7 Aug
2001
7 Aug
'01
12:52 p.m.
On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 11:51:57AM -0400, Riad S. Wahby wrote:
Ray Dillinger <bear@sonic.net> wrote:
Simple answer: turn off javascript and java. It is generally not used except to make ads more annoying.
Certain browsers (*ahem* Konqueror) allow you to just disable the window.open() method. That way, if a site requires JavaScript (some do---even some useful ones) you can still avoid the banners.
There are also a number of freeware ad filter programs, including one that I wrote (see www.lne.com/ericm). When I turn it off (it's not perfect and a few sites won't work with it on), I'm astounded by the number of ads that I don't normally see. Eric