Re: loss of I/O on some websites
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On 05/11/2014 08:59 AM, Whit Hansell wrote:
> Am getting frustrated. On the internet today there are so many sites
> that have taken on so much advertising that it is killing my desire
> to go to various sites. I mean specifically news sites.
>
> My box is a relatively new AMD quad core over 3 Gh, 16 Gb Ram and a
> video card w. 1 Gb memery on it, running Wheezy always updated and
> current. I go to some news sites and they have video start up and
> run while I'm still trying to get the page loaded and then trying to
> scroll the page my I/O (mouse and/or cursor keys) won't work or I
> have to wait for a video ad or more get done. Than someitmes w/o
> meaning to I scrolll over another ad and it starts running it's video
> and it starts all over again.
>
> Am I missing something in some an additional program I can install to
> help take over or as an addon to Eceweasel browser? This is really
> frustrating and I woiuld appreciate any help anyone can give.
Although this isn't particularly Debian-specific, assuming the video in
question is in fact from ads rather than from intentional page content,
it sounds like you want Adblock Plus. It's available from the official
Mozilla add-ons Website:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/adblock-plus/
and is also available as a Debian package:
apt-get install xul-ext-adblock-plus
It's one of several add-ons which I consider an essential part of any
Firefox / Iceweasel installation I'm going to actually use on a regular
basis.
For more complete and comprehensive blocking I also use NoScript, but
that adds rather more hassle for making things continue to work, and
it's not always necessary for this purpose.
- --
The Wanderer
Secrecy is the beginning of tyranny.
A government exists to serve its citizens, not to control them.
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