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AdBlock for Phoenix

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Hi.
I've just finished making <a href="http://adblock.mozdev.org">AdBlock</a> available for Phoenix. It's been tested with version 0.5. Feedback is very appreciated.

Henrik Aasted Sorensen
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Re: AdBlock for Phoenix

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Bish wrote:Hi.
I've just finished making <a href="http://adblock.mozdev.org">AdBlock</a> available for Phoenix. It's been tested with version 0.5. Feedback is very appreciated.

Henrik Aasted Sorensen


WOW! I've been waiting for this for a while. At my parents place right now, will have to give it a go when I get back home.

Let you know how it goes. Very excited :)

Edit...on first glance...is there a way to add AdBlock to the Context meny (right-click) for the flash movies? In the mean time I will resort to Page source.
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Post by spidermonkey »

all this after i just got my userContent.css file streamlined for not displaying most ads ;) i'll have to download this now and give it a go -- i was anxiously anticipating this but having it done today kinda surprised me... good job! here's to hoping it's a wonderful success! 8)
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How do I block just one flash add from a specific site? I can't right click it without gettting the flash menu and I don't to write a wild card that blocks ALL flash adds..
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Works nicely..until I shut the browser down and restart it. All the adds I block are back :(

Edit: Well I tried it again and now it seems to be remembering the blocked ones. Odd.
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Re: AdBlock for Phoenix

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Bish wrote:Hi.
I've just finished making <a href="http://adblock.mozdev.org">AdBlock</a> available for Phoenix. It's been tested with version 0.5. Feedback is very appreciated.

Henrik Aasted Sorensen


This will definately be useful if/when you can prevent the unwanted ads from being downloaded as mentioned on your ToDo list. Of course, this is a capability that should be in the browser by default :)

Not to say that it isn't already useful for many.
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Post by mozby »

spidermonkey wrote:all this after i just got my userContent.css file streamlined for not displaying most ads ;)


Same for me. Where are those ads I could feed adblock with...
I've begun surfing exotic places just to find ads I can remove! :shock:

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adblock ?

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Adblock? What on earth do you need that for??

Just stick a hosts file in ya box n no more ads...

Go here for details on how to make em n where to stick em...

http://www.accs-net.com/hosts/
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Post by maubp »

I've just installed it, but was unable to get the xpi saved to my hard disk (ready for next time I reinstall Phoenix).

Even copying the URL to IE didn't work:

http://adblock.mozdev.org/adblock-phoenix-0.2.1.xpi

"Internet Explorer was not able to open this internet site. The requested site is either unavailable or cannot be found. Please try again later"

Any ideas? Or could you add "download" links next to the install links perhaps?

Thanks

EDIT - I just right clicked the link in this post in Phoenix, and was able to save the file. Odd.
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Post by maubp »

Are you going to tell "Phoenix Help" so they can link to it?

http://texturizer.net/phoenix/extensions.html

Like a lot of people here, thats usually my first stop for Phoenix extensions.
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gambert wrote:Adblock? What on earth do you need that for??

Just stick a hosts file in ya box n no more ads...

Go here for details on how to make em n where to stick em...

http://www.accs-net.com/hosts/


Because with a hosts file, you have to list 12 doubleclick entries at a minimum. With this, you can just do *doubleick* and */ads/* to get rid of many in a quicker move.
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Re: adblock ?

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gambert wrote:Adblock? What on earth do you need that for??
Just stick a hosts file in ya box n no more ads...
Go here for details on how to make em n where to stick em...
http://www.accs-net.com/hosts/


My problem with the (very large) host file solution: It took ages for Mozilla/Phoenix (up to 1min) to load the first page (e.g. Google) when I started it the first time after a reboot. It worked nicely afterwards though.

But I like the userContent.css solution better anyway. I even have a link to it on my desktop :D
Yes I know, the ads are still being downloaded. This is a drawback.

winXP, xp1800+, 512 mb
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Post by alanjstr »

I got my hosts list from the kazaa-lite website. It had a lot of dupes and needed to have Yahoo re-enabled, but for the most part, it does absolutely nothing when I browse. There are just too many advertising places out there. Not to mention sites like Slashdot which 'host' their own ads.
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Post by mozby »

alanjstr wrote:... Not to mention sites like Slashdot which 'host' their own ads.


At least slashdot is friendly enough as to host it's banners in a special directory ("/banner/").
Having a
[src*="/banner/"] { display: none !important; visibility: hidden !important;}
line in my userContent.css, I don't see them and I had to start Opera now to see what you mean... :D

But there are sites which host the ads in their /images/ folder. Now that's mean. :evil:

mozby

EDIT: @alanjstr
Ups, I think I even used your userContent-template for a start to create my file. Thx!
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Re: AdBlock for Phoenix

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AkiAki007 wrote:
<i>Edit...on first glance...is there a way to add AdBlock to the Context meny (right-click) for the flash movies? In the mean time I will resort to Page source.</i>

No, sorry. It seems that the menu that emerges when you right-click on flash-content is not under the control of Phoenix, but rather the Shockwave-software. Flash will still be blocked based on the address, though, it's just harder to find it.


Visceral wrote:
<i>How do I block just one flash add from a specific site? I can't right click it without gettting the flash menu and I don't to write a wild card that blocks ALL flash adds..</i>

You have to find the address of the flash-ad. This must be done by either looking through the HTML-code or use the page-info-tool.


Chris Cook wrote:
<i>This will definately be useful if/when you can prevent the unwanted ads from being downloaded as mentioned on your ToDo list. Of course, this is a capability that should be in the browser by default</i>

Yup. At the moment I believe that this feature hangs on <a href="http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=162044">bug #162044</a> to be resolved. Go and vote for it. :)

maubp wrote:
<i>Are you going to tell "Phoenix Help" so they can link to it? </i>

Thanks for the link. I just wrote David and asked him to include it.

Henrik
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