abbeyvet - 8:34 pm on Aug 2, 2005 (gmt 0)

I disagree. I get these types of messages all the time, including flash, java, etc.

Presumably since you get them all the time that means you don't bother to go and obediently install whatever you are told to. Do you seriously imagine that people do?

if publishers don't do something proactive to educate our visitors of what keeps us in business the ad networks could collapse.

Would they care? They can just hit the back button and find another site.

That would leave the few of us still standing either running sites for free or adopting subscription models and we know how well THAT works.

Which once again points out the folly of relying on adsense or advertising generally as a long-term business model.

[edited by: abbeyvet at 8:38 pm (utc) on Aug. 2, 2005]