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Kirt Blattenberger
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redefining what an engineering website should be.

Carpe Diem!
(Seize the Day!)

ARE YOU KIDDING ME ?!?!?!

Why in the world would you WANT to see a full-screen advertisement when you visit any website? I absolutely detest those things. When I visit a website, I want the first thing I am presented with to be the content of the site, NOT a full-page advertisement with some lame message like, "Please wait while your page is loading," or "Welcome Screen," or some other trash. Do the webmasters really think visitors are stupid enough to believe that the website's real content is loading behind the advertising screen, and that they are doing visitors a favor by providing something to look at in the mean time? Most websites load in less time than a full-page ad takes to load.

I run into these dang things every day while collecting headlines from many different websites. Yeah, they have a right to do whatever they want, and have paying advertisers for support, but I think the full-page blasts are really over the top.

Here are some examples of what I am talking about. You have probably seen these and others like them.

 

Broadcast Engineering	EE Times
eWeek	USA Today
EDN

I can absolutely guarantee you that as long as I am the owner of RF Cafe, there will NEVER be such a thing on this website.

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