blocking banner ads

[rocketpcguy]

i use firefox PR1. im on dialup, and the internet is already slow. the banners are making it much much more slower. i could live with the ads with a fast connection, but this is too much.

i used to use adblock-05.xpi in my old computer, which used to make my pages load ultra fast. but adblock works only with the older firefox releases and now the adblock project seems to be abandoned.

i searched and found only material to stop displaying ads. however, the ads still load in the background, making it the same speed. any suggestions? perhaps a local proxy or a hack to adblock?

[bosox79]

This looks should do the trick Blocking Flash ads in Mozilla (http://krath.dk/linux/flash_blocking/)

HTH

[j79zlr]

adblock works with PR1, https://update.mozilla.org/extensions/

I am using it right now.

[rocketpcguy]

thanks j79zlr for the link. it works! the main website wasnt updated for a year, and thats why i thought it was abandoned. the download link given below there does not work with 1PR, but the one you gave does.
( http://adblock.mozdev.org/news.html )

[bosox79]

rocketpcguy,

The addblock link in the article I posted did'nt work for you, sorry about that ;) I am glad that adblock is doing it's job

Bosox

[rocketpcguy]

no no! the one you posted works! the main website doesnt!

[bosox79]

oh ok, I thought the link I posted was working:)