The @#$%$$#% meta refresh

[qwerty4242]

I hate the %^$^%$^%$ meta refresh jagex uses to rotate the ads on the free version of the game. The take the focus away from the gameand put it on the ad. So if I am typing a message and then decide to change it by hitting the backspace, but the ad has taken the focus, pressing the backspace will move me back a page and unload the ^%$%$#$% game :evil: The moron ever though this was a good design needs to be beaten to death with the rubber chicken!

[Carlos74]

Unhappy with ads? Get members. Can't afford it? Live with the ads. Or just don't play. The ads are there, and you have to live with that. They're pretty much whats keeping F2P up. So these ads are whats keeping you there.

[Artie_900]

Way to go, champ. He's not complaining about the ads, he's complaining about Jagex's ridiculous design, and he has an excellent point. Using meta refresh when there are several other ways they could make the ads rotate is not a good solution in this situation for precisely the reason he gave; it can take away the focus from the game frame and cause typing mishaps. Jagex's design team, frankly, is horrible- they do all sort of pointless and/or annoying things like using Javascript to bounce people back to the front page if they try to open a new window at the main site.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Luckily, there is a solution. The first one, and the one I reccomend is to use Firefox and get an ad-blocking plugin. Before anyone else cries "B-b-b-but the ads are the only thing keeping Runescape alive!" the bottom line is that this is his computer in question and he does not have to view the ads if he doesn't want to. Do you yell at people who get up to take a leak during TV commercials?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

But, if you're using Internet Explorer, you can disable meta-refresh outright, and here's how. This works in version 6 and later, I don't know if it works in 5 or not.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Go to the Tools menu, then click on Internet Options. Click on the Security tab, then Internet, then the Custom Level button. About halfway down the page, under the Miscellaneous category, you will see an option entitled "Allow META REFRESH". You will want to change it to "Disable". Click OK.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There you go. That will stop the ads from rotating. Note that it will not actually block the ads. Like I said, for that you'll want an ad-blocking plugin and/or Firefox. Firefox is of course a better choice overall, but I know how you kids like your IE.

[qwerty4242]

Thanks for the support Artie_900. I don't mind the ads. They are a great way to keep the game free, it Jagex's incompetent web designing skills that bug me. I've been developing software for 22 years, and designing / building web sites for 9 years now, and until I found this game I had never seen anyone use meta-refresh for ad rotation. It's just plain bad design. I wonder if Firefox will ever allow you to disable it? If I ever proposed doing something like this to a client they would kick me out the door and my reputaion would be instantly destroyed in the industry.

[Karvinen]

Unhappy with ads? Get members. Can't afford it? Live with the ads. Or just don't play. The ads are there, and you have to live with that. They're pretty much whats keeping F2P up. So these ads are whats keeping you there.

The ads aren't supposed to make people mad.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What the f2p player does if he/she has just made his/her first million gp, the ad steals focus, he/she presses backspace and a random event monster kills him/her? I'm pretty sure that he/she will QUIT and Jagex loses a potential member.

[Altkill]

Its happened to me a few times, really annoying when it happens.