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Basement bound · Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2002 11:11 am

I know some people from here are members over there. I have gone a few times to look, and I have bookmarked the site. Now however all links are going to this Sea Horse Inn. Is this some server error or is it, some cool divertion to the website.

I am so lost
JA

Lunatique · Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2002 12:45 am

http://pub54.ezboard.com/bcartoonandillustrationparadise66133

Awetopsy · Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2002 3:57 pm

Shanes site is up again.

strata · Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2002 3:10 am

how can you stand the constant popups?? ick

VanhoozerArt · Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2002 7:31 pm

Yeah, the pop-ups suck, but the board is one of the best collections of truly talented artists on the net. Worth wading through the ads...

Lunatique · Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2002 8:41 pm

Shane's board is a good break away from sijun:

1)people are more polite there/easy going.

2)the collective style is drastically different, and they look up to very different artists(usually cartoonists and animators).

3)The drawing class section ROCKS.

Gort · Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2002 4:14 am

Wow - that is a great site and a welcome alternative to sijun; however...

Those popups...that's precisely the kind of stuff that gives the web a bad rap. It's terrible!! Close one...another pops...maximized...
I could actually live with it if it were just the main page views, but it happens when you click on a thread...it happens when you go back...click on a new thread...bamm! That is the biggest crock I have ever encountered! It's a disaster!!

I have no mercy for the idiots that present that sort of thing; it's a huge distraction and major pain in the RumpusRazore (that would be "ass"). It is how the web should not be! If it's voluntary on their part, then I am not impressed at all. If that's the kind of crap I have to go through to get to your content, then screw it - I'm gone. Chances are it has to do with their hosting, and if that's the case I would go elsewhere for my hosting solutions.

[ February 20, 2002: Message edited by: Tom Carter ]

Lunatique · Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2002 7:20 am

They don't bother me too much. I deal with them on too many sites to notice the difference.

BTW, any Drawing Board people that came over to sijun? Lots of sijun guys started going to Drawing Board, but it doesn't seem to happen the other way around?

The Magic Pen · member Member # Joined: 05 Dec 2001 Posts: 321

There are many programs out there that kill auto pop up windows before they get a chance to launch. Im not talking about when you click on a link just windows that auto pop. Though there are sites when you do want the pop up window

http://www.download.com

[ February 20, 2002: Message edited by: The Magic Pen ]

VanhoozerArt · Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2002 10:58 am

People choose to go to Shane's board because of the great environment and even better people. No one asked them to be there. It isn't like Shane is advertising anything. He just happened to add an ezboard to his site, and it just happened to grow by leaps and bounds because it is a great place to browse, post, or just hang with other artists. No egos, no attitudes. For that, I am willing to click away a few ads.

Awetopsy · Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2002 11:29 am

I got a little popup killer program running constantly so I only get about 3 or 4 popups a day that I have to deal with.. its great.

Shanes Site is awesome. Draw Class does rock.

GPoodle · Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2002 2:31 pm

Its called Pop-Up Stopper.

The direct download like is: http://download.cnet.com/downloads/0-10059-100-8328090.html?tag=st.dl.10001-103-1.lst-7-2.8328090

Basement bound · Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2002 6:33 pm

Thanks people, I could not find the board on a search, and my link was for Shanes site.

JA
PS. thanks Majic Pen/GPoodle those will help seeing more at the site. Sometimes it just takes forever to load some pages.

Gort · Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2002 7:16 am

Vanhoozer -
I don't think anyone here is dogging Shane's site for it's content delivery. I believe I speak for everyone here when I say his site is an invaluable resource for us all.

I do however stand firm by my arguments concerning the misuse of pop-ups. I corresponded with Shane concerning the matter, and eveh admits that they "are a constant problem" and further stated he cannot control the situation; this is due primarily in part to the type of account he has with EZBoard.

So if you're like some folks and don't mind having multiple windows spawning...and spawning...and spawning, then so be it, but if you're like some including myself and find it to be extremely annoying, then get some of that there pop-up killin' software!

"Jed!! Jeeeeed!!"

"Hold on there Granny - whar you goin with thar shotgun?"

"Thers popups on th' screen, and I aint gonna stand fer it no mer!!"

So let's give this one a rest or save for another forum!

strata · Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2002 8:01 am

regarding popup killers I'd have to say my all around ie browser extention has to be netcaptor (www.netcaptor.com)

it opens every window in one window (it's sort of like a browser extention of windows) and you can select which sites you want to not be able to use popups...

works great and is REALLY comfortable...