How to stop ad's that play & flash continually ??

[frostbb]

Greetings,



Is there a way to turn off the 'play / flash' option fo ad's in IE6 ?? I
used to be able to left click on the add and turn of the player. That no
longer seems to be an option.



RANT ON:



I spend a lot of time reading documentation and white papers on MS sites ...
recently they've added a "Launch 2005" ad in the left margin that
continually flashes different content. For those that don't know about
migraine headaches ... flashing in the peripheral vision is a major
trigger.



I don't know about most of you but after about 2 or 3 minutes of that durned
thing flashing in the corner of my eye I've got a great start on a migraine
headache.



Ad's in the right margin are normally not a problem since one can usually
narrow the window down enough to hide the ad. I use to denigrate the
'migraine' thing until a neck injury a few years ago. Now I know that
migraines can and do disable a huge number of people regularly.



Unfortunately, more and more actively flashing / playing ad's are appearing
in the left window panel. These cannot be readily hidden.



Advertisers should take note that I (and I expect many other migraine
suffers) avoid sites that use active ad's. I'm really sorry to see that MS
has started to use active content ads.



I really resent being physically attacked by active ad's ... I end up having
to cover them with a post-it note in order to read the actual content of the
page.



RANT OFF:



Any help would be greatly appreciated!!



Thanks in advance.



Barry

in Oregon.

 

[mae]

This from another post:

TurnFlash - http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/tflash2.html
Flash and Pics Control -
http://www.unhsolutions.com/Flash-and-Pics-Control/index.html - also
disables images on a site for even faster downloading.
FlashSwitch - http://www.flashswitch.com/
--
Jon R. Kennedy
Charlotte, NC, USA
(e-mail address removed)

--
mae

| Greetings,
|
|
|
| Is there a way to turn off the 'play / flash' option fo ad's in IE6 ?? I
| used to be able to left click on the add and turn of the player. That no
| longer seems to be an option.
--snip--

 

[Guest]

Hi frost-
I also don't like flash stuff and junk, so I also use the Google toolbar.
You can get it here:
http://toolbar.google.com/
It is really cool and has an easy interface. And it has a bunch of other
features.

 

[frostbb]

Thanks for the reply. Much appreciated. I'll review the sites ASAP!

 

[frostbb]

Thanks for the response. Its appreciated!

How does the Google toolbar allow management of the active ad's ??

Thanks in advance.

Barry
in Oregon