I'm now downloading the file on my PC, and on there I don't even see these =
confusing buttons. I only see them on my iPad (and still do).
Do you have a Mac, John? Perhaps they're only visible in the Safari browser=
.
I asked filemail tech support, and their response was "Don't expect a free =
service without ads". I forwarded them a screen dump showing them the over =
prominent buttons, and there's been no response.
I don't see how they consider it to be an effective ad if it diverts you fr=
om being able to use their service. Even more so if Windows users don't eve=
n see it. Mysterious. I'm not convinced it's intentional.
Peter Shute
From:
Sent: Thursday, 29 May 2014 7:07 PM
To:
Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] Re: My first offering for review and criti=
cism......
Yes, that's what happened. All is fine when I click on the filename itself.
Peter Shute
Sent from my iPad
On 29 May 2014, at 8:07 am, "<john_hartog=
@rockscallop.org> [naturerecordists]" <<mai=
lto:>> wrote:
It's worse than a banner ad. It tricked me too. In the middle of the page t=
here are two options shown, "play" a big button in blue, and "download" a b=
ig button in green. I clicked "download" which led to some prompt about "a =
new Codec Pack version". Clicked "OK" which led to my virus software lettin=
g me know it had blocked the download. Sometimes with free stuff you do get=
more than you pay for - like tricked into downloading malware.
John Hartog
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