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A very good solution is Webfree.

It's shareware - $20.00. It works on Open Transport and Classic Networking. And even though it's page hasn't been updated since 1997, it works on MacOS 8.x and 9.x and is browser independent.

It's a control panel that intercepts URL requests - much like the hosts file, I imagine - and blocks anything on the list using regex. It adds a contextual menu item for blocking images that can be used to select a particular image and then go back later and expand to the directory level, etc. It also will supress cookies, block the blink tag, and stop gif animations after the first cycle. It also has a tab on the control panel where it gives stats of how many images are blocked, animations stopped, etc.

Wonderful product, I recommend it highly.

Web proxy for the Mac? I use WebFree, available at http:// www.falken.net/webfree/ Works fine on OS 9, although it has not been updated since 1997. You can use pseudo-grep syntax to match tags, block cookies on the outgoing side and stop animated gifs. All in one simple control panel

Auckerman mentioned this below... webfree

but you might also check out http://www.flourish.org/adremove/.

You can also use a proxy.pac file to selectively block ads if you have a javascript capable browser like Netscape/Mozilla/IE etc.

Here are some for Unix based Operating Systems. Here is one for Macintosh that still runs in OS 9.

I've been using Proxomitron in Windows for some time know. It can parse HTTP headers as well as content. I prefer it to firewall-based solutions since I can bypass the filtering with just a click in the system tray.

For Mac, you can use iCab (as mentioned but not named in the article). To add filtering to any Mac browser, there's WebFree(68k) or WebWasher(PPC)

But if you really want to kill 100% of annoying banner ads, use Lynx, w3m, links, or (Mac only) WannaBe^2.

Mac users can selectively block image requests from specific domains using WebFree. It'll also suppress all cookies and crappy <BLINK> tags. Not sure what the Linux equivalent is, but I believe there *is* one ....

Mac users might also want to check out WebFree, a control panel that can filter out whatever you tell it to.

-jon