[BC] I'net intrusive ads (WAS:WOLF-FM/ )

[Gary Blau]

I think there's confusion between 'overriding preferences', and how an
embedded player works.
This is essentially a mini browser display that can be used separately
or 'built in' to the HTML view display area of Windows Media Player
itself.

After you're done with the listening session, the HTML view closes and
that's it.  
Your preferences are not changed.  You do not have to go back and reset
or restore anything.

I would certainly agree that anything that actually -does- change
preferences on the user end is not only a bad thing, but unnecessary.

g 

WFIFeng at aol.com wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 02/26/2006 10:21:51 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> gblau at w3am.com writes:
> 
> > Why banner ads in a media player (minimize the player and the banners go
> >  away: end of trauma) or even 3 or 4 audio spots per hour should be so
> >  objectionable, while 18-30 units an hour on 'real' radio escapes
> >  comparison, makes little sense.
> 
> I don't think that the point of his objection was the ads, themselves... but
> that they *overrode his preferences*, and forced themselves to display on his
> system. That kind of garbage bugs the daylights out of me, as well... like the
> WEBsites that change the color/appearance of the scrollbars & buttons of the
> browser. (in IE) On the *surface* it seems like a minor thing, but the
> *principle* really stinks! They are overriding *MY* preferences & settings, *forcing
> theirs* onto my computer. That is tantamount to someone getting into your car,
> (as a passenger) reprogramming *all* of the presets on your car radio,
> adjusting *your* mirrors, and even repainting your car a different color.
> 
> Now that I have the FireFox browser, though, those problems are nothing but a
> distant memory. :) My scrollbars are *my* scrollbars, again! (Among *many*
> other security and privacy features being back in *my* control.)
> 
> Willie...