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Shandris

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3. Firefox is very, very simple to use and...

Sat Aug 15, 2015, 04:00 PM

Aug 2015

...includes, with 2 simple add-ons, a way to kill out about 99.9% of that tripe. If you can use IE or Edge, you can use Firefox. I promise.

The add-ons are called Adblock Edge (don't waste your time with regular Adblock Plus, it allows paid ads) and NoScript. With NoScript, you'll need to 'turn on' scripts for it to work**, but there demonstration on the site is very straightforward and any NS user could help you if you have problems.

Starve the beast. Ads determine what gets coverage, and ads don't metric justice. Starve the beast.

Good luck with whatever you decide to do.

**This will make more sense as you look at the add-on, even if it seems contradictory right now.

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I'VE HAD IT! Website programmers are morons. Website owners are greedy morons. [View all] Armstead Aug 2015 OP

Adblock. Try it. Brickbat Aug 2015 #1

I have. Lost it when upgraded computer but will try again. Armstead Aug 2015 #2

I lost it too MuseRider Aug 2015 #4

Flashblock...try it. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2015 #25

Thanks. MuseRider Aug 2015 #28

I went back to Internet Explorer... Archae Aug 2015 #72

I kinda like it MuseRider Aug 2015 #73

I agree, I used to understand that website owners needed to make a buck... Salviati Aug 2015 #26

This. Ed Suspicious Aug 2015 #44

Adblock Plus works. uBlock or uBlock Origin works better. backscatter712 Aug 2015 #75

Agreed, less bloated with code too that can slow down your system. Ublock is great. Hestia Aug 2015 #80

Firefox is very, very simple to use and... Shandris Aug 2015 #3

I went to FF addons and said Adblock edge has been discontinued Armstead Aug 2015 #9

I just switched from ABP to uBlock - Firefox runs noticably faster and still no ads. BuckIA Aug 2015 #14

I installed Ad Blocl Plus Pop Up, am testing it out. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2015 #41

It is a neverending cat and mouse game PowerToThePeople Aug 2015 #5

Don't blame the programmers. DavidDvorkin Aug 2015 #6

They should tell their clients/bosses, "This is not going to be good for your site or business" Armstead Aug 2015 #10

They may well have done so DavidDvorkin Aug 2015 #11

Yep, GMTA lol. n/t hootinholler Aug 2015 #17

In those cases, you're right Armstead Aug 2015 #20

But it doesn't stand a very good chance of getting listened to. nt SusanCalvin Aug 2015 #51

Exactly. we can do it Aug 2015 #66

That always works well - NEVER. They tell you what they want because they know everything. we can do it Aug 2015 #65

Then that would go under the second statement in the headline OP Armstead Aug 2015 #67

Not really because most sites bombard everyone with crap. we can do it Aug 2015 #69

^This x 1000 we can do it Aug 2015 #64

Adblock as mentioned above. Apple is about to screw Google and other ad spammers on mobile. onehandle Aug 2015 #7

I look forward to that. Armstead Aug 2015 #13

Good- I'm so tired of ads with a scripts that open the app store Lee-Lee Aug 2015 #21

Me too, recently. onehandle Aug 2015 #23

Sadly, this will only be on the browser, Safari. TM99 Aug 2015 #77

Well, since the sites are free, how do you expect them to pay.... Logical Aug 2015 #8

UM did you read my post all the way through? Please do. Armstead Aug 2015 #15

Ads are no longer just an annoyance. They are a security issue. NYC Liberal Aug 2015 #27

Is there a list somewhere of those safe ad networks? Armstead Aug 2015 #29

Do you use Adblock Plus? NYC Liberal Aug 2015 #34

Yeah, I work for a free newpaper, so I'm not unsympathetic to the value of ads Armstead Aug 2015 #36

Or if all commercials were like what TBS tried a few years ago: NYC Liberal Aug 2015 #37

Well another pet peeve is seeing three minutes of programming and five minutes of ads on TV... Armstead Aug 2015 #40

Ad Choices is the worst offender on mine. Jim Beard Aug 2015 #71

Armstead, you slobbered a bibfull lumpy Aug 2015 #12

Don't blame the programmers hootinholler Aug 2015 #16

If I were a carpenter, and a storeowner told me to install a door starting 5 feet from floor. Armstead Aug 2015 #18

And he would probably hire someone else to STFU and do what was asked. we can do it Aug 2015 #68

I'd demand a refund from all those free websites you're visiting... brooklynite Aug 2015 #19

I'm guessing you didn't read my OP all the way through either Armstead Aug 2015 #22

I really hate the "surveys" that cover news stories. AngryOldDem Aug 2015 #24

it sounds like you just tried going to Huffington Post Enrique Aug 2015 #30

They were pioners in this. I gave up on them long ago Armstead Aug 2015 #32

Ha good one but there are even way worse out there unfortunately. Person 2713 Aug 2015 #35

I won't open links to Huffpost, raw story and a few others. Hassin Bin Sober Aug 2015 #39

There is adware out there that will do this every time Warpy Aug 2015 #31

Thanks. I have a brand new computer that's dog slow Armstead Aug 2015 #33

Firefox is great Warpy Aug 2015 #38

Also...Better Privacy from Mozilla shows you the hidden long lasting cookies dixiegrrrrl Aug 2015 #42

get a program called noscript (all one word) from noscript.net it blocks lots of bad stuff or msongs Aug 2015 #43

Adblock and disable Flash on your browser. I don't miss what valerief Aug 2015 #45

Update your HOSTS file and block all of them BlueStateLib Aug 2015 #46

I've been using a hosts file like that for years. lpbk2713 Aug 2015 #52

they also cheat Old Codger Aug 2015 #47

Just my opinion Quackers Aug 2015 #48

I may but this is usually confined to individual sites Armstead Aug 2015 #59

I use Pale Moon on my PCs. BarbaRosa Aug 2015 #49

I use multiple ad blockers. SeattleVet Aug 2015 #50

Yeah, a 60 second ad to see a 30 second clip Armstead Aug 2015 #58

It's all about the money, Lebowski. nt navarth Aug 2015 #53

There are some sites so bad FlatBaroque Aug 2015 #54

There's one with the "Worst Plastic Surgery" that creeps me out every time I see it Armstead Aug 2015 #57

Fucking Taboola. backscatter712 Aug 2015 #76

Let me guess.... browser looks like this? Nye Bevan Aug 2015 #55

Not quite that bad LOL Armstead Aug 2015 #56

At one point I was doing phone support and on more than one occasion has a caller like this Trekologer Aug 2015 #84

Pages these days are extremely heavy weight!!! uponit7771 Aug 2015 #60

LOL moondust Aug 2015 #61

It's become very common for a site to almost immediately pop-up a request that the visitor sign up Dark n Stormy Knight Aug 2015 #62

Programmers are not morons. They only do what they are asked to do. we can do it Aug 2015 #63

I work in media...Perhaps I made too broad a generalization but... Armstead Aug 2015 #70

In the business, that's called the Door-Slam antipattern. backscatter712 Aug 2015 #74

Pop up or layered subscription requests. So called slide shows eg Ten Stars Who Live a Simple Life, Monk06 Aug 2015 #81

I keep hearing this more and more from people. herding cats Aug 2015 #78

I never see that shit. hunter Aug 2015 #79

I just downloaded adblock sorefeet Aug 2015 #82

Its not the programmers.. its the owners/ marketers. DCBob Aug 2015 #83