While I'm not happy the Bits was gone this route, I'm more concerned that this will become the norm for all web sites in the coming years. I don't mine the box advertisements or even the pop-ups - you can close them, but I draw the line at tv like commercials, unlike advertisements you have no...
No one wants to wait to watch a stupid commerical while reading the net. Wait until there are commercials every 2 minutes. I guess like cable tv, I'll have to wait for a commercial free server.
I was reading an article at the Digital Bits web site when half way through a commerical appeared. There was no way to close it and it filled the screen then sat in the lower right hand corner. I didn't read the advertisement so it wasn't effective but it did get me to leave the site. I hope...