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    Posted: August 21 2006 at 23:20
Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

I get the block option on some ads but not on others. It seems to be the Flash ones that I can't block.


Alan, I think Firefox has a separate Flashblock extension.  Myself, I only use adblock with filterset.G - guess I don't get bothered by too much flash.
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Beside other purposes, I regularly block pictures many of guys here keep in their signatures.
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I believe Opera has a built-in ad blocker, but it's not all that great, and difficult to customise. Still, I don't see many in my travels.
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Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

I get the block option on some ads but not on others. It seems to be the Flash ones that I can't block.


Try the "list all blockable elements" feature. Usually flash ads are invoked by scripts, which are blockable elements. You just can't right-click them in the browser, because the Flash plugin implements its own context menu.
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Originally posted by Geck0 Geck0 wrote:

I tried the wildcards and ended up losing non-ads in a lot of cases.  I think I'll try Krusty's link.


Of course when applying wildcards you should be a little bit careful ... with an address like http://googlesyndication.com/ads/bad_image.jpg you should ban http://googlesyndication.com/ads/*, not http://googlesyndication.com/*.

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I tried the wildcards and ended up losing non-ads in a lot of cases.  I think I'll try Krusty's link.
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Originally posted by MikeEnRegalia MikeEnRegalia wrote:

BTW: If you want to try it but don't know how ... just download Mozilla Firefox and adblock. With adblock installed all you need to do is open a page which contains ads ... if the page contains ads you right-click them and you will be offered an option to block them. Advanced users can even use wildcards and ban entire domains, which is what I would recommend.

That's what I do. Big smile

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I get the block option on some ads but not on others. It seems to be the Flash ones that I can't block.
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Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Well, I've just installed adblock into my Firefox and it seems to work okay. I was a bit wary about a comment from someone who had to uninstall it when it crashed his ebay pages, but it seems okay.
It won't block those annoying talking smileys though (as far as I can see).


You could also install the Filterset.G extension for Adblock which is a huge database of AdSites for Adblock. It updates every so often making sure your pages are completely ad freeBig smile

More info here http://www.pierceive.com/
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Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

Well, I've just installed adblock into my Firefox and it seems to work okay. I was a bit wary about a comment from someone who had to uninstall it when it crashed his ebay pages, but it seems okay.
It won't block those annoying talking smileys though (as far as I can see).


Just right-click them and there should be a menu option to block the image.
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I use Norton and it blocks them all everytime without fail.
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Points: 20032 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 08 2006 at 16:51
Well, I've just installed adblock into my Firefox and it seems to work okay. I was a bit wary about a comment from someone who had to uninstall it when it crashed his ebay pages, but it seems okay.
It won't block those annoying talking smileys though (as far as I can see).
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Points: 21483 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 08 2006 at 15:57
Originally posted by Ricochet Ricochet wrote:

I know of having pop-ups blocking...or...something like that...


Yes, most browsers offer that feature nowadays. but adblock goes one step further and removes the ads from the pages. Smile
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BTW: If you want to try it but don't know how ... just download Mozilla Firefox and adblock. With adblock installed all you need to do is open a page which contains ads ... if the page contains ads you right-click them and you will be offered an option to block them. Advanced users can even use wildcards and ban entire domains, which is what I would recommend.
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Points: 46301 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 08 2006 at 15:54
I know of having pop-ups blocking...or...something like that...
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Points: 21483 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 08 2006 at 15:53
To those who are tempted to vote option #2 ... perhaps you'd rather want to try it and vote when you made up your mind.

I installed the adblock plugin about a month ago ... I don't ever want to use a browser without such a feature.

BTW: One wonders why the owners of the archives insist on placing these ads here ... no user ever intentionally clicks them, the only effect they might have is that PCs of careless users are infected with mal/adware. 
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