Flash Ads

[Spacey Spade]

If I want to surf the web with Flash enabled, is there any way to stop the
annoying ads once they start? Many of them do not have "stop" available in
their context menu. All the resources I've found for Internet Explorer
require a refresh of the current page, or even a restart of the browser.
To me this is as annoying as waiting for the flash animation to come to an
end.

Resources:
-I can turn off Flash with a reg file (and not get prompted to download
Macromedia Flash), and then turn it back on with another reg file.
-I can use a batch file to rename a Flash dll, or restore it.
-A freeware app called jTFlashManager

Let me know if you would like more info on any of these.

Proxomitron notes:

The problem with trying to filter out ads is that sometimes you miss some
stuff you actually wanted to see. I use the latest Proxomitron on its
default setting. I haven't gotten into trying to tweak it, because I don't
think I could do better than those who put their time into the default
filters. The default setting is conservative enough so that mainly ads get
filtered and not much else. Even then I still find a page here and there
where I have to bypass Proxomitron to make it display or act correctly.

I know some people make web pages appear the way they want to (style-wise)
for the sake of legibility, etc, but I kind of like to see pages the way
the author intended them to be seen. Gives some variety to surfing.

 

[Tom Hoeber]

If I want to surf the web with Flash enabled, is there any way to
stop the annoying ads once they start?

Try No!Flash from http://www.geocities.jp/baryonlee/noflash/ Lets you turn
Flash on or off from the system tray. Works quite well.

 

[Dominic]

If I want to surf the web with Flash enabled, is there any way to stop the
annoying ads once they start? Many of them do not have "stop" available in
their context menu. All the resources I've found for Internet Explorer
require a refresh of the current page, or even a restart of the browser.
To me this is as annoying as waiting for the flash animation to come to an
end.

Resources:
-I can turn off Flash with a reg file (and not get prompted to download
Macromedia Flash), and then turn it back on with another reg file.
-I can use a batch file to rename a Flash dll, or restore it.
-A freeware app called jTFlashManager

Let me know if you would like more info on any of these.

Proxomitron notes:

The problem with trying to filter out ads is that sometimes you miss some
stuff you actually wanted to see. I use the latest Proxomitron on its
default setting. I haven't gotten into trying to tweak it, because I don't
think I could do better than those who put their time into the default
filters. The default setting is conservative enough so that mainly ads get
filtered and not much else. Even then I still find a page here and there
where I have to bypass Proxomitron to make it display or act correctly.

I know some people make web pages appear the way they want to (style-wise)
for the sake of legibility, etc, but I kind of like to see pages the way
the author intended them to be seen. Gives some variety to surfing.

I don't know about any other browser, but Mozilla's Thunderbird has an
extension that displays a grayed-out box in place of all Flash animations,
which you have to click to play the animation. Ads, splash pages, whatever;
none of it plays until you decide to let it play. Really makes some of
those sites work-friendly!

-D

 

[CeeJay]

I don't know about any other browser, but Mozilla's Thunderbird has an
extension that displays a grayed-out box in place of all Flash animations,
which you have to click to play the animation. Ads, splash pages, whatever;
none of it plays until you decide to let it play. Really makes some of
those sites work-friendly!

Its in Mozilla Firebird .. Thunderbird is the mail/news client i'm using
right now.

Try also the tip at the Mozilla Firebird Help site on how to remove ads.
It works great and with Mozilla Firebird already blocking popups you can
surf pretty much adfree.

I love both Mozilla Firebird and Thunderbird.

 

[Steven]

Try the new intelligent popup killer --Zero Ad .

It can kill flash ads on the web , support Explore ,Netscape ,Mozilla
,Opera.

It does not change any setting of your browsers , It detects flash in
the system tray , you can enable or disable easily.

download : http://www.magic2003.net

 

[Tom Hoeber]

Try the new intelligent popup killer --Zero Ad .

$18.59 is not free.

 

[tlshell]

So... does it stop all flash, or only the ads? If only the ads, then read
the "Proxomitron Notes" in my first post. If it stops all flash ads, then
reread my post.

The program described appears to use the hosts file to block
adservers. Therefore, it's not a "flash" stopper, but rather and "ad"
stopper. If it happens to stop flash ads as a result, that's a bonus
for you. I've been using an ad-blocking Hosts file list that I
downloaded and it seems to work very well. I only see whatever alt
text the webmaster chose to include, with occasionally hilarious
results such as "Insert ad text here".

For more information, try following some of the links from this
search: http://www.google.com/search?q=ad+blocking+hosts+file

 

[Roger Johansson]

That said, what I would really like is a hacked flash library or executable
that would always show the stop button. Psychologically it would make me
feel in control,

In the Opera browser you can set default action for every type of file
the browser may encounter.
I have set .swf files (flash) to user dialog, so I can decide in each
case if I want to ignore it, open it, or download to disc.

I think this is a good system and more browsers should have that
feature. It also makes one aware of how many file formats a web
browser must handle.

Are there any freeware browsers where you can set the action the
browser should take for each file format?

 

[JohnR]

Sounds like you need a "bookmarklet". I, too, was annoyed by Flash ads and
the slow loads on a dialup connection. Go to this site,
http://www.squarefree.com/bookmarklets/zap.html , and drag the "zap plugins"
bookmarklet onto your links bar. Then anytime you want to stop Flash, just
click the button. Works just on that page and gives you the choice of when
to zap and when to view. Hope this helps.

 

[tlshell]

The only place flash ads
have ever bothered me are at movies.yahoo.com. I'm going to see "Whale
Rider" this Wednesday on what I think will be a hot date

Can't help you with the date, but if it's just Yahoo, then all you
need is to block their adservers. That should keep the hosts file
short enough not to cause delay.

 

[Spacey Spade]

wrote:

Sounds like you need a "bookmarklet". I, too, was annoyed by Flash ads and
the slow loads on a dialup connection. Go to this site,
http://www.squarefree.com/bookmarklets/zap.html , and drag the "zap plugins"
bookmarklet onto your links bar. Then anytime you want to stop Flash, just
click the button. Works just on that page and gives you the choice of when
to zap and when to view. Hope this helps.

Wow! awesome! I tried it out at ubergeek.tv ** where they have some kewl
flash animations. The flash dropped dead. I almost felt sorry for it.

I remember bookmarklets from a couple of years ago, I thought they were
great and put them in my favorites, but couldn't find a personal use for
them and eventually dropped them. The second I read "bookmarklets" in your
message I was happy.

** (thanks to Blinky the Shark's sig for this site)

 

[Steven]

try the new intelligent popup killer -- Zero Ad


It can stop flash banner and ads in Explore, Netscape,Mozilla , Opera.

and it is the only one popup killer which can stop flash banner in all
popular browsers.


download : http://www.magic2003.net

 

[John Corliss]

try the new intelligent popup killer -- Zero Ad
It can stop flash banner and ads in Explore, Netscape,Mozilla , Opera.
and it is the only one popup killer which can stop flash banner in all
popular browsers.

"Purchase Online - Only $18.59" "15 days free trial period"

That's NOT freeware, it's trial/shareware. Perhaps you didn't read the
replies to your post on the 12th when you suggested this program. If
you don't know what freeware is, you should read this page:

http://www.ccountry.net/~jcorliss/F.A.Q./Page3.html

Stop promoting your non-freeware program in this group or I will
report you to your upstream provider. This is not an idle threat, I've
done it to others many times before and have gotten many, many
accounts canceled. You have been warned.

 

[Phil Rowley]

NOT freeware

 

[tlshell]

That's NOT freeware, it's trial/shareware. Perhaps you didn't read the
replies to your post on the 12th when you suggested this program. If
you don't know what freeware is, you should read this page:

Send them an e-mail.

 

[John Corliss]

Send them an e-mail.

Of course I did that too so that he would be sure to get the message.