[PLUG] Making web browsing fun again
Richard Langis
richard.langis at sun.com
Thu Aug 29 22:10:37 UTC 2002
I'm using a combination junkbuster -> squid proxy at home. Junkbuster
is an opt-in filter, meaning you have to manually add the things you
want to block. However, most ad banner cgis and urls are pretty
similar, and/or come from the same place, so only a few entries will
catch 90% of the ads.
My wife likes to use IE under XP, so she doesn't have the option of
turning off popups or other Bad(tm) things. I have to do all that on
the packet-pushing side. Lucky me.
She DOES like how junkbuster can block out an ad and put in a custom 'ad
blocked' page/image/url. Keeps the page layout workable - some ad
blockers replace the ad with a 1x1 .gif.
-R
Jason Dagit wrote:
> I wanted to share a tip I learned, and then ask others if they have
> similar tips they would like to share.
>
> Does anyone know of a good filter proxy for blocking banner ads and
> pop-ups? I just found one called Yet Another Filter Proxy (YAFP), but I
> haven't had a chance to test it.
>
> I'm interested to hear the advice of others.
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