can anyone recommend a good ad blocker for safari ? i usually use firefox, but for some strange reason firefox seems to lose internet connection after a few mins. all the time.
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lostfan916
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Safari Block: http://code.google.com/p/safariblock/ (not had a chance to compare it's performance to Safari AdBlock yet)
Pith Helmet is the best IMO, but as of now you have to edit a plist file to get it to run in Safari 3.1 unfortunately.
BlakTornado
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Safari Ad Blocker Not working
Suddenly this morning I tried to launch Safari and I received this odd message on start up of Safari, ABP feed unable to connect, then Safari would not display anything on any URL except for a 1 pixel by 1 pixel gif. Once I thought about it for a few moments, I realized that this must be an addition that I installed and not the app itself. So I disabled Safari AdBlock and everything works again, except, Oh Yeah!!! All the friggin Ads are back because the Blocker is not on!! You forget about the ads once you get used to a blocker, even harmless sites like yahoo mail flood you with ads unless you block certain frames from loading using an ad blocker.
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Suddenly this morning I tried to launch Safari and I received this odd message on start up of Safari, ABP feed unable to connect, then Safari would not display anything on any URL except for a 1 pixel by 1 pixel gif. Once I thought about it for a few moments, I realized that this must be an addition that I installed and not the app itself. So I disabled Safari AdBlock and everything works again, except, Oh Yeah!!! All the friggin Ads are back because the Blocker is not on!! You forget about the ads once you get used to a blocker, even harmless sites like yahoo mail flood you with ads unless you block certain frames from loading using an ad blocker.
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Dave Braine
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I used to get that 1 x 1 pixel problem, but usually only with links from a google page. Turning off SafariBlock and reloading the page would solve it. However, SafariBlock doesn't work with Snow Leopard so I now use Glimmerblocker:
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=e...ker+snow+leopard&meta=&aq=5&oq=glimmerblocker
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=e...ker+snow+leopard&meta=&aq=5&oq=glimmerblocker
Interesting Article
Really interesting article about how ad-blockers can destroy the sites you love:
http://arstechnica.com/business/new...king-is-devastating-to-the-sites-you-love.ars
Really interesting article about how ad-blockers can destroy the sites you love:
http://arstechnica.com/business/new...king-is-devastating-to-the-sites-you-love.ars
MacDawg
Moderator emeritus
While I get the premise of the article, if they really want to change the game, they will address the ads themselves, not the ad blockers. There is a reason people use the ad blockers:
The ads are what makes the page load at a snails pace
The ads are typically what causes the page to crash
The ads are intrusive and take away from the content
Many of them are Flash and are awful to begin with
GlimmerBlocker is another ad blocker to consider