On Wed, 5 Oct 2005 08:06:16 -0700, "Eric Hunt"
wrote:

Kath,

I'd totally forgotten about adblock on FireFox!

I don't see ads anymore on the web. Period.

It's amazing, refreshing, and I hate using another computer without it to
browse the web.

It's like TiVo - you stop watching commercials when you have TiVo and then
when you're at a friend's house watching live TV with commercials - it's
maddening!

-Eric

Or even stuck watching TV live at home after you have become used
to skipping commercials and suddenly you catch up to live
broadcast and have to wait thru the rest of the commercials.


"K Barrett" wrote in message
...
"Rob" wrote in message
...
K Barrett wrote:
I need a way to afford more orchids, as per Rob's rules, *G*, so I was
researching stocks/mutual funds on MSN.com when the E*Trades
advertisement
expanded, swooped over my line of sight and virtually captured my
monitor
for 15-20 seconds. I couldn't close the ad. I couldn't continue what
I
was
doing until the ad's animation finished and reduced its self back into
the
ad space, returning control of my monitor to me - something straight
out
of
'Outer Limits'.

Ah! These clever e-commerce mavens. They've designed a new way to
tick us
off. First it was banner ads, then pop ups, now this swoop.

I assume there's some sort of setting I need to change. Turn off
active-x
or something... anyone have any tips?

K Barrett





Get Firefox, and the adblocker extension. Block any and all traffic
from the adserver that gave you the nasty ad. Easy peasy. I don't see
nearly so much garbage as I used to.

--
Rob's Rules: http://littlefrogfarm.com
1) There is always room for one more orchid
2) There is always room for two more orchids
2a) See rule 1
3) When one has insufficient credit to obtain more
orchids, obtain more credit


OK, that's at least 7 votes I've gotten for Firefox. Guess I'd better
change.

K




SuE
http://orchids.legolas.org/gallery/albums.php