Posted by: eyefusion September 4, 2007
irritating banner ads solution
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For those of you who are bothered by the flying banner ads that go across the screen constantly, there are solutions . here is a very simple one that I use and works for me. 1) Download/install Mozilla firefox browser if you havent already.If you use one, update it to the latest version. link: www.mozilla.com/firefox 2) open the browser and type https://addons.mozilla.org . You can also do this directly after opening the firefox brower by clicking tools-->addons--> get extensions. This will bring you to a page where there are many useful little programs that you can install according to you needs. 3) we will be installing two small addon programs from the "firefox-addon" page. There is a search box somewhere on the top of the page. You can search the name of the addons from that box. Here are the 2 addons you will need: a) Adblock plus - this lets you block most of the ads in any site. Very useful program.The more you play with it, the more you will like it. Once installed, you will see red colored icon on the top right of the firefox browser. Click on that and it will give you the list of stuff running, for example, in sajha.Double click on where it says banners or ads etc. A new window will pop out and simply click on" Add filter" button. That part will vanish from the browser.You will have to do this for each ad link. I'm sure theres a easier way but I havent had time to explore more. b) Noscript- I love this addon. Like the name says, it will block most kinds of scripts such as java scripts , and also programs such as flash, java etc etc. . You can actually control which site/program to block and which not to block, so its very user friendlly.What I do is, I block all the sites in default by clicking "untrusted" and later allow according to my needs. After it is installed,it's icon "S" is placed at the bottom right corner of the firefox browser.Click on the icon and you will see lots of other sites tying to gain access to your browser besides sajha.You can block all or you can block some. Even if you block, you can still access most sites, but for more fancy looking sites( since they use flash, java etc), you may have to enable the no script by just clicking and allowing. Thats it. Combination of these two addons should take care of your needs, atleast for now. However, do click on Sajha.com ads once in a while from internet explorer :).Thers a real cost involved to operate website of this caliber, no doubt. I like this site but what can I say, I hate those moving banners.
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