"Chris R Miller" <lordsauronthegr...@gmail.com> wrote in message news:gmgeq2$11j...@digitalmars.com... > Nick Sabalausky wrote: >> BTW, Daniel, if you're on Firefox, you need to install the Adblock Plus >> addon and set it up with some of the subscriptions here: >> http://adblockplus.org/en/subscriptions I'm not exaggerating when I say >> that for a few months before I found that addon, using the web was so bad >> I >> was *very* close to abandoning use of the web entirely. (I have some >> other >> addon recommendations too, if you're interested.) In fact, that addon is >> the >> main reason I use Firefox as my primary browser even though I generally >> dislike Firefox. This addon still doesn't solve all of the problems with >> JS, >> but it at least changes to web from "completely unusable garbage" (and >> that's no exaggeration) to merely "frequently irritating". > > You must frequent some fantastically horrible websites. I use the 'net > quite frequently, and I don't experience anywhere near enough > consternation to even consider finding a popup blocker.
Adblock Plus blocks any type of ad, not just popups. To be honest, I would have no problem with web ads if they were just simple static images like from back before popups. It's just all of the visual-movement, slow-JS, potential for malware, etc. that I can't/won't tolerate.