How would you like to get rid of all those pop-up *and* banner ads that appear on websites? How about essentially all ads on websites?Go get yourself Adblock Plus. It's a Firefox extension and works great. Seems not everyone likes this extension however. :)
As the New York Times article above states:
Well, since all the websites I enjoy allow Firefox, I am still good to go. All praise open source and its capabilities. There is ***no way on this earth*** Microsoft would code up such a feature or support and encourage it.For now, the opposition to Adblock Plus has been led by small Web sites who want all Firefox users blocked from Internet sites in retaliation. One such advocacy site, whyfirefoxisblocked.com, taunts a Firefox user with the headline, “You’ve reached this page because the site you were trying to visit now blocks the Firefox browser.”
The page includes the following argument: “While blanket ad blocking in general is still theft, the real problem is Adblock Plus’s unwillingness to allow individual site owners the freedom to block people using their plug-in. Blocking Firefox is the only alternative.”
I've been using it for some time and I never had a problem with it.
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