On 3/6/10, FDVS <[email protected]> wrote: > > > David E. Ross wrote: >> On 3/5/10 4:33 PM, FDVS wrote: >>> I find I am waiting for many webpages to load.....for 5 seconds plus, >>> when normally they would be instantaneous. When they are loading, the >>> progress strip at the bottom left says either: >>> >>> partner.googleadservies.com or >>> google-analytics.com >>> etc >>> >>> I suspect these are tracking devices that are slowing things down, is >>> there anyway to disable them? > >> >> Have you considered the AdBlock Plus extension at >> <http://adblockplus.org/en/>? >> > > I tried to install it is not working as advertised. Could it be due to > this? (from Adblock website) > Installation in SeaMonkey > > "Unfortunately, in SeaMonkey 1.1 and below it is impossible to install > Adblock Plus in the user profile. Adblock Plus will need to be installed > in the application directory. This has the consequence that Adblock Plus > needs to be reinstalled after each SeaMonkey update. Also, usually only > privileged users can install to application directory (on Unix systems > this is root)." > > Also I checked my hosts file sys32/drivers/etc/hosts > and it already lists the errant sites! (which means they should be > already blocked!) > Thanks for any further ideas.
Try privoxy - http://sourceforge.net/projects/ijbswa/files/ _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
