Re: Old news : Opera Free 4 Linux
Quoth William Leese,
> > > Here it is free in the sense that you will have a banner with ads in the
> > > browser I believe.
> >
> > Can you block those with junkbuster?
> >
> ..very unlikely, though i can't be certain because i've never used
> junkbuster. If junkbuster is similar to the usually ad filters that check the
> html code for familar ad server names it certainly will not work because the
> banner isn't part of the page thats being loaded (its on one of the toolbars).
Without having ever seen or used Opera, I suspect that you probably
*will* be able to block the adds with junkbuster. As it sits as a proxy
between the browser and the internet (from where I am, unless it fetches
it's adds through the proxy, it wont be able to get them anyway), as
long as it's fetching the adds from a predictable server (you can check
this by tailing the /var/log/junkbuster.log file), there is no reason it
wouldn't be able to block them.
Of course, if Opera uses http 1.1 to fetch the ads, it could be a
problem, as junkbuster has a problem with that.
Anyway, someone try it and report back to the group (that's you're
homework for tonight, if you're reading this and have Opera and
Junkbuster!)
cheers,
damon (once again opining on something he knows almost nothing about...)
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