as an owner of several websites, I totally understand the need to place ads on your website. however... placing ads which take up half the page goes beyond excessive.

anything over 120 pixels (let along ~360) is only annoying. it takes away from anything good that is going on here. it cheapens all the great things members of this community have done.

at 800x600 your showthread.php page has absolutely NO SITE CONTENT above the fold. only ads. thats just sad, and pathetic.

please, reconsider the ads on the right hand side of the site. I absolutely hate the 360 pixel panel, and even though you provide the collapse feature, I find it overly annoying to do so at *EVERY* page.

thanks for taking the time to read this.
--Steve Whitley