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Pop-up blocker?

thedeejay

thedeejay

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What I'm trying to figure out is if safari has an in-built pop up blocker. Somehow ads always get through. Anyone have any idea how to stop/disable this? Checked settings and couldn't find anything there.

Thanks,

theDEEJAY
 
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thedeejay said:
What I'm trying to figure out is if safari has an in-built pop up blocker. Somehow ads always get through. Anyone have any idea how to stop/disable this? Checked settings and couldn't find anything there.

Thanks,

theDEEJAY
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Yes, in Safari, click Safari > Block Pop-Up Windows. Or click Safari > Preferences > Security > Block pop-up windows.

It's true that not all pop-ups are blocked. I run several ad-blockers. ClickToFlash, Safari AdBlock, GlimmerBlocker and JavaScript Blocker are just a few.
 
Didn't want to start a new thread for the same topic. Anyone have any other recommendations or something that's like an ALL in one as the ones mentioned above?
 
thedeejay said:
Didn't want to start a new thread for the same topic. Anyone have any other recommendations or something that's like an ALL in one as the ones mentioned above?
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Unfortunately, there doesn't appear to be. I'm now down to 3, although they're not specifically for pop-ups: AdBlock for most ads (tried Adblock Plus but wasn't impressed), ClickToFlash for Flash content and JavaScript Blocker for JavaScripts.
 
GGJstudios said:
Unfortunately, there doesn't appear to be. I'm now down to 3, although they're not specifically for pop-ups: AdBlock for most ads (tried Adblock Plus but wasn't impressed), ClickToFlash for Flash content and JavaScript Blocker for JavaScripts.
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How effective are they? I still seem to see the occasional ad get by. Why is that
 
Plutonius said:
I'm assuming that MacRumors makes most of it's money through advertising. Does MacRumors still make money if people use the adblocks ?
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We're not talking about blocking ads on this site, but adblocking in general. The best way to avoid ads on this site is to contribute.
thedeejay said:
How effective are they? I still seem to see the occasional ad get by. Why is that
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No adblocker is 100% effective. As long as the ads that get by are infrequent, I wouldn't worry about it.
 
GGJstudios said:
We're not talking about blocking ads on this site, but adblocking in general.
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Yes but adblocking in general would also block the ads on this site. I was just asking if blocking the ads would affect the revenue to this site or other sites I visit. If it does, I can put up with a few ads so the sites get their money.

I can't believe someone could have over 41,000 post especially since it's since May, 2008 (I never saw a macrumors Westmere before :D).
 
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Plutonius said:
Yes but adblocking in general would also block the ads on this site. I was just asking if blocking the ads would affect the revenue to this site or other sites I visit. If it does, I can put up with a few ads so the sites get their money.
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Yes, blocking ads does reduce the revenue sites make from those ads. That's why contributing to this site is a great idea.
Plutonius said:
I can't believe someone could have over 41,000 post especially since it's since May, 2008 (I never saw a macrumors Westmere before :D).
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I never saw one before, either! :D
 
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