[Gambas-user] Rules for Application Repository?

[ISS Boss]

   Well, I just attempted to get a download from the site mentioned by T. Lee
   and I am appalled at what happened.
   The  first  link  ("Programa en Gambas3 (Nueva versión 2)" produced an
   otherwise blank page in a new tab that said, in effect, for XXX bucks you
   can advertise here.  Nothing more and NO WAY to get back to the original
   page other than just close the tab.
   The second link was stopped by Ghostery as being a "forwarded link to a
   known blacklisted site".  Also, my AdBlockPlus kicked in and alerted me that
   there were blockable items on the page.  Since I never saw ANY type of
   download pop-up appear, I just gave up.
   I state for the record that the ads and questionable links on just that page
   alone would keep me from going back.
   Bill

   T Lee Davidson wrote, On 07/27/2014 16:33:


On 07/27/2014 04:08 PM, Benoît Minisini wrote:

Le 27/07/2014 21:53, T Lee Davidson a écrit :


On 07/27/2014 03:15 PM, Benoît Minisini wrote:

Le 27/07/2014 21:04, Julio Sanchez a écrit :

T lee Davidson:

[1]http://jsbsan.blogspot.com.es/2012/05/arduino-y-gambas3-lectura-y-graficos-d
e.html
[2]http://jsbsan.blogspot.com.es/2012/05/gambas-y-arduino-moviendo-dos.html"

In the absence of donations, and my low economic resources, put advertising
on my blogs.
The downloads are free, you just have to wait for the "skip this ad" button
pops in the upper right corner and then press it.

Sorry for the inconvenience

Julio


I have no problem with that: I don't see that as spam.

Well I do. I have no problem with advertising on websites. But to force
ads upon downloaders of community contributed applications is, in my
opinion, inappropriate.

But if it bothers no one else, who am I to buck the crowd?

Regards,
T. Lee

As I actually use AdBlock, I don't see them. Are they advertising from
blogspot or from Julio?

I am unsure what you mean by, "from blogspot or from Julio", Benoît. If
by, "Julio", you mean the author/application page in the Application
Repository, then, no, that is not where the ads are.

Take, for example, the page at:
[3]http://jsbsan.blogspot.com.es/2012/05/arduino-y-gambas3-lectura-y-graficos-d
e.html

The link for "Programa en Gambas3 (Nueva versión 2)" is
[4]http://5d346c06.linkbucks.com/ (hope you get lots of clicks from that
Julio!)

Click the link, and an ad pops up in a new tab. You have to wait for the
ad to load, then you can click, "SKIP THIS AD". When you do that, yet
another ad pops up in another new tab. Closing the latest new tab
reveals the download dialog in the first ad tab.

I suppose going through this is not too much trouble to help support a
fellow coder. It's just that I find it somewhat, annoying; especially
when some of the ads try to be deceptive with, "Your download is ready."


And, as I said, "If it bothers no one else..." :-)

Regards,
T. Lee

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References

   1. http://jsbsan.blogspot.com.es/2012/05/arduino-y-gambas3-lectura-y-graficos-de.html
   2. http://jsbsan.blogspot.com.es/2012/05/gambas-y-arduino-moviendo-dos.html
   3. http://jsbsan.blogspot.com.es/2012/05/arduino-y-gambas3-lectura-y-graficos-de.html
   4. http://5d346c06.linkbucks.com/
   5. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds
   6. mailto:Gambas-user at lists.sourceforge.net
   7. https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user