pclark
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Its so difficult to navigate this site on an iphone, i finally went back to a laptop and its much better, not great, but much better.
This is just a suggestion
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heckler56
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On your iPhone go to Settings. Then Apps. Find Safari. Scroll down to Block pop ups, choose that. This should help you. In this final window you can change your browser of choice to DDG, but leave as Google if you so choose…
Blocking pop ups feature is enabled i found ddg might be a bit better but not much better than google also tried Yahoo.
heckler56
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I tried my iphone to view the Discusssion Board and get the same results. Since I have 1blocker on my ipad, downloaded it to the phone and activated it to block, block and more block. Zero pop ups like on the ipad.
Rupp Collector
Active member
I use Ad Remover, $29.99 a year and that gets you up to 6 devices. No adds whatsoever! I actually keeps track of the number of adds blocked and just in typing this is up to 16.
ddhanna
Active member
Are you using it on a phone?
pclark
Well-known member
This has already been already enabled, I will try DDG. For some reason, Iphone is an issue, appears that way for many.
Rupp Collector
Active member
Yes
cougarrand
Member
I use Adblock as far as I know I have never paid for it. I do not see any ad's ever on this site.
I could upgrade and pay for it but I do not need too.
I could upgrade and pay for it but I do not need too.
skiroule
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I’ve been following this subject from the cheap seats and I take the fact that people (including myself) are disappointed when the forum can’t be accessed as a sign that there is still a loyal following of the website.
I’m sure a lot of us do follow things on FB but it doesn’t really lend itself well to breaking a group page into multiple subject categories. The group pages are typically limited to a single thread that is a catch-all for every subject/post. A dedicated website does a much better job at this.
The smart phones do some amazing things but I’m still a PC guy. When I want to look at sunset photos I want to see them on a giant monitor, rather than a 3x5” screen. So I can’t speak for the phone people but, as others have suggested, the ad elimination on a laptop is remarkably simple.
I still run the Google Chrome browser and use an easily down-loadable ad blocker, which is claimed to be the #1 ad blocker for Chrome. It is basically free unless you want to donate a few bucks to the cause. It’s simple to do and it will totally change your browsing experience. You will get few, if any, ads and no pop-ups.
The ad blocker is customizable and you can disable it on specific web pages or an entire website. Some websites play hardball and will not let you access certain features with an ad blocker enabled. Fortunately, this website isn’t one of them.
I’ll defer the phone solutions to the people that know phones but I highly recommend you install an ad blocker if you are using Google Chrome as a browser on your PC. It will bring you back to the days of no ads.
I’m sure a lot of us do follow things on FB but it doesn’t really lend itself well to breaking a group page into multiple subject categories. The group pages are typically limited to a single thread that is a catch-all for every subject/post. A dedicated website does a much better job at this.
The smart phones do some amazing things but I’m still a PC guy. When I want to look at sunset photos I want to see them on a giant monitor, rather than a 3x5” screen. So I can’t speak for the phone people but, as others have suggested, the ad elimination on a laptop is remarkably simple.
I still run the Google Chrome browser and use an easily down-loadable ad blocker, which is claimed to be the #1 ad blocker for Chrome. It is basically free unless you want to donate a few bucks to the cause. It’s simple to do and it will totally change your browsing experience. You will get few, if any, ads and no pop-ups.
The ad blocker is customizable and you can disable it on specific web pages or an entire website. Some websites play hardball and will not let you access certain features with an ad blocker enabled. Fortunately, this website isn’t one of them.
I’ll defer the phone solutions to the people that know phones but I highly recommend you install an ad blocker if you are using Google Chrome as a browser on your PC. It will bring you back to the days of no ads.
Lots of good people here, many of which have become good friends with, glad its back!ohiosledder
Active member
Yep, that was a long one, I thought the fat lady was starting to sing.
mezz
Well-known member
Site has been inaccessible since Monday morning, around 9:30 am it went down while I was on it. This issue goes much deeper than browsers & ad blockers. I have sent 4 emails as suggested by Gary, however, I have had no reply & obviously nothing has been done to improve the issue at hand. I like skiroule use my PC more than my phone however, when the discussion board is unavailable, it matters not what device or browser is being used. I wish I had an answer, please, whomever is responsible for the IT maintenance of the site, please contact the provider. Thank you.
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