[PLUG] Making web browsing fun again

[Alice Corbin]

On Thu, Aug 29, 2002 at 03:10:37PM -0700, Richard Langis wrote:
> 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.

And some people stick their junkbuster block files out on the web so that
you can download them and get a healthy head start.
Ali

> 
> 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
> 

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