[Techtalk] two firefox annoyances..

[Dan]

> If it's mainly ads that slow down page loading, then Adblock is your
> friend :)

Mozilla (and I presume Firefox) comes with a built-in ad-blocking
feature that's less powerful but also more intuitive. You can
right-click on any image and choose "block images from this server".
(And if the next page loads with no images, you blocked the wrong server
and you'd better right-click on a non-image and choose "Unblock images
from this server".)

And if you don't mind continuing on this tangent a little longer, I
turned off all animated images (which are usually ads) and didn't
install Flash (which is usually used for ads). That makes a few sites
unusable but it really is rare - and a site that's nothing but Flash
animations usually isn't worth visiting anyway.

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   Beat Microsoft's IE
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