Re: [chirp_users] Problem reported with Windows download?
Hi Dan,
I was the one who reported the problem in the first place. I certainly don't begrudge you the ability to have some ads to pay for all your trouble.
On the other hand, I recommended CHIRP on another list and one of the recipients got screwed up by malware installed by clicking on the big green "Start Download" button, not seeing the tiny "advertisement" label. So at least one person has bad things to say about CHIRP, thinking it's a scam and the site is filled with malware, and there may well be more out there. So that's not good for your business either.
Is there any way to do a better job marking the adverts and distinguishing them from the real download button?
73,
-Eben / K6EBN
On Nov 20, 2013, at 8:20 PM, chirp_users-request@intrepid.danplanet.com wrote:
The site really shouldn't have adverts in the first place
No? Why not? I have spent a lot of time on CHIRP over the years, paying quite a bit of money for hardware and hosting for the site. It's not free. Can you please explain why I shouldn't be able to have ads on my site?
--Dan
Eben, To get this back to a serious discussion, I alluded to what can be done by you the viewer of a "bad" ad. That involves the broker of the ad, Google, and not the site it's on, Chirp. This is not a problem unique to Chirp. As it's a third-party ad exchange (and in the case of google, probably one of the largest), this can and will happen on any one of the million sites, that you may visit in a day.
With all of that said, I just checked and noticed that the chirp download page has been enhanced, "now with a bajillion percent larger download button": http://chirp.danplanet.com/projects/chirp/wiki/Download
Check it out. I don't think it should be any bigger. Then it would just be a giant, monitor-sized button, and no webpage, browser, or screen.
-Jens AF5MI
On Wednesday, November 20, 2013 11:33 PM, Eben Haber eben@habers.us wrote: Hi Dan,
I was the one who reported the problem in the first place. I certainly don't begrudge you the ability to have some ads to pay for all your trouble.
On the other hand, I recommended CHIRP on another list and one of the recipients got screwed up by malware installed by clicking on the big green "Start Download" button, not seeing the tiny "advertisement" label. So at least one person has bad things to say about CHIRP, thinking it's a scam and the site is filled with malware, and there may well be more out there. So that's not good for your business either.
Is there any way to do a better job marking the adverts and distinguishing them from the real download button?
73,
-Eben / K6EBN
On Nov 20, 2013, at 8:20 PM, chirp_users-request@intrepid.danplanet.com wrote:
The site really shouldn't have adverts in the first place
No? Why not? I have spent a lot of time on CHIRP over the years, paying quite a bit of money for hardware and hosting for the site. It's not free. Can you please explain why I shouldn't be able to have ads on my site?
--Dan
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On 11/20/2013 10:48 PM, Jens J. wrote:
Check it out. I don't think it should be any bigger. Then it would just be a giant, monitor-sized button, and no webpage, browser, or screen.
He he he... nice to see someone still has a sense of humor.
-jan-
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