O/T: How to eliminate Flash Banner Ads

[Guest guest]

I thought many of you would find this useful. I read this in the ListHelp

group: many people there were very bothered by ads.

 

Original message:

 

There is a FREE TOOL FOR WINDOWS which renders AD-FREE. It's called

AdShield, it installs into Internet Explorer, and builds

a block-list of graphic ads you don't want to see. I don't see a single ad

when participating in any forums. If one DOES pop up, a quick

right-click eliminates it forever. It's www.adshield.com I believe.

 

Also, search for and disable FLASH if it is infecting your computer. Flash

is 's animated ad tool of choice - why would I install something which

makes my system a display device for ads I don't want to see? Yes, I might

occasionally miss some cool Flash anim website front end. Too bad. And if

said website has no other method of entry? Too bad again.

 

(End of message)

 

 

Irene

 

Towards_health_and_beauty/ Friendly support

and guidance to everyone struggling with weight and wellness problems.

[Guest guest]

On Sun, 29 Dec 2002 07:47:23 +0200, you wrote:

 

>I thought many of you would find this useful. I read this in the ListHelp

>group: many people there were very bothered by ads.

>

>Original message:

>

>There is a FREE TOOL FOR WINDOWS which renders AD-FREE. It's called

>AdShield, it installs into Internet Explorer, and builds

>a block-list of graphic ads you don't want to see. I don't see a single ad

>when participating in any forums. If one DOES pop up, a quick

>right-click eliminates it forever. It's www.adshield.com I believe.

>

>Also, search for and disable FLASH if it is infecting your computer. Flash

>is 's animated ad tool of choice - why would I install something which

>makes my system a display device for ads I don't want to see? Yes, I might

>occasionally miss some cool Flash anim website front end. Too bad. And if

>said website has no other method of entry? Too bad again.

>

 

An alternate means of doing this is using a text-based

mail/news program rather than OE.

 

I use Agent by Forte, and love it. Eudora is another

highly-regarded text-based program.

 

http://www.forteinc.com

 

http://www.eudora.com

 

There are NEVER any graphic ads in my mail!

 

Pat

--

Pat Meadows

 

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International: http://www.thehungersite.com/

[Guest guest]

I would not be too hasty in disableing Flash on your system. Disabling or

eliminating ads is one thing, but Flash is just a web tool like HTML, which

is the basis for displaying ALL information on websites. I have seen some

pretty impressive uses of Flash for non-ad purposes. So, I'd weight the

bigger issues before disabling it.

 

By the way, the adshield link is www.adshield.org

 

Dave

 

 

 

 

 

 

Irene Maradei [shantima]

Saturday, December 28, 2002 9:47 PM

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Towards_health_and_beauty

O/T: How to eliminate Flash Banner Ads

 

I thought many of you would find this useful. I read this in the ListHelp

group: many people there were very bothered by ads.

 

Original message:

 

There is a FREE TOOL FOR WINDOWS which renders AD-FREE. It's called

AdShield, it installs into Internet Explorer, and builds a block-list of

graphic ads you don't want to see. I don't see a single ad when

participating in any forums. If one DOES pop up, a quick right-click

eliminates it forever. It's www.adshield.com I believe.

 

Also, search for and disable FLASH if it is infecting your computer. Flash

is 's animated ad tool of choice - why would I install something which

makes my system a display device for ads I don't want to see? Yes, I might

occasionally miss some cool Flash anim website front end. Too bad. And if

said website has no other method of entry? Too bad again.

 

(End of message)

 

 

Irene