A plug-in that replaces ads with art
The New York Times writes about AddArt, a Firefox plugin that replaces banners with art.
What a great idea, the ad-block plug-ins are extremely popular. I’m not an ad-blocker myself and I’m not sure why people block ads? To fight the corporate world, Adbuster style? Or just to block the different intrusive information on a webpage? I guess the last one. Art instead of ads can also be intrusive, although this could be a reason for me to install an ad-blocker/art-replacer.
I wonder how this would work in print? I would love a newspaper with art by young artist instead of advertisements. The question is, how much would you pay extra for a newspaper like this?
I once read in a book about information design that in WWII the American soldiers where supplied with ad-less newspapers from home. The reason was simple. Local ads are irrelevant if you are stuck in a forest in France. The soldiers complained about the ad-less newspapers, because the positive ads balanced the news, even when irrelevant.
Download the AddArt plug-in here.
The photo above is linked from the New York Times website and is taken by Joe Fornabaio. His photos are great, make sure to check his portfolio.
Via: Marco Raaphorst
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May 28 2007 @ 11:57 am
Hi there
I’ve just created a blog ,and I wanna know about others’ favorite topics.I’d appreciate it if you tell me about your favorite ones.I’d be glad to recieve your comments
Shifte
May 29 2007 @ 3:16 am
I am an ad-blocker user. The most important things is for me to make web page open faster and make things easy to be found. Art instead of ads will be a good idea except speed.
May 30 2007 @ 9:43 am
@Shifte, check my OPML file. In this file all the feeds I’m subscribed to are collected. I need to update the file, but it’s a start.
@Ad Blocker, speed, how could I forget. Ads can really slow down your website, thanks for the comment.