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[Larry]

I hate phones for web stuff so I'm usually on a laptop or PC. While at the project I used my phone for a hotspot to wifi to my laptop. Used way more data than normal and feel like it may have been video adds running on the side. One time they had a side popup video with another at the bottom. If your on a metered connection I would be cautious.

[tacks Y]

Jeff,

Thank you for all you do. I am still glad you and this site are here.

Tom

[tacks Y]

Jeff,

Thank you for all you do. I am still glad you and this site are here.

Tom

To show my thanks I sent a couple bucks by Paypal.  Please buy an ice cream cone to help you chill your way through this.

[melezefarmer]

You can prevent videos from auto playing in Edge, Chrome, Firefox, and Safari.

For Edge (Taken from the Microsoft website):

How to turn off video autoplay in Microsoft Edge
Autoplay can be distracting and infuriating, but there is a way to disable it, or at least limit its ability to interrupt you.
If you choose to limit autoplay in Microsoft Edge, the embedded media will still automatically start playing, but you won't hear the audio until you select the tab and make it active. This can help limit the surprise factor, since sound will only be on the webpage you're actively viewing. Here's how to enable this option.

• In your Microsoft Edge browser, open the Settings and more menu by selecting the three dots in the top right.
• Choose Settings.
• In the menu on the left, choose Cookies and site permissions, then scroll down on the right and select Media autoplay.
• On the right, there's a drop-down arrow that gives you the options to Allow, Limit, or Block autoplay.
• Choose the option that works best for you.

[Jeff]

Thanks Tom much appreciated. 

[Jeff]

I hope the video float is taken care of expediently.  Everything is custom scripted, you do it, you see if it works, if it doesn't, it needs to be adjusted.  By the way, the video ads are far smaller in size than just one of those drag and drop photos people are sticking in just under the one meg limit. I think blaming those for using extra data use is not accurate.

[Jeff]

I am not seeing the video float on my pc this morning. You may want to consider deleting forum temp files if you do. If your cache does not pick up the new javascript when it is edited, you may not experience changes. That is a guess if you are still experiencing things that may have now changed for the better.

I'll be away from a desktop for a few days. I'm sure someone will let me know in some way what ever happens.

[doc henderson]

I get the video at the top, but it no longer populates over the thread when I try to read.  It is fine if it is there at the onset of looking at a thread, the pain was when it popped later and shifted everything down as I started to read.  nice work.

[Andries]

Well, something changed today, and for the better. 
Financial & market information video at the top of the page.
Lingerie and makeup ads at the bottom of the page.
. to sum up:  Bloomberg at the top and bloomers at the bottom.
Works for me.

[TroyC]

I'm on the desktop today and the sponsor ads are scrolling on the bottom but no pop-ups so far! Nice change!!!!

[Ianab]

I've occasional seen a different pop-up banner, but it's located at the bottom of the screen, and closes itself after a few seconds. Much less annoying as it doesn't actually interfere with the forum use. 

[Percy]

Well, something changed today, and for the better.
Financial & market information video at the top of the page.
Lingerie and makeup ads at the bottom of the page.
. to sum up:  Bloomberg at the top and bloomers at the bottom.
Works for me.

Im dyin here

[Stephen1]

I get a popup on the side of the screen, its long and does not interfere too much. Think are much better now. Thank you !