's been white listed and sometimes I forget to enable it again.
Edit: Just found the browser button for Flashblock. Should make it easier to switch back and forth.
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@cupkitties (7421)
• United States
29 Aug 15
@savak03 I don't use either of those so I'm not sure. Just try white listing them first and see if they will still work.
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@Carmelanirel2 (8084)
• United States
6 Sep 15
Wow, thanks for the warning. My laptop speakers are not working, but my new computer will have sound and now I know to mute the speakers before coming here.
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@savak03 (6684)
• United States
11 Sep 15
@Carmelanirel2 I'm glad you got the warning before you heard the voices. That is scary if you're not expecting it.
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@Carmelanirel2 (8084)
• United States
11 Sep 15
@savak03 I finally have time to come here after I got my new computer and sure enough, I started hearing a video and I was prepared!
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@BarBaraPrz (47125)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
18 Sep 15
That's why I rarely listen to music online...
@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
29 Aug 15
OH I cant stand that all over the net no matter where you go. I turn my sound off all the time.
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@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
30 Aug 15
@savak03 It happened to me just now too haha i forgot to turn off lolz
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