For those who don't already have it - Firefox + AdBlock

Post by **Troy** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 2:16 pm

Get it... love it... use it...

First

Rewrite your Webpages without Ads

Second

The Filter

I was suprised to find that a lot of people don't use this.

No more Ads... period

Paul · Post by **Paul** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 2:49 pm

I don't mind banner ads on websites. Ads are what help keep the Internet free. I'm willing to look at ads in order to keep my content free.

The ads I don't like are popups, or those Flash ones that get in your face and block the articles.

Post by **TheCatt** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 6:38 pm

Sounds like effort.

Post by **Troy** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 7:23 pm

Oh, i guess that did sound complicated... It's a simple plug-in for Firefox...

Download it and it does it automatically... So much faster, no flash ads getting in your way ex...

Post by **TheCatt** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 7:53 am

Ah, Firefox. There's the issue.

Sounds slow.

Post by **Leisher** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 9:03 am

Everytime I turn around someone is trying to eliminate ads from TV, radio, the web, etc. I hate ads, but do these people realize that without ads, we wouldn't have TV, radio, the web, etc.?

Paul · Post by **Paul** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 9:06 am

Everytime I turn around someone is trying to eliminate ads from TV, radio, the web, etc. I hate ads, but do these people realize that without ads, we wouldn't have TV, radio, the web, etc.?

What he said.

Post by **Troy** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 10:48 am

Sure, when ads are like TV... scheduled, not unexpected and not terribly annoying (bathroom time)

But the latest internet ads are gigantic flash annoyance affairs, taking up the whole screen, often with impossible to find "X" buttons.

I think you know what I am talking about, It's kind of like if your in the middle of lost, and suddenly a commerical starts playing in half the screen while the show is still airing...

Besides, the sheep of the world can still watch the ads, It's not like anyone has ever sold anything to me... 99% of the fracking things are "Refinance Now!" anyway.

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Post by **GORDON** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 12:20 pm

Ah, Firefox. There's the issue.

Sounds slow.

I figured out the deal with that.

When you initially launch firefox, it takes a second and a half because it is loading extensions.

Every new firefox window you open does the same; it's slow.

But you're supposed to use the firefox TABS instead of new windows, and tabs are instant because they don't need to reload extensions.

Post by **GORDON** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 12:21 pm

fracking

mother fracker

Post by **TPRJones** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 1:26 pm

I'm a die-hard alt-tabber. If I can't alt-tab to the other Firefox tabs, I'm not interested.

Post by **TheCatt** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 7:20 pm

Hmmm... trying the 1.5 version of FireFox.

Still seems slow when rendering pages.

Post by **TheCatt** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 7:25 pm

Uh, can anyone tell me how teh fuck I can resize and rearrange my toolbars instead of having them stack up on each other?

Post by **TheCatt** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 7:27 pm

Uh, can anyone tell me how teh fuck I can resize and rearrange my toolbars instead of having them stack up on each other?

OK, this is pissing me off. I hate wasted space.

Post by **TheCatt** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 7:53 pm

I'm a die-hard alt-tabber. If I can't alt-tab to the other Firefox tabs, I'm not interested.

Dude, wake up to the possibilities that are ctrl-tab.

Don't tell me you've never ctrl-tab'ed before?

Zetleft · Post by **Zetleft** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 9:12 pm

I'm a die-hard alt-tabber. If I can't alt-tab to the other Firefox tabs, I'm not interested.
Dude, wake up to the possibilities that are ctrl-tab.

Don't tell me you've never ctrl-tab'ed before?

word.

Post by **TPRJones** » Sat Dec 10, 2005 5:11 am

I'm a die-hard alt-tabber. If I can't alt-tab to the other Firefox tabs, I'm not interested.
Dude, wake up to the possibilities that are ctrl-tab.

Don't tell me you've never ctrl-tab'ed before?

Not as comfortable with where my thumb ends up in relation to the rest of my hand. Alt+tab is more ergonomic (and no, I can't use my pinky, as it's starting to have problems from a lifetime of ctrl+c / ctrl+v)