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Not Enough Ads? Install Adbar.
An anonymous reader writes "Jesse Ruderman brings the worst feature of Opera, Advertisements, to Firefox with his extension Adbar. According to the page, 'adbar displays Google ads related to pages you view. Because the ads are relevant, they are occasionally useful. When adbar isn't displaying ads from Google, it displays Firefox-related things such as silly Firefox slogans, ads for other Mozilla software, and requests for donations to the Mozilla Foundation.'"
And when I'm done, I need to start installing my virus collection.
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Crudely Drawn Games
or so shouts Admiral Adbar.
-Rylfaeth
I was worried I wasn't getting enough google ads reading slashdot every 30 minutes. no, but really, thats how sad I am.. I'm on a 30 minute refresh cycle..
ok.. so heads you lose tails I win. right?
Internet Explorer?
Yay Ads! I was feeling guilty about reading pages without watching ads... I was feeling guilty because seeing content without Ads is like stealing from the content makers. You saved my soul.
From the site: "Can I register and get rid of the ads? Of course! Paypal $19 (51% cheaper than Opera!) to me or the Mozilla Foundation, then use Firefox's Extension Manager to uninstall adbar." What a waste of a parannoid attack I had there. Thanks slashdot.
meep
Sucker.
What is the point of posting this story? Is it some kind of clever backhand insult to Opera?
I use Opera all the time: number of times I have even noticed the ads consciously... um, never. Or let's say, just about the same number of times I notice them on SlashDot!
Don't install it next to Adblock! The meeting of these two opposing super-extensions will create an implosion that shall engulf the entire universe.
Install AdBar and Adblock and let 'em fight it out...
Consultancy: If you're not part of the solution, there's money to be made in prolonging the problem
hey thanks for the spyware kit, i can now hack it about and re-release it for those suckers who have mozilla's activeX clone installXp feature enabled (by default)
spyware doesnt just have to be for win32 now, hooray !
good to see mozilla is emulating all the features from MSIE, we wouldnt want anyone to miss out
Here on Earth, we call this a "joke".
- These are not the ads you're looking for.
- You can go about your business.
- Move along.
I'd rather be a conservative nutjob than a liberal with no nuts and no job.
With Adbar at the top of the screen, and Adblock lurking at the bottom right, what's the poor web content area to do?
So based on the assumptions about slashdot users, you will get even MORE ads about "enlarging your member" based on surfing habits.
I just invented a reverse TiVo. It extracts all the commercials from a given time slot for viewing at a later date! One at a time folks!
It advertises for mozilla (in mozilla). It advertises things I'm already looking at. Does it advertise itself? I've been searching for this exact set of features! It's like the second coming!
I know more than you drink.
Do not try to block the ads. That's impossible. Instead only try to realize the truth. There are no ads. Then you'll see that it is not the ads you block, it is only yourself.
Let's not forget that one can hate his government, but love his country.
My question is if i can Adblock my Adbar?
Yes they are, but sometimes they can provide enough good that they overcome their inherently evil nature (kinda like Angel) -- as long as you don't climb bed with them, then all bets are off.
Free Software: Like love, it grows best when given away.
This must be the long awaited Mozilla Internet Exploder Compatibility Suite (MIECS).
:-)
Be careful, M$ may want to sue you over patent technology of some such thing, that is if Darl wont get you first.
You want a signature? You can't handle a signature!!
LOL then I must be the only one paying...
and block all traffic from *.google.com/* !
This Sig is removed due to factual inaccuracy
That should be: tied _upside down_ to a tree and fed exlax for a week.
And remember kids: Never trust a computer you can actually lift.
" *woah* did you just insult a 2-digit UID? :-P"
He bought it (the UID) on ebay, so it's okay
> Sorry, I prefer to keep my [very limited] desktop space.
Haven't you seen that ad for large LCD monitors?
If you check the http://www.squarefree.com/extensions/adbar/ page you can pay $19.95 and get rid of the ads?
whats the point of an AdBar with no ads ????
-= Technomancer =-
I have hacked my DVD Player to play 5 minutes of advertisements after every 10 minutes of the movie. And my TIVO plays stored ads even when I watch the premium ad free channels.
Surely Yahoo targeted promotional e-mail, based on keywords in your inbox, can be useful sometimes. Also, I have been hearing about those beneficial worms patching windows holes. Perhaps a firewall plugin is in order.
Who buys trade magazines? You just fill out the zillion question form and they appear at your office for the rest of your life.
Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
" If you run Google ads, Google pays you."
..in Soviet Russia?
For all intensive porpoises your a bunch of rediculous loosers
I wish I had the same for Mozilla Thunderbird, so I can get more spam...
If they ever come up with a device for my computer that shoves a hot poker in my ass every so often, I'll be in heaven!
Close...
--Dan
I'd hit it, oh wait...
Yeah, sometimes I wonder if GMail knows something I don't. Every time I get an email from my girlfriend, I get an ad about getting a DNA paternity test. What the..?
you gotta love it when you see:
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Weight Loss Hypnosis Audio CD
more info
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advertised next to:
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Luxuriousity CAD
AutoCAD DXF Compatible
Computer Aided Design Software
(WINDOWS version)
(MAC version)
(CAM Expert Professional Version
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they have their target audience covered all right!(fat nerds)
world was created 5 seconds before this post as it is.
Don't Tell My Mother That I Work In Advertising, She Thinks That I'm The Piano Player in a Brothel ?
ich bin der musikant
mit taschenrechner in der hand
kraftwerk
To paraphrase Steven Wright, "I put an ad-bar and an ad-blocker on the same browser and let them fight it out."
Editor Emeritus and Senior Writer, TeleRead.org
A 2-digit ID only got $115?
Shit - I'm going to have to reconsider my retirement plan now.
You could try timesharing it
He who defends everything, defends nothing. -- Fredrick The Great