What's your best defence against ads?

**The_Other_One** · 04-04-2006, 06:13 PM

I've been getting freakin' tired of all these ads most sites have, so I began to look into methods of blocking them though firefox. I found a VERY nice usercontent.css file that so far seems to block most everything quite well.

http://www.gozer.org/mozilla/ad_blocking/

This was derived from another .css file I was trying, but this one seems to do a bit better.

**dragon2309** · 04-04-2006, 06:24 PM

i dont have that many pop ups at all, infact firefox defaults block all of them, even ones i do want, but then i just click on the orange tab and select DISPLAY. or do you mean actual ad's like sidebar ads and stuff. like theres always one for that bloody adultfriendfinder.com. yeh, they are annoying.

**The_Other_One** · 04-04-2006, 09:15 PM

Hehe, I went there and got no pop-ups... As I said, I changed something but I can't remember exactly right off. I'll try and find the guide again later...

What I posted I don't beleive blocks popups, but just images sizes that are generally ads, scripts for banners, and a few other things like that. Perhaps some popups would be included there... Though, with one of the previous .css's I tried, I'd get some blank popups :-/

cybergomer · 04-05-2006, 09:11 PM

There's a nifty extension for Firefox, Adblock, that does one hell of a job of removing ads.

**The_Other_One** · 04-05-2006, 09:57 PM

I added that, then removed it. It seems to work just like this... However, with this little addition, I can easlly mod it and just transfer the file to all my computers.

i.Angel · 04-06-2006, 01:55 AM

I never get ads with Firefox... that's why I love it so much over IE

04-04-2006, 06:13 PM	#1 (permalink)
The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 23 Posts: 12,368	What's your best defence against ads? I've been getting freakin' tired of all these ads most sites have, so I began to look into methods of blocking them though firefox. I found a VERY nice usercontent.css file that so far seems to block most everything quite well. http://www.gozer.org/mozilla/ad_blocking/ This was derived from another .css file I was trying, but this one seems to do a bit better. __________________ Desktop * Athlon X2 4200 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| 7600GT Laptop1 * C2D T5550 \| 3G RAM \| 120G HD \| Intel x3100 Laptop2 * C2D T5250 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| Intel x3100

04-04-2006, 06:24 PM	#2 (permalink)
dragon2309 P.I Dragon Join Date: May 2005 Location: KENT, UK Age: 19 Posts: 8,344	i dont have that many pop ups at all, infact firefox defaults block all of them, even ones i do want, but then i just click on the orange tab and select DISPLAY. or do you mean actual ad's like sidebar ads and stuff. like theres always one for that bloody adultfriendfinder.com. yeh, they are annoying. __________________ Intel Core2Duo E6600 @ 3.1Ghz - (__CPU__) eVGA 680i SLi - (__MOB__) 4Gb Corsair Dominator DDR2-800 (4x1024Mb) - (__RAM__) 250Gb Western Digital SATAII 7200rpm - (__HDD__) nVidia BFG 8800GTS OC 320Mb - (__GFX__) LG DVD+/-RW 18x DVD-RAM - (__OPT__) Triple Boot - [XP Pro] + [Vista Ultimate] + [Ubuntu 7.10] - (__OS__) [3DMARK'03 :: 25,587] --- [3DMARK'05 :: 13,989] --- [3DMARK'06 :: 8791] - (__BENCHMARKS__) dragon2309.co.uk - a little slice of geek

04-04-2006, 09:15 PM	#3 (permalink)
The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 23 Posts: 12,368	Hehe, I went there and got no pop-ups... As I said, I changed something but I can't remember exactly right off. I'll try and find the guide again later... What I posted I don't beleive blocks popups, but just images sizes that are generally ads, scripts for banners, and a few other things like that. Perhaps some popups would be included there... Though, with one of the previous .css's I tried, I'd get some blank popups :-/ __________________ Desktop * Athlon X2 4200 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| 7600GT Laptop1 * C2D T5550 \| 3G RAM \| 120G HD \| Intel x3100 Laptop2 * C2D T5250 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| Intel x3100

04-05-2006, 09:57 PM	#5 (permalink)
The_Other_One Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lexington, NC Age: 23 Posts: 12,368	I added that, then removed it. It seems to work just like this... However, with this little addition, I can easlly mod it and just transfer the file to all my computers. __________________ Desktop * Athlon X2 4200 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| 7600GT Laptop1 * C2D T5550 \| 3G RAM \| 120G HD \| Intel x3100 Laptop2 * C2D T5250 \| 2G RAM \| 160G HD \| Intel x3100

04-06-2006, 01:55 AM	#6 (permalink)
i.Angel Diamond Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Texas Age: 17 Posts: 1,200	I never get ads with Firefox... that's why I love it so much over IE __________________ XPS M1530

04-05-2006, 09:11 PM	#4 (permalink)
cybergomer Bronze Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 96	There's a nifty extension for Firefox, Adblock, that does one hell of a job of removing ads.

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