ryanvinnicombe

same here. i’ve never really had a problem with any videos on the verge

fixed the article accordingly

can we talk about this?

can we talk about this?

And if the ads were focused to me or the email, thatd be great. but i dont care about golf, stocks, mud runs, CFO outlook webcasts, and I dont have the money for a galaxy nexus so…

It varies. Obviously that was an extreme case of about 7 ads. Here is a screen clip of an instance of 6

(not trying to open a can of worms and start an argument, but this is what prompted my comment, which was mostly a joke)

Just opened up both Gmail and Hotmail:

Gmail ads:
Guitar Center open this fAll
overstock iPads for $32
Rugged Maniac 5K Mud Run
Kaspersky for Mac
The Perfect Golf Swing?
Stocks up+130
Watch Full Episodes

Hotmail Ads:
One, side banner ad for Skydrive
One small ad under messaging about Facebook Chat + hotmail
(refesh page)
Ad for Hotmail tips
and same fb chat ad under messaging

Yes, Google’s blend in a little bit more, but they always have bugged me and have never been useful. My experience with Hotmail ads have been basically tips about Hotmail or for Microsoft’s services, which are more visually distracting, but relatively useful to someone currently using their products

i was just messing around, obviously I understand he was serious.

“WE DON’T THINK OF ADS AS PUNISHMENTS THAT USERS MUST ENDURE. WE THINK OF ADS, DONE WELL, AS SOMETHING THAT USERS WOULD CRY ABOUT IF WE TOOK THEM AWAY.”

this has to be a joke … the only tears I’d cry if ads were taken away is tears of joy

As Josh said, you may have built your PC, but you don’t understand what it MEANS to have built that PC ;)

if every app worked like this, windows/xbox users would be on [three screens and a] cloud nine