Re: [newbie] Ad Blocker for Linux? (Mandrake 8.0)
On Wednesday 18 July 2001 02:25, Miark wrote: And while I ponder Konqueror, I have one other question: I have Enable Web Shortcuts turned on, and I _thought_ this would allow me to type, say av and go directly to altavista. Instead, Konqueror sends it to Google as a search term. Should that happen? Miark You have to type a colon (:) after av, for example av:ppp Regards, Peter -- Peter Ruskin, Wrexham, Wales. Registered Linux User No. 219434 ( see http://counter.li.org/ ). Linux Mandrake release 8.0 (Traktopel) for i586, kernel 2.4.3-20mdk-win4lin-pnr, XFree86 4.0.3, patch level 11mdk, KDE: 2.1.2, Qt: 2.3.1. Uptime 2 hours 49 minutes
Re: [newbie] Ad Blocker for Linux? (Mandrake 8.0)
On Monday 16 July 2001 11:57, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: There's an article about this on MandrakeForum.com right now. On Tue, 17 Jul 2001 01:42, Jim Lynch wrote: Anybody know of a good ad blocker for Linux? I tried WebWasher but it didn't work right. Is there anything else out there? I hate being stuck with so many obnoxious ads flashing at me. Thanks in advance if you can point me in the right direction. :-) Jim I use SAB, (check out the Forum as mentioned above), esay to compile and install. I compiled it and created /usr/bin/sab, put the config files and the executable in their, check the permissions, and enter the startup and shutdown commands in the ppp up/down scripts. Works for me a treat. It also has java control, and cookie blocker. Dave.
Re: [newbie] Ad Blocker for Linux? (Mandrake 8.0)
Konqueror can kill JavaScript, but it appears to kill all JavaScript. The Galeon option appears to kill pop-ups specifically. Is that correct? And while I ponder Konqueror, I have one other question: I have Enable Web Shortcuts turned on, and I _thought_ this would allow me to type, say av and go directly to altavista. Instead, Konqueror sends it to Google as a search term. Should that happen? Miark - Original Message - From: Sridhar Dhanapalan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Benjamin Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 11:41 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Ad Blocker for Linux? (Mandrake 8.0) Konqueror in KDE 2.2b1 has this feature as well. The popup windows are created with Javascript -- Konqueror and Galeon can block this particular Javascript call while leaing the rest intact. Note, however, that there are some legitimate uses for popup windows that this feature will block (since it can't tell what's an ad and what's not). On Wed, 18 Jul 2001 02:35, Benjamin Sher wrote: Dear Jim: Try Galeon, the browser that uses Mozilla's Gecko engine. It has a fabulous feature (Settings, Preferences, Advanced, Filtering) called: Allow pop-ups. You uncheck it and, bingo, all those horrible ads are gone (e.g. at www.real.com). Besides, Galeon is a great browser with all the features of Mozilla and then some. You'll need Mozilla AND Galeon. Reall all about it at: http://galeon.sourceforge.net Benjamin. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan. There are two major products that come from Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence. -- Jeremy S. Anderson
Re: [newbie] Ad Blocker for Linux? (Mandrake 8.0)
Actually I finally got Web Washer installed and it's great! No more obnoxious spinning ads. If anybody is in need of one, I'd say check it out. It's free at www.webwasher.com. Jim --- civileme [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 17 July 2001 21:19, DStevenson wrote: On Monday 16 July 2001 11:57, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: There's an article about this on MandrakeForum.com right now. On Tue, 17 Jul 2001 01:42, Jim Lynch wrote: Anybody know of a good ad blocker for Linux? I tried WebWasher but it didn't work right. Is there anything else out there? I hate being stuck with so many obnoxious ads flashing at me. Thanks in advance if you can point me in the right direction. :-) Jim I use SAB, (check out the Forum as mentioned above), esay to compile and install. I compiled it and created /usr/bin/sab, put the config files and the executable in their, check the permissions, and enter the startup and shutdown commands in the ppp up/down scripts. Works for me a treat. It also has java control, and cookie blocker. Dave. And I use SquidGuard, and fail to see the pop-up ads as they map into transparent single pixels. I also deny/drop certain domains like doubleclick.net Civileme __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] Ad Blocker for Linux? (Mandrake 8.0)
BTW, the beta of Netscape 6.1 has good cookie control. I installed it the other day and no problems so far. Best browser so far I've used on Linux. Jim --- DStevenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Monday 16 July 2001 11:57, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: There's an article about this on MandrakeForum.com right now. On Tue, 17 Jul 2001 01:42, Jim Lynch wrote: Anybody know of a good ad blocker for Linux? I tried WebWasher but it didn't work right. Is there anything else out there? I hate being stuck with so many obnoxious ads flashing at me. Thanks in advance if you can point me in the right direction. :-) Jim I use SAB, (check out the Forum as mentioned above), esay to compile and install. I compiled it and created /usr/bin/sab, put the config files and the executable in their, check the permissions, and enter the startup and shutdown commands in the ppp up/down scripts. Works for me a treat. It also has java control, and cookie blocker. Dave. __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] Ad Blocker for Linux? (Mandrake 8.0)
Konqueror in KDE 2.2b1 has this feature as well. The popup windows are created with Javascript -- Konqueror and Galeon can block this particular Javascript call while leaing the rest intact. Note, however, that there are some legitimate uses for popup windows that this feature will block (since it can't tell what's an ad and what's not). On Wed, 18 Jul 2001 02:35, Benjamin Sher wrote: Dear Jim: Try Galeon, the browser that uses Mozilla's Gecko engine. It has a fabulous feature (Settings, Preferences, Advanced, Filtering) called: Allow pop-ups. You uncheck it and, bingo, all those horrible ads are gone (e.g. at www.real.com). Besides, Galeon is a great browser with all the features of Mozilla and then some. You'll need Mozilla AND Galeon. Reall all about it at: http://galeon.sourceforge.net Benjamin. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan. There are two major products that come from Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence. -- Jeremy S. Anderson
