As I'm sure you've all noticed by now, the New Zealand Herald has a new website (so does Stuff, but that's less important). But apart from being prettier yet somehow more irritating to navigate (there's no longer the long list of stories down the side of each page), it also makes a very welcome change: there's no more paywall, so their opinion content is available to all again. I guess they decided that there was no point locking away their best content where people couldn't see it (and where it would earn them no advertising revenue).
On the minus side, those big animated ads make it a bit of a browser hog. Any suggestions as to how to kill them?
Install Firefox, and the AdBlock and FlashBlock plugins.
ReplyDeleteyeah, echoing duncan, firefox with adblock - never see a big ugly banner ad again.
ReplyDelete"I don't see no fookin ads either" says this other Firefox user hehehe.
ReplyDeleteI/S I am using AdBlock, Filterser.G, Nuke Anything Plus (for onetime only image/flash blocking) and NoScript (which will deal to flash and a myriad of other web annoyances too)
Grab them all at the following links:
http://adblockplus.org/en/
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1136/
http://www.noscript.net/whats
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/951/
I couldn't live without any of the above (and firefox) and another must-have extension for bloggers is this one here, which allows you do resize the text input box to something bigger than a postage stamp:
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/3818/
May the source be with you ;-)
Firefox with Adblock Plus. Do NOT use Filterset G Updater (see The Adblock Plus FAQ).
ReplyDeleteI barely see any adverts any more, I when I do, they go pretty soon afterwards.
Oh I/S, how about the mote in thine own eye? I'm afraid your blog ties my browser up in nots owing to its dodgy html and huge javascript downloads from 3rd parties.
ReplyDeleteIf you want a hand to give it some html love I'd be happy to assist.
Zanavashi and others: thanks for the advice; I'll install them and see how it goes. If people want to try and colonise my field of view, they canbloody well pay me for it.
ReplyDeleteStephen: I know. And when I can finally take this blog into Blogger Beta, I'll be ditching that (essential) javaScript comment function in favour of a nice, clean RSS feed.
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ReplyDeleteI'm very grateful for the Herald telling me that I should change my screen resolution from 1200x1600 down to 800x600 to make their site look better. That plus the animated gifs take me right back to the 1980's.
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