Hi,
I don't know if you noticed but there are stupid google ads on
www.l-works.net. Strange? Yeah...On every page there's that google ads
frame thingy...
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#1 2005-11-26 17:46:20
#2 2005-11-26 23:52:04
I
didn't think google ads were a problem? Sorry. Is there a problem with me
running ads? If you don't like them, skip them.
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#3 2005-11-27 00:37:00
No
there's no problem, just mentioning it. Why do you have them anyway? It's
kinda funny. Boggle! Play scrabble! And. Pigeons! Comes up its funny.
#4 2005-11-27 01:22:53
There's also a new game on L-Works. I don't know why it's worth
posting a whole topic on google ads apearing on a siteasside from the fact
that it's highly interesting and shocking news.
James
#5 2005-11-27 03:16:12
Uh...I could be wrong here but to my knowledge, it can be another (though
tiny) revenue stream if you're running ads. Every time the banner is
refreshed it earns a little money.
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#6 2005-11-27 15:13:45
hmm. i
dunno what to say about this, but i noticed these adds quite a while ago. to
me, they don't fit the sight properly. it's hard to explain, but to me
they dont look right on a blind-games sight.
or, in other words, audiogames
sight.
reguards
aaron
#7 2005-11-28 09:35:03
Regardless of how they look, you don't visit the site for how it looks.
Don't make me comment on the ludicrousness of that whole concept.
You
visit a site for what it offers you. Google ads (or any ads, for that
matter) do not change the contents of the games produced by L-works, now do
they?
No, they don't.
So please quit complaining.
You're on the net.
Ads are, pretty much, a part of life. Be thankful the net's free.
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#8 2005-11-28 19:13:02
yes
but google adds are stupid, and they make you press the arrow key x times ,
which if you press too fast can lock up the computer! ya guys get what i
mean?
#9 2005-11-30 00:42:51
then
you have a messed up computer. On my travels through the net, I come across
many google ad frames, and it doesn't bother me in the slightest. You know
what isn't right on a site for blind games? Flash. how about I make the
entire site in flash? then you can complain! but, it is a frame at the top
of the page that is very easy to skip.
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#11 2005-11-30 16:53:27
Why does everyone complain about everything here? Christ
#12 2005-11-30 19:37:13
ok.
i
didn't explain properly, my pc doesn't lock up, but.... i use hal. most
people think hal is stupid.
the reason i use hal is because it was the
first screan reader i got introduced to, and i have lived with it ever
since.
and the bad thing is on hal...
you can't skip frames. well not
automaticly. i can skyp the goole add, which is ok, but... well.
actually...
hay liam, why did you want to put adds on the websight? they
are ok, but i am just a little curious.
if yiou look closely, they are adds
for "boggle word game" or something like that. i haven't been to the
websight before (the adds ones that is, i've been to l-works though!).. but
perhaps they should be looked at, they are random! it's cool in a way, but
in another way it's a sort of timewaster. but in a way it's worth a look.
it's hard to explain!
reguards,
aaron
#13 2005-11-30 21:45:38 (edited by Mike 2005-11-30 21:47:02)
Sure,
the frame's easy to skip. Sure, it doesn't conflict getting around the
site. But it's strangely out of place and strange! Why the heck do you want
them anyway? NO OTHER AUDIO GAMES SITE HAS THEM!!!
#14 2005-11-30 22:25:18
Just
because no one else has them does not mean Liam shouldn't have them. There
has to be the first to do it and that is Liam in this case. They don't
affect you in any way that renders you immobile or puts you in a life
threatening situation. You must really be bored to post a topic about some
stupid Google ads. Get a life. Now wonder I don't post here anymore. You
guys complain about every little change that is made. That's what's
keeping this market from moving forward. We know teenagers look for blood,
guts and sex nowadays and to attract them we must put these things in many
of the games. What happens when Spanker comes out? Oh no, it's offensive.
You 13 year olds popping up that want to make a company like QAD; fine, have
the market. Why don't we just dump it all in your hands and fuck it all.
I'm sick of all this bitching about nothing. It goes on and on and you guys
have to learn to adjust to change. Those ads are there because Liam wanted
them there. Little do I know, you might not have even bought Super Liam so
what does he care whether you like the site or not - it doesn't afect him.
Stop whining, it gets you no where. Look at you. Your site pops up ads like
hell because you're trying to start a major company on a free web hosting
service. Look at yourself before you point fingers at others.
#15 2005-12-01 00:27:09
Well, okay. Site's got frames, so what? Do you not know your Jaws
keystrokes? Just press frikin T to skip to the navigation table. How hard
can that be? Like, why, do you even care that it has adds. It just makes the
site look nicer, in my opinion, anyways. Makes it look like an actual site
unlike some other sites which look dull because they've got no frames or
anything. Not that it makes them look bad, I just like sites that have
google adds. Stil, all in all, the point is to press the letter T in jfw.
And in Window eyes. They both bring you to the table. Get it? Aaron, and
Mike, you guys need to r1e-read your jfw manuals... cause it says there very
clearly, that to navigate to the next table in a webpage or document, just
press t! And that thing about arrow keys locking up your comp, if It's
happened to me, I would't be sitting here, They, don't, lock, up, your,
computer. Unless, as liam said, you have a messed up computer.
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#16 2005-12-01 18:03:13
alright.
i didn't say they lock up the computer, i said if you press them
*too fast* they lock up the computer. well that's not happened to me,
beacuse i don't press them too fast.
actually... they do lock up my
computer sometimes, and hal crashes. it's not my screan reader, but ever
since the new BT Yahoo! browser (which is required for braudband) was
installed, it's gone alittle weerd. but most of the time they are
fine.
Oh and google adds. well... i will need to agree with munawr and
assault freak there right now, because munawar's post just changed my
oppinion.
perhaps google axdds arn't so bad after all,
and mike.
you
think they are out of place? look at what they advertise.
they are
advertising a few word games and some other stuff.
what does l-works have?
lworks words! and the new arcade volume 1 has word games, so... well... they
are sort of neet!
#17 2005-12-01 19:51:44
The
reason I so rarely post here anymore is pretty much the same as Munawar's
reasons.
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#18 2005-12-02 00:49:24
#19 2005-12-02 00:52:02
And I
am not complaining i was just pointing out, that I think its weird. Now stop
it!
#21 2005-12-02 04:07:55
Everyone calm down right now! This is getting insane!
Several
points:
Firstly, the google ads are generated randomly based on keywords
found in the web page. They are not selected by a human.
Secondly people
cannot choose which access tech they are first introduced to, and then it
can be very expensive to switch. I was first introduced to Supernova at
college, but when I was given equipment for a HE course the guy recommended
Jaws so that's what I have. I know someone who has Hal, but would prefer
Jaws if she could afford it.
Thirdly let's not get off topic about being
offended by game content.
Fourthly, the internet is *not* free in any
manner of the term. It costs money to either access the internet or to put
up a web site, whether this come in the form of subscription or call
charges. Those ads will provide a small revenue to help Liam continue doing
what he does pretty damn well.
Fifth:
The key error is an issue with BT
Yahoo from the sounds of things. I was with them, but moved because I found
their email unreliable and I got a better broadband deal elsewhere. As much
as I hate to say it, that is not the fault of Liam and is an unfortunate
issue with your system's set up which Liam cannot possibly be held
accountable for.
Now everyone calm the hell down!
cx2
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#22 2005-12-02 19:34:21
first
of all:
i agree with cx 2 about the access tech thingy,
i couldn't
choose! all i knew is that it was a "talking computer", i was 5 years old
for gods sake!
secondly:
it's not just liam's sight.
it happens rarely,
but sometimes happens.
third: i think i agree with assault freak. you guys
should stop complaining and things, i mean whatever mike has, he has. same
with everyone else.
and, mike...
i am a little curious, will the z16 be
released? it's just that the last time was actually september, but please,
at least, give us news. dont get angry with me here, i am just saying what i
think. sights won't get updated like every month, but at least you may be
able to post news on something.
at the moment, i have auto it, and at the
moment i am not gonna start leearning until someone who knows autoit
scripting writes me a *simple* game, then i will look at scripts and
things. then i will begin to make games.
if i ever make games... i think
they will be around 100 mb, and, freeware. i dont intend on making money,
it's a hobby.
that's allfor now
reguards
aaron
#23 2005-12-02 19:40:34
oh and
another thing about hal.
i didn't learn the name until after a month i was
introduced, but i tried jaws and it was a bit complex, because i am soo used
to hal. i think i know why i was introduced to it. ya know why? because
it's the simplest screan reader around! thanks to version 5, we can use the
net. before then, hal was rubbish for the net, i needed to be read what was
going on, and i think i didn't go on the net that much. with v5, and above
(i use v6 -- the latest version), it is now possible. i thought we'd never
be able to use the net. by we, i mean us as users of hal. well, us, as in
everyone who uses hal that is.
oh and for those who use jaws...
i know you
will probably think it's the simplest screan reader around, but to me, it
was a bit complex. it wasn't the full version, just the demo tosee what i
thought about it. it was ok, but... well... i dunno, however...
i wish i
can use elequence for hal. that might make you feel a little better,
actually..
someone actually got dectalk working with hal, but i am not sure
how! i wish iknew how, the voice on hal is real robotic. but so what? i like
hal, and it's staying with me for now.
i might change when i am older...
but now, it's just the simplest to use. it's something that at least
let's me go on the computer, it's not! the! end! of! the! world! so you
guys shouldn't complain about hal!!!!!!!
reguards,
aaron!
p.s. sorry for
the exclamation at the end of my name, i am just a lill angry. not very but
only a lill. (i am in england, but americans sometimes say "lill". sorry for
misspelling!)
#24 2005-12-03 01:31:35
Yes we should. I have a reason why it's the simplest screen reader.
Cause it's a pile of crap! Any simple screen reader which is simple when
you start using it is crap. JAWS is good because it takes you awhile to
learn the key commands and because there are so many which let you do a lot
of things. So I say, again, screw hal.
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#25 2005-12-03 03:37:09
Assault_freak:
I personally find Jaws simple. The reason he finds Hal
easier is because he's got into the mindset of it's structure, it would be
the same for someone moving from Windows to Linux.
I previously thought
you to be a reasonable person, I'm saddened to see that I'm wrong.
We
are all introduced to access tech when we have little to no knowledge of the
access technology market, and so a large proportion of people get the
software they used the first time because they know it the best. This is
human nature. I don't insult you because you only use Windows now do
I?
Learning a new piece of software when you've already used another
package in the same category requires significant unlearning, to get out of
the habits you've been in for the past how many years? Besides, I know
he's in the UK like me. A lot of places in the UK push Dolphin products
because Dolphin's UK based, I'd swear on my life we have a far higher
proportion of Dolphin software users than other countries. It's partly the
fault of colleges and the like, they go to the company geographically the
nearest. Since Dolphin is the only developer based outside the US to the
best of my knowledge, or at least the only screen reader and magnification
software developer based in western Europe, they go with them.
Supernova,
the combined Hal reader and Lunar magnifier, is also very popular with
organisations over here because it covers speech and magnification in one
package. They don't know the difference between Jaws and Hal, they don't
know that one's much better than the other or not, they frankly don't
care. At the college I went to they had software to help dyslexics, a staff
member who was in their co workers department and helped me said he found
the software useful as a dyslexic himself, but the tutors that were supposed
to help the dyslexics said they didn't think it was any use but had no
experience of being dyslexic themself. Institutions make decisions about
software in very bad ways, and it impacts those of us who need specialist
software as this thread proves. I'm just very grateful I was recommended
Jaws, I had a choice but the demo versions of Hal from version 4.5 and up
confused me by changing the key layout so I decided it was time to jump
ship.
Yes I used Hal, I used a demo version of Hal that stopped working
after so many minutes for about 2 years because to buy a full version was a
similar price to that which my sighted counterparts were paying for cars...
And they could have part time jobs at supermarkets or Macdonalds.
cx2
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