I now have chromium and claws at my beck and call. Man.. are they
ever fast.
So, how effective are ABP and Flashblock? I read once that the
Chrome ABP doesn't actually *block* ads from loading but simply
prevents them from being displayed.
Also, anyone with experience with these plugins (which *I* consider
essential, though some may find heresy)?
On 23 November 2010 19:13, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
> So, how effective are ABP and Flashblock? Â*I read once that the Chrome ABP
> doesn't actually *block* ads from loading but simply prevents them from
> being displayed.
That was the case some time ago, but according to the plugin site[1]
New in version 2.0: Ads are actually blocked from downloading
now, instead of just being removed after the fact!
I've also tried AdThwart, but went back to AdBlock (I can't actually
remember why), and it works for me on slow connections.
HTH,
— Jason
PS. The downside to ABP working properly now is that we'll no longer
see those ridiculous conspiracy theories and resulting flamewars about
why Google was so slow to implement the necessary API...
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11-23-2010, 10:37 AM
Paul Cartwright
Chromium addons (was Frustration made me do it.)
On 11/23/2010 06:13 AM, Ron Johnson wrote:
Also,
anyone with experience with these plugins (which *I* consider essential, though
some may find heresy)?
* acroread
* Java
* MozPlugger
* OOo
* Flash 10.0r45
* Silverlight 3.0.4xxxxx
* VLC
are you talking about Firefox or Chromium? in my Chromium ( which I
now use in Thunderbird as the default web browser when I click on a
link) I have these extensions:
AdBlock*-*Version:*2.2.12
Forecastfox
Weather*-*Version:*1.5.12
Hulu - TV
Shows*-*Version:*1.5.3 ( ok, never
used it, forgot I even installed it)
Hyperwords*-*Version:*2.9.0
Novell Moonlight*-*Version:*2.3
Ultimate
Google Docs Viewer*-*Version:*0.8.4.7
youtube works ( who is Justin Bieber, and why should I
care
*
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11-23-2010, 10:38 AM
Angus Hedger
Chromium addons (was Frustration made me do it.)
On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 05:13:53 -0600
Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
> On 11/18/2010 11:37 PM, Dan Serban wrote:
> [snip]
> >
> > I now have chromium and claws at my beck and call. Man.. are they
> > ever fast.
> >
>
> So, how effective are ABP and Flashblock? I read once that the
> Chrome ABP doesn't actually *block* ads from loading but simply
> prevents them from being displayed.
Nowadays the addblocker stops downloading, and the flashblock works
perfectly.
> Also, anyone with experience with these plugins (which *I* consider
> essential, though some may find heresy)?
>
> acroread
Should work fine
> Java
works here
> MozPlugger
no idea
> OOo
no idea
> Flash 10.0r45
works fine
> Silverlight 3.0.4xxxxx
works fine
> VLC
should work fine
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11-23-2010, 01:00 PM
Celejar
Chromium addons (was Frustration made me do it.)
On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 19:29:31 +0800
Jason Heeris <jason.heeris@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 23 November 2010 19:13, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
> > So, how effective are ABP and Flashblock? *I read once that the Chrome ABP
> > doesn't actually *block* ads from loading but simply prevents them from
> > being displayed.
>
> That was the case some time ago, but according to the plugin site[1]
>
> New in version 2.0: Ads are actually blocked from downloading
> now, instead of just being removed after the fact!
>
> I've also tried AdThwart, but went back to AdBlock (I can't actually
> remember why), and it works for me on slow connections.
I use Privoxy - not as user friendly as the plugins, but it will work
across all your browsers, is much more powerful (IIUC), and has no risk
of increasing browser bloat or instability, or becoming incompatible
with future browser versions.
Celejar
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11-23-2010, 01:22 PM
Klistvud
Chromium addons (was Frustration made me do it.)
Dne, 23. 11. 2010 15:00:59 je Celejar napisal(a):
I use Privoxy - not as user friendly as the plugins, but it will work
across all your browsers, is much more powerful (IIUC), and has no
risk
of increasing browser bloat or instability, or becoming incompatible
with future browser versions.
I use squid3. It will work across all the browsers across all the
machines on your LAN; you only have one central point of configuration
(and of failure), which immensely reduces overhead. In addition, squid
may be configured to cache your web access, making it snappier.
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11-23-2010, 08:00 PM
Celejar
Chromium addons (was Frustration made me do it.)
On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 15:22:49 +0100
Klistvud <quotations@aliceadsl.fr> wrote:
> Dne, 23. 11. 2010 15:00:59 je Celejar napisal(a):
>
> > I use Privoxy - not as user friendly as the plugins, but it will work
> > across all your browsers, is much more powerful (IIUC), and has no
> > risk
> > of increasing browser bloat or instability, or becoming incompatible
> > with future browser versions.
>
> I use squid3. It will work across all the browsers across all the
> machines on your LAN; you only have one central point of configuration
> (and of failure), which immensely reduces overhead. In addition, squid
> may be configured to cache your web access, making it snappier.
I chain privoxy and squid. I don't know much about configuring squid
for ad blocking, etc., and I just use squid out of the box.
Celejar
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11-23-2010, 08:16 PM
Liam O'Toole
Chromium addons (was Frustration made me do it.)
On 2010-11-23, Klistvud <quotations@aliceadsl.fr> wrote:
> Dne, 23. 11. 2010 15:00:59 je Celejar napisal(a):
>
>> I use Privoxy - not as user friendly as the plugins, but it will work
>> across all your browsers, is much more powerful (IIUC), and has no
>> risk
>> of increasing browser bloat or instability, or becoming incompatible
>> with future browser versions.
>
> I use squid3. It will work across all the browsers across all the
> machines on your LAN; you only have one central point of configuration
> (and of failure), which immensely reduces overhead. In addition, squid
> may be configured to cache your web access, making it snappier.
I use privoxy chained with squid. Best of both worlds :-)
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