Safari Adblocking

As the one guy here that says, "it isn't as customizable"…I think this is a decent solution.

Good find!

 

I've yet to have safari/webkit crash. It might stay at 100% cpu load for a minute or two on select heavy websites though. I just disable ( or dont install ) extensions and use a hosts file to block all ads. No ads, no tracking, no crashing.

This will also block ads system wide. TFF, shareware apps with ads etc.

Cheers

 

I may have to test this out. I got Adblock on Safari working on my iBook, but when I tried it on my Powerbook it crashed. Glimmerblocker didn't seem to do anything when I tried it.

 

The hosts file is buried in one of the hidden OS X folders.

It's a text file and you designate either an IP address (or range of addresses) or URLs. When the system sees a request for those things, it does not communicate with them. Effectively it's a block.

For me, personally, I generally don't like/use whole system blockers simply because disabling it is a PITA when you might need something it's blocking to load.

But the hosts file is an effective tool as the entire system is blocked from communicating, not just a browser.

 

Well done @z970mp , the stylesheet solution is tidy for removing ad banners on screen, but I don't think it has the scope to reduce the javascript overhead from ad cycling and tracking, which I believe is where the PowerPC browsers tend to choke.

@wicknix can you share your ad blocking hosts file? I imagine the combination of blocking at the hosts file and also doing browser level ad hiding with the stylesheet would certainly catch all.

It's also worth bringing up again, that the latest TenFourFox has a built in ad blocking checkbox in the "TenFourFox" section in the Preferences panels. I have found there is now no need to install ad blocking addons. I found FPR7 has been the fastest version of stock TFF so far. The difference is quite substantial, especially on the G4s.

 

I use the one here:
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts2.htm

Instructions for Mac here:
http://pointhope.de/tips&tricks/no_place_like_localhost.html

 

Does it help? Doesn't it cause problems?

 

I don't have much to do right now, so I'll give @Dronecatcher's hosts file a try as well and compare it to the StyleSheet we're discussing.

 

Always worked for me. The only problem is if you click on an ad sponsored search result in Google that you actaully want to see - it will block it. Sometimes you can bypass that be editing the ad forwarding from the URL.

 

I use exactly the same file @Dronecatcher linked. I also have a hosts.pkg thats a pref pane to easily enable disable select ip addresses and urls. When i get home from work tonight i'll upload it.

Cheers

 

Here is the link to the pref pane.
http://osxdaily.com/2012/07/30/easily-edit-hosts-file-in-mac-os-x-from-a-preference-pane/
https://github.com/specialunderwear/Hosts.prefpane/downloads

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I dont remember which version im using. I can dig through my external drive and try finding the one im using. Otherwise on the osxdaily page the is also a link to download gasmask which essentially does the same thing.

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Personally I use Privoxy. Since it works as a proxy service it's probably less appropriate for some network configurations (or maybe some hosts), but just in case I've made a separate network config that doesn't use it. It's quite fast, and Tobias Netzel contributed a 32-bit powerpc build that works with tiger/leopard. https://sourceforge.net/projects/ijbswa/