how can i disable ask's april fools prank?
April 1, 2008 8:39 AM   Subscribe

how can i disable ask's april fools prank?

i understand the the slow change of color is an april fools prank but i find it quite irritating. what can i do, aside from wait until tomorrow, to make it stop? i am open to using any of the major browsers.
posted by mailbox125 to Computers & Internet (8 answers total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: mefi related posts need to go in metatalk. -- jessamyn

 
Best answer: Find the link "make it stop" in the footer of this page.
posted by KokuRyu at 8:42 AM on April 1, 2008


I don't know what you're referring to. (Ack, my monitor's all wonky!)

But, hypothetically, a "slow change in color" on a website would be caused by JavaScript. Firefox + NoScript add-on = no JavaScript execution.
posted by fogster at 8:42 AM on April 1, 2008


The Make it Stop! link on the bottom of the page under Links.
posted by skynxnex at 8:43 AM on April 1, 2008


Learn to read
a) the line on the 'Ask a question' form that says 'questions about metafilter/ask should go to metatalk'
b) the open thread on metatalk about this
b)ii) mathowie's comment in that thread pointing you to the link at the bottom of the page called 'Make it stop!' which does exactly what it says on the tin.
posted by jacalata at 8:43 AM on April 1, 2008


This should be in MeTa.
posted by rtha at 8:43 AM on April 1, 2008


Response by poster: jacalata

not everyone who reads metafilter/ask reads metatalk.
posted by mailbox125 at 8:47 AM on April 1, 2008


Gah. I assumed the poster was talking about ask.com. For what it's worth, I haven't noticed a slow change in color, just a different color on the "this question has been answered!" check mark.
posted by bryanjbusch at 8:50 AM on April 1, 2008


not everyone who reads metafilter/ask reads metatalk.

That doesn't really excuse you from the part of 'questions about metafilter/ask should go to metatalk' though, does it?
posted by LionIndex at 8:50 AM on April 1, 2008


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