Mike's Thoughts » Google http://blog.mikebruckner.com Welcome! Stay! Read my thoughts! Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:11:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Gmail. Really? http://blog.mikebruckner.com/2009/04/23/gmail-really/ http://blog.mikebruckner.com/2009/04/23/gmail-really/#comments Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:11:13 +0000 Mike http://blog.mikebruckner.com/?p=162 So… I use Gmail as a catch-all account for all of my email and I use the web interface because Outlook doesn’t handle the IMAP so well. I also use Gmail Redesigned, which gives the web interface a cool face lift.  To complete my web ensemble, I use AdBlock Plus to keep my web experience focused on what I am working on and not the ads.

So I logged into my Gmail account a few minutes ago, and what do I find in the message page, but a bar full of ads. My natural instinct is to zap the div container with Ad Block, so I do. This confuses me, as this is the first time I have ever seen them since I initially zapped them after installing AdBlock. I laugh to myself over my victory and proceed to continue reading my messages. As I open the next message, I am shocked to find another column of ads plaguing my window. So again I adblock the area. For good measure, I reopen the message. Ads. Again!

It seems as if Gmail is randomly naming the div container to prevent AdBlock from blacklisting the ad’s container. This is a low blow, and while genius from a company and coding standpoint, is beyond irritating for me as a user. I will keep trying to de-crap the experience as best as possible, but this is really going to irritate me. Keep it up Google and you just might lose another user.

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