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https://glimmerblocker.org/

Let me decide what is "acceptable" for me.

For safari: Glimmer blocker is both an ad blocker and can deny and or rewrite scripts on the fly.

Why would ANYONE use Safari on Mac when you have FF? ABP and NoScript for the win!

ClickToFlash works very nicely and there are several other extensions that let you block stuff. It even replaces flash videos with the H.264 stream if it is available.

I'm really loving GlimmerBlocker, which sets up a http proxy so any web browser you use will have ads blocked, you don't need to install an ad blocker extension on every browser you have. It'll even allow other computers on your network to use the proxy and gain the same benefits. Pretty nifty.

I use GlimmerBlocker, which is a pretty cool little system extension which has a bunch of built in blocking scripts, but also allows you to create your own.

I also use ClickToFlash, but not sure if that does anything to protect you against Flash Cookies.

Then if you really get annoyed at certain sites, you can always edit your host file.

some other ad-blocking solution

For use on OS-X, probably using glimmerblocker. Nice for those using multiple browsers since it runs as proxy. Also never becomes incompatible between Safari versions (add-on experience in Safari has been less than ideal during transitions).

You don't need Adblock with Safari. On OS X, at least, there's GlimmerBlocker.

Glimmerblocker is great, saves looking for extensions and covers any browser (it's an http proxy, and has auto filter lists for extra goodness).

You can always use GlimmerBlocker, which has the advantage of working with any browser.

Glimmer blocker.

It works as a 'proxy' so it works with all browsers.
I can inject javascript into any page (just like GreaseMonkey). Runs in the background. I haven't noticed much RAM or CPU usage.

Only downside is it doesn't do https sites, because the browser decodes those.

If you have a Mac, get GlimmerBlocker It works as a proxy server so it's not an addon. It works with every browser. I can even us GreaseMonkey scripts with all browsers (It will let you inject Javascript right before /body).

I use it with Chromium & WebKit. Firefox doesn't get launched anymore other than for a few things, mainly because it likes to eat up all my RAM. I've had Firefox, with no windows open, using more RAM than the active Photoshop session I was using.

This is why I've finally dropped Firefox on my Mac.

It's been a great ride, and I thank them for what they've done. I still run it on my Work PC. (Until Google figures out how to make programs that run behind authenticated proxies).

But they've become just as complacent with their memory usage as Microsoft did with IE6 sucking. Only programs I've ever had use MORE were Photoshop when I'm doing batch processing of HDR images and VMWare when I've given the guest >1024MB of RAM, and even then, they don't beat Firefox by a large margin.

There will be times my computer is running slow as hell and I'll look up at memory usage and Firefox is above 800M, I'll kill it and start over.

Finally I had enough. I researched my 'Ad Block Plus' options and found Glimmer Blocker. It's set up as proxy which means I can use it with all Web Browsers. It supports most GreaseMonkey scripts as is. I can insert CSS, etc. Only downside (which is good) is that it doesn't do anything to https connections.

XMarks syncs all my bookmarks. LastPass syncs all my passwords and so right now Chromium and WebKit Nightly are getting 50/50 usage to see which one I like better.

Chromium has a bare minimum of extensions(XMarks, LastPass, Blank New Tab & Facebook fixer). Chrome just flys. Hell there would be times when I'd hav e Chromeium browsing the web. Safari on Youtube and Firefox having 0 windows open, but it still is managing to consume 600MB of RAM while Safari and Chromium aren't even in the top 10.

The *ONE* thing I thought I would miss the most was Firebug. Until I realized both Chromium/Chrome and Webkit/Safari have Javascript Profiling tools built in and other stuff that put Firebug to shame. I wouldn't be surprised if it's probably what Google uses to develop most of their stuff.

I've left both browsers up for days and fired up an occasional firefox and after 20 minutes I watch my little menu bar graph creep up until my computer was swapping and being slow.

Which is why I dropped FireFox.

It's been a great ride, and I thank them for what they've done. But they've become just as complacent with memory usage.

There will be times my computer is running slow as hell and I'll look up at memory usage and Firefox is above 800M.

I run Glimmer Blocker on my Mac to act as a modifying proxy. It supports most GreaseMonkey scripts as is. XMarks syncs all my bookmarks. Right now Chromium and WebKit Nightly are getting 50/50 usage to see which one I like better. But with a bare minimum of plugins (XMarks, LastPass, Blank New Tab & Facebook fixer). Chrome just flys. Hell I'm writing this up in Chromium. Safari is on youtube and firefox has 0 windows open, but it still is managing to consume 600MB of RAM while Safari and Chromium aren't even in the top 10.

The *ONE* thing I thought I would miss the most was Firebug. Until I realized both Chromium and Webkit Nightly (and Safari) have Javascript Profiling tools and other stuff that put Firebug to shame (It's probably what Google uses to develop most of their stuff).

If you're running on OS X, you don't need adblock for any browser. GlimmerBlocker will do the same thing and is usable by any browser you want since it's just a proxy.

GlimmerBlocker is similar and somewhat easier to configure, but less mature and runs on OSX only.

Works great with Safari, though, with not having to worry about things like SafariAdblock causing stability problems.

For ABP, there is a (Mac-side) replacement: GlimmerBlocker. There's another one out there called Safari Adblock as well.

First off, because it drives me nuts, it is "couldn't care less". (Cue picking on grammar errors in this post. Maybe I'll drop a couple in intentionally!)

Secondly there is adblock (and flashblock) for Safari in the form or SafariBlock, or if you don't care for Input Managers there's always things like GlimmerBlocker which is a local HTTP Proxy which will block ads (and flash and do other fancy things) across the whole system and not just one browser.

GlimmerBlocker is a more stable ad-blocker. It's an http proxy and not an awful InputManager hack, so you can freely upgrade Safari without having Safari going into crash me mode.