On Monday 10 September 2001 06:13 pm, Karsten M. Self wrote: <snip> > > Some, but relatively few. My own policy is: > > - I don't like animated ads: handled with animation settings in Galeon. > - I don't like Java/Javascript ads: disable both. > - I don't like ad demographics aggregatorss: handled with both DNS > and junkbuster.
Yeah, I'd like to add major advertises to an iptables ruleset, but I am uncertain how to obtain all IP addresses owned by an organization. > There are a number of other sites which have generally annoying ads, I > filter these as well. > > I'm left with a small number of ads largely from smaller organizations. > Some of which may actually be interesting. > > My PoV isn't that all advertising is evil (though the vast majority is), > but that *evil* advertising is evil. Push me hard enough, and I'll push > back. > > > With WebWasher's dimension filtering, I never see ads, *ever*. That's > > pretty tough to beat. When a new ad size is commissioned, I just add > > it to the list and move on. > > > > Plus, the cookie handling is nice for sites I don't visit often, but > > need to login to. With Junkbuster I'd have to bust out my cookie > > file, disable the proxy, let the site cookie me, then add an entry and > > set it up as a read only cookie. What a pain. > > Agreed. I've been getting pushed harder to find something that will > strip out crap HTML. Specifically: > <snip list> > > - Pixel-specified table and frameset widths. These should generally > be specified as % of page, or simply allowed to fill available area. D'oh. I'm guilty of that in most of my pages. I still run at 800, so anything that requires more than 640 annoys me to no end. > ...and odd things elsewhere. > > What other webwasher type proxies are there out there? I have a strong > preference for free software. I wish I knew, but someone else following this rather large thread might have some suggestions. I'm curious myself. (Just occurred to me that WebWasher could track my surfing habbits and such -- I haven't monitored for that. Scary thought.)