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Old 06-27-2012, 08:46 AM
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Default Wow, what a difference (ads vs. no ads)

At home I use Mozilla Firefox with add-on "AdBlockerPlus" - works great! No popups, nothing flashing at me, I see very few ads on pages. No jiggling bellies on my Yahoo Mail (I HATED those).

Yesterday I was at a library using their computers, also Firefox - but ADS all over the place!! How do people stand it??!!

One message board I like to read (not this one) - there were so many ads, the messages only took up about 1/4 of the width of the screen.

It was like
reading
everything
like this.


As I left, I suggested the Adblocker add on to the library personnel.......got the blank look.... Oh well, I tried.

How many of you have adblocking software on your browser?
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Old 06-27-2012, 09:41 AM
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thanks for bringing this to my/our attention. here is the link for those that are interested http://adblockplus.org/en/
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i've been using firefox without the blocker. i've experienced fewer ads than with IE, but not ad free.
i just installed it and restarted my computer.... it's wonderful!!! thanks so much!
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Oh, thank you, thank you, THANK YOU! I just installed it and what a difference!!
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ptquilts, you are a hero!! Thanks!!! I have just installed it and what a difference!!
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In most cases the ads are how people keep there web sites free.i.e. face book, (although I don't have a facebook account and won't).
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Got it! THANK YOU 1000 times THANK YOU!
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I have it and love it!
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I'm confused. Will this work for Internet Explorer, too?
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Originally Posted by Pat G View Post
I'm confused. Will this work for Internet Explorer, too?
No, that one won't work with IE. IE has a pop-up blocker built in but as anybody knows, it does let a lot of popups through. By tweeking your security settings, you can get rid of more of them.

The How-To Geeks recommend Simple_adblock @ http://simple-adblock.com/ if you'd like to add an additional ad-blocker to IE.
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