Exxon ad -- Are you guys SERIOUS?

[Steve Green]

So I just clicked the sign-on button, and some stupid Exxon ad plasters itself right over the sign-in box. Couldn't even sign in -- had to close browser and reopen CH. I assume this is a mistake, so please fix it. If it's intentionally designed that way to make people click on it, well, that's pathetic.

(Windows 7 Pro; FF 6.0.2)

Steve

[escondido123]

I had the Wal-Mart signs for computers coming down into the space every time I moved the mouse. Nice to see those are gone, I hope

[Engineering]

None of the ads should be getting in the way of the site like this. For me to report this, it would help to know which Exxon ad- so far I've seen a gray one and a navy blue one. The gray one worked OK on Firefox 6.0.2 in Linux; was it the blue one, or is it OS-specific?

EDIT: Scratch that, there are two gray ones at least. A screen shot would be ideal.

RE-EDIT: Better yet, I've reproduced it on our side on Windows. We'll alert the team, thank you for reporting this.

[alkapal]

i had that exact same problem the last time i had to log in -- the ad popped up over the sign in box (an obama ad, by the way) -- and i couldn't even GET TO THE SIGN IN BOX! I just left the site and figured i'd go back much later…. SO ANNOYING!

[Engineering]

We have seen the issue with that Obama ad, but the circumstances behind it are odd- it only happens on Macs in certain browsers. Thus far they've had no luck determining the cause. A screen shot could be helpful for this one as well.

[alkapal]

okey dokey -- next time it happens, i'll do that. (and yes, i do have a mac, using safari -- not sure which version).

[Servorg]

http://kb.iu.edu/data/ahcg.html

[alkapal]

well that is helpful for finding out which mac OS version i'm on, but i was talking about the browser version; i looked and it is safari 5.1.

[Servorg]

I'm running SrGz 1.0 (that would be Senior Geezer 1.0 for the non tech types)...sorry for having a SrGz moment ;-D>

[alkapal]

no problema, as my original post wasn't clear.

[Anonimo]

I opened my Safari browser, with AdBlock, because I couldn't log in with Chrome, due to that ad. Does anyone ever test these things before releasing them to the public?