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conjur

No Lifer
Jun 7, 2001
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Originally posted by: nan0bug
Originally posted by: Kev
not in firebird.

right click, block image :)

The image is a flash animation... how do you block it? Im using firebird too and I dont wanna look at that crap.

Pop-up Stopper Free Edition is blocking it for me.
 

nan0bug

Banned
Apr 22, 2003
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Originally posted by: Kev
Originally posted by: nan0bug
Originally posted by: Kev
not in firebird.

right click, block image :)

The image is a flash animation... how do you block it? Im using firebird too and I dont wanna look at that crap.

im wondering that myself. i think one of the first ones that popped up was an image and now it blocks the flashes too


Flash Click to View plugin for Firebird/Mozilla :)

With this installed, you must click on a flash animation to view it, so you only see the flash stuff you want to see :)

I love firebird :heart:
 

Walleye

Banned
Dec 1, 2002
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i'll advertise my hosts file yet again. i dont see any adds over there. i hardly ever see banner adds, either.

anyone interested? apply via pm. include email.
 

MagicianBdotCom

Senior member
Nov 30, 2002
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Jeez you guys are picky. I didn't even notice them until you guys posted about it and even then I don't think it's that bad. Where's the pop up? I didn't get any?
 

jonmullen

Platinum Member
Jun 17, 2002
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hmm CSS hack and the host file trick...makes the forums nice fast ad free and free...I love firebird.
 

MagicianBdotCom

Senior member
Nov 30, 2002
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Originally posted by: jonmullen
hmm CSS hack and the host file trick...makes the forums nice fast ad free and free...I love firebird.

Unless your running on a really slow computer on a slow dial up connection, I doubt it made it much faster or more free :p I do agree it makes it more ad free though. :D
 

kmac1914

Golden Member
Apr 2, 2002
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Originally posted by: Astaroth33
Heh.. in some other thread someone posted a list of websites to put in your hosts file to map ad sites to 127.0.0.1, and it turns out these ads are served from one of those sites. So I have a little 404 box on the left side of my browser... lol.

Glad to know i'm not the only one....i almost thought i was weird or something, cuz i have a 404 on the side of my screen too.
 

Luagsch

Golden Member
Apr 25, 2003
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Originally posted by: Twista
PICTURE
what do i see here??? shared folder? writing to disk? copy of music? :p

btw: googlebar pwns (or i guess it's googlebar cause i just get a "action canceled")
 

Chaotic42

Lifer
Jun 15, 2001
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Yay, no ads for me, I'm a subscriber!

....for 4 more days. My debit card really wants to give Anandtech money. It's trying to. The want, the drive, the passion is there in it's little plastic heart, but unrequited love is tough.
 

NinjaGnome

Platinum Member
Jul 21, 2001
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I can barely even see the ads, the pop ups are a little annoying but nothing too horrible to me either.