Jump to content
Compatible Support Forums
Sign in to follow this  
doniej

Best "Free" Popup killers? HELP!!!

Recommended Posts

I was wondering if anyone had some good advice as to what is the best "FREE" popup killer for XP? ;( I've read about them all...just about, but I trust your advice as to which one is "really" good. smile Any advice will be much appreciated.

Share this post


Link to post

Heh, I've been using Phoenix for 3 or 4 months, and I love it. I only use IE now for MSFT sites (Windows Update, etc.). I personally like to kill popups, ads, etc. with the browser, rather than a third party utility. On a sidenote, I stumbled across a neat .css for Phoenix (presumably Mozilla, too) that removes some, if not most, banner ads. If anyone is interested, I can post the contents here.

Share this post


Link to post
Code:
/* * This file can be used to apply a style to all web pages you view * Rules without !important are overruled by author rules if the * author sets any.  Rules with !important overrule author rules. *//* * turns off "blink" element blinking */blink { text-decoration: none ! important; }/* * hides many ads by preventing display of images that are inside * links when the link HREF contans certain substrings. */A:link[HREF*="ad."] IMG { display: none ! important }A:link[HREF*="ads."] IMG { display: none ! important }A:link[HREF*="/ad"] IMG { display: none ! important }A:link[HREF*="/A="] IMG { display: none ! important }A:link[HREF*="/click"] IMG { display: none ! important }A:link[HREF*="?click"] IMG { display: none ! important }A:link[HREF*="?banner"] IMG { display: none ! important }A:link[HREF*="=click"] IMG { display: none ! important }A:link[HREF*="/ar.atwo"] IMG { display: none ! important }A:link[HREF*="spinbox."] IMG { display: none ! important }A:link[HREF*="transfer.go"] IMG { display: none ! important }A:link[HREF*="adfarm"] IMG { display: none ! important }A:link[HREF*="bluestreak"] IMG { display: none ! important }A:link[HREF*="doubleclick"] IMG { display: none ! important }/* disable ad iframes */IFRAME[SRC*="ad."]  { display: none ! important }IFRAME[SRC*="ads."]  { display: none ! important }IFRAME[SRC*="/ad"]  { display: none ! important }IFRAME[SRC*="/A="]  { display: none ! important }IFRAME[SRC*="/click"]  { display: none ! important }IFRAME[SRC*="?click"]  { display: none ! important }IFRAME[SRC*="?banner"]  { display: none ! important }IFRAME[SRC*="=click"]  { display: none ! important }IFRAME[SRC*="/ar.atwo"]  { display: none ! important }IFRAME[SRC*="spinbox."]  { display: none ! important }IFRAME[SRC*="transfer.go"]  { display: none ! important }IFRAME[SRC*="adfarm"]  { display: none ! important }IFRAME[SRC*="bluestreak"]  { display: none ! important }IFRAME[SRC*="doubleclick"]  { display: none ! important }IMG[usemap] { display: none ! important }/* turning some false positives back off */A:link[HREF*="download."] IMG { display: inline ! important }A:link[HREF*="click.mp3"] IMG { display: inline ! important }/* * For more examples see http://www.mozilla.org/unix/customizing.html */


That file gets saved as 'userContent.css' and gets placed in:

\Documents and Settings\%UserName%\Application Data\Phoenix\Profiles\default\(random string)\chrome\

Share this post


Link to post

Here's a pair of screenshots, one with Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1, and the other Phoenix 0.5 with the above listed userContent.css applied.

 

ss_inetexpl.png

 

ss_phoenix.png

Share this post


Link to post

do you know where i would put this file in my opera directory?? Or will it not work for opera. I dont know much about HTML and webstuff ;(, so any help is greatly appreciated. smile

Share this post


Link to post

Honestly, I don't know, I haven't used Opera... You could try doing a search for a custom/default css... I'll try installing Opera in the next few days and check it out.

Share this post


Link to post

Please sign in to comment

You will be able to leave a comment after signing in



Sign In Now
Sign in to follow this  

×