Advertisements on Web Pages

[Eric Murray]

On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 11:51:57AM -0400, Riad S. Wahby wrote:
> Ray Dillinger <bear at 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