Non-Intrusive Ads… for a Short While

[Bireus]

I miss the OG Dex-chan ads to be honest.

It's going legit, those days are over.



- Spoken from a Crunchyroll user who remembers typing with "/" to create chat rooms on their old old old site before being sold like 5 times

 

[feha]

Show me yours then.
Go on.

Since I agree with the guy you challenged, sure, here is mine:

https://imgur.com/a/KEr6Zlr

I apologize for the hovering footer. I keep on dismissing it, and got no idea why it is constantly re-appearing. I know it (as ell as the obviously incorrect weight-ratio of its buttons) is not intentional on md's side, as making people accidentally click that is never going to lead to a purchase, nor is getting ppl annoyed... but I got no idea what might cause it as this site has cookie/localstorage/etc permissions enabled.

edit: also, it is not visible in the image, but it groups all chapters for each title that it encounters (placing their card where the most recent entry would appear, showing a couple chapter-entries in the card's inner list (limited to not take too much space)), not merely the ones for a single page like how the default theme behaves.

 

[panzerkampfwagyu]

@feha So you are using the normal Mangadex theme? All of these things you described are what everyone has.

I personally put display:none on it and the button above, the dex-chan in the side menu is enough for the donation begging.

/*Advert de-Intruser*/
.max-h-\[256px\] {
    max-height: 132px;
    position: absolute;
    top: 60px;
    right: 118px;
}
/*Annyoing Donation button*/
.glow[data-v-a3e34364]:not(.disabled):not(.text) {
    display: none;
}

/*Return button, found it annoying*/
.mr-4.mb-1.text-2xl.cursor-pointer.rounded.custom-opacity.relative.md-btn.flex.items-center.px-3.overflow-hidden.accent.text.rounded-full.\!px-0 {
    display: none;
}
/*Popup Donation Begging*/
.fixed.left-0.right-0.bottom-0.mb-6.flex.justify-center.drop-shadow.z-20 {
    display: none;
}

Here are the CSS fixes I use per Stylus, atm

 

[feha]

@feha So you are using the normal Mangadex theme? All of these things you described are what everyone has.

I personally put display:none on it and the button above, the dex-chan in the side menu is enough for the donation begging.

/*Advert de-Intruser*/
.max-h-\[256px\] {
    max-height: 132px;
    position: absolute;
    top: 60px;
    right: 118px;
}
/*Annyoing Donation button*/
.glow[data-v-a3e34364]:not(.disabled):not(.text) {
    display: none;
}

/*Return button, found it annoying*/
.mr-4.mb-1.text-2xl.cursor-pointer.rounded.custom-opacity.relative.md-btn.flex.items-center.px-3.overflow-hidden.accent.text.rounded-full.\!px-0 {
    display: none;
}
/*Popup Donation Begging*/
.fixed.left-0.right-0.bottom-0.mb-6.flex.justify-center.drop-shadow.z-20 {
    display: none;
}

Here are the CSS fixes I use per Stylus, atm

No, I use a custom one, though I made sure it uses the same colors it detected on the site before it deleted everything and repopulated it with those custom ui-cards (though that's an oversimplification). That is also why I do not experience the ad in "latest updates" section, as they placed it inside the updates-area that I am replacing.
I find the default one to be really bad, due to having flaws such as paging, and not showing alternate titles, and not showing description, and not having a button to log [to the console] all the metadata for the title and chapters for closer inspection.

As for the footer, I will leave it be. Eventually they are going to realize it is bugged and keeps reappearing immediately, and fix it. Though if I would get fed up, I would simply ublock that element

Though aside from that part about how the ad interfaces with custom themes, this is quite off-topic. So I will avoid posting more followups on this [off]topic after this

 

[JVick]

As for the footer, I will leave it be. Eventually they are going to realize it is bugged and keeps reappearing immediately, and fix it. Though if I would get fed up, I would simply ublock that element

I don't think it's a bug, it's working like intended.

 

[panzerkampfwagyu]

No, I use a custom one, though I made sure it uses the same colors it detected on the site before it deleted everything and repopulated it with those custom ui-cards (though that's an oversimplification). That is also why I do not experience the ad in "latest updates" section, as they placed it inside the updates-area that I am replacing.
I find the default one to be really bad, due to having flaws such as paging, and not showing alternate titles, and not showing description, and not having a button to log [to the console] all the metadata for the title and chapters for closer inspection.

As for the footer, I will leave it be. Eventually they are going to realize it is bugged and keeps reappearing immediately, and fix it. Though if I would get fed up, I would simply ublock that element

Though aside from that part about how the ad interfaces with custom themes, this is quite off-topic. So I will avoid posting more followups on this [off]topic after this

Ah, I noticed that you provided an Imgur embed.
Didn't seem to work before, also couldn't open it in my browser, but I have chromium for compatibility issues.
Anyway, for the actual review of your theme... It kinda manages to be both boring and cluttered at the same time. The background colours are dull and suck out the life, and all the additional text is rather distracting and clutters up the relevant information.
I am aware that I'm much further in terms of how much saturation I prefer, but I have quite a lot of trouble comprehending how so little colour can be tolerated nowadays. Even the standard theme uses more variation.

The Footer is a hostile design in my view, with it forcing an interaction by blocking the input on the sides of it. This is why I consider removing it to be absolutely valid. The Dex-Chan in the corner is already linking to the Donation Subscription site, so it is also pretty redundant.

With the Data meanwhile, Description, alternative titles, author names... I think it would be better if they were in a hover menu instead of always being there, that is negative clutter.
I personally like paging, as it makes it possible to check older content easily, infinite scroll also tends to cause a lot of trouble with the site position moving.

 

[JVick]

Ah, I noticed that you provided an Imgur embed.
Didn't seem to work before, also couldn't open it in my browser, but I have chromium for compatibility issues.
Anyway, for the actual review of your theme... It kinda manages to be both boring and cluttered at the same time. The background colours are dull and suck out the life, and all the additional text is rather distracting and clutters up the relevant information.
I am aware that I'm much further in terms of how much saturation I prefer, but I have quite a lot of trouble comprehending how so little colour can be tolerated nowadays. Even the standard theme uses more variation.

The Footer is a hostile design in my view, with it forcing an interaction by blocking the input on the sides of it. This is why I consider removing it to be absolutely valid. The Dex-Chan in the corner is already linking to the Donation Subscription site, so it is also pretty redundant.

With the Data meanwhile, Description, alternative titles, author names... I think it would be better if they were in a hover menu instead of always being there, that is negative clutter.
I personally like paging, as it makes it possible to check older content easily, infinite scroll also tends to cause a lot of trouble with the site position moving.

I'm in pure awe with the fact that your theme, the manifestation of a pure skyzophrenic fever dream, is something you're really using, and not a joke.

 

[OisE]

A Duolingo ad to start learning japanese.

 

[JVick]

A Duolingo ad to start learning japanese.

Funniest thing would be a mangaUp ad, like "Come read your manga legally filthy pirate".

 

[Bartolumiu]

Funniest thing would be a mangaUp ad, like "Come read your manga legally filthy pirate".

Y'know, you can make that happen~

 

[anasnaufal]

At first, I did saw an ad that advertises OperaGX.

But then, it's gone. And I'm like,"Huh, I guess it is for a short while?".

Until I realized, I've been using an adblocker.

Oh well.

Hopefully MD does not force users to turn off adblockers when using their sites.

 

[BestBoy]

Bold of a scam bot to post in Announcements.

 

[Simptember]

I don't, and I want to be careful not to veer into personal attacks - that's not productive at all.

Oh really? Big fat liars aren't very good at lying.

 

[Angry_Panda]

Oh really? Big fat liars aren't very good at lying.

1. Bring receipts, son.

2. Terms and rules #1 (bolding/underlining mine):

Don't engage in objectionable behavior towards others such as racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, religious discrimination, personal attacks, particularly distasteful jokes, and so on, at the discretion of moderators.

 

[Simptember]

Apologies for not speaking that jargon but can you tell me which is the difference between you and a parasite? I'm feeling like feeding the troll today.

Try not being a retard? It's that easy. A parasite? Sounds like projection m8, sorry life isn't going your way.

 

[Simptember]

1. Bring receipts, son.

2. Terms and rules #1 (bolding/underlining mine):

You're not doing a good job of #2? Big fat liar??

 

[panzerkampfwagyu]

 

[Koneko_Nyaa]

Hopefully MD does not force users to turn off adblockers when using their sites.

...then it'll be time to add it to the ad-blocker blocker blocker.

 

[HaikenEdge]

...then it'll be time to add it to the ad-blocker blocker blocker.

Or find a userscript or adblocking rule that prevents that element from loading.

 

[IdanaHamz]

Funniest thing would be a mangaUp ad, like "Come read your manga legally filthy pirate".

I mean, most of manga aggregator sites I've seen in the past had multiple ad slots for the official English version of Renta! ...