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pmsumner at 06:18pm on 14/11/2003
pmsumner at 06:18pm on 14/11/2003I've been using a Mozilla plugin called Adblock (recommended to me by ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ivarch) for a while now. It's totally revolutionised my web browsing. I've got about 10 rules set up, and it filters out all the ads on every single webpage I visit regularly.
This is so nice because it filters out images and (*gasp*) flash animations using wildcards (so *.doubleclick.net/* filters 90% of them out), rather than complete pages. It also does it on the fly, so you look at an ad, right click it and choose "block image" - it vanishes.
This makes things interesting when I spod from work. Because I don't see the ads at home any more I forget about them. Browsing from work is a real shock and very unpleasant...
ivarch) for a while now. It's totally revolutionised my web browsing. I've got about 10 rules set up, and it filters out all the ads on every single webpage I visit regularly.This is so nice because it filters out images and (*gasp*) flash animations using wildcards (so *.doubleclick.net/* filters 90% of them out), rather than complete pages. It also does it on the fly, so you look at an ad, right click it and choose "block image" - it vanishes.
This makes things interesting when I spod from work. Because I don't see the ads at home any more I forget about them. Browsing from work is a real shock and very unpleasant...
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