Re: "Webwasher" alternatives (was Re: Web banner blocker)
On Monday 10 September 2001 06:13 pm, Karsten M. Self wrote:
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> Some, but relatively few. My own policy is:
>
> - I don't like animated ads: handled with animation settings in Galeon.
> - I don't like Java/Javascript ads: disable both.
> - I don't like ad demographics aggregatorss: handled with both DNS
> and junkbuster.
Yeah, I'd like to add major advertises to an iptables ruleset, but I am
uncertain how to obtain all IP addresses owned by an organization.
> There are a number of other sites which have generally annoying ads, I
> filter these as well.
>
> I'm left with a small number of ads largely from smaller organizations.
> Some of which may actually be interesting.
>
> My PoV isn't that all advertising is evil (though the vast majority is),
> but that *evil* advertising is evil. Push me hard enough, and I'll push
> back.
>
> > With WebWasher's dimension filtering, I never see ads, *ever*. That's
> > pretty tough to beat. When a new ad size is commissioned, I just add
> > it to the list and move on.
> >
> > Plus, the cookie handling is nice for sites I don't visit often, but
> > need to login to. With Junkbuster I'd have to bust out my cookie
> > file, disable the proxy, let the site cookie me, then add an entry and
> > set it up as a read only cookie. What a pain.
>
> Agreed. I've been getting pushed harder to find something that will
> strip out crap HTML. Specifically:
>
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> - Pixel-specified table and frameset widths. These should generally
> be specified as % of page, or simply allowed to fill available area.
D'oh. I'm guilty of that in most of my pages. I still run at 800, so
anything that requires more than 640 annoys me to no end.
> ...and odd things elsewhere.
>
> What other webwasher type proxies are there out there? I have a strong
> preference for free software.
I wish I knew, but someone else following this rather large thread might have
some suggestions. I'm curious myself. (Just occurred to me that WebWasher
could track my surfing habbits and such -- I haven't monitored for that.
Scary thought.)
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