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Not Enough Ads? Install Adbar.

Posted by michael on from the !tangled-web dept.

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.'"

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  1. Yeah, ok. by Valar · · Score: 5, Funny

    And when I'm done, I need to start installing my virus collection.

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    Crudely Drawn Games
    1. Re:Yeah, ok. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      Don't copy that floppy!

    2. Re:Yeah, ok. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      And when I'm done, I need to start installing my virus collection.

      This is awesome! I just found out that I can pay money to have my own conversations tapped, and now I just found out that I can install a plugin for my browser that gives me more ads! 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!

  2. IT'S A TRAP! by Rylfaeth · · Score: 5, Funny

    or so shouts Admiral Adbar.
    -Rylfaeth

  3. is there a version for by theguywhosaid · · Score: 5, Funny

    Internet Explorer?

    1. Re:is there a version for by mabinogi · · Score: 5, Funny

      hundreds of them, just use IE for a few hours and one is bound to install itself.

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      Advanced users are users too!
  4. You just saved me from installing IE!!! by cytoman · · Score: 5, Funny
    Thanks, dude!!!! I was going Cold Turkey without the ads/popups after switching to Firefox... I needed to see those ads so bad that I was about to uninstall Firefox and switch to Windows so that I could use IE!!!!!!

    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.

  5. Yep it's a joke by beakerMeep · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

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    meep
  6. Re:Google is a special case by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sucker.

  7. Don't cross the streams! by deep+square+leg · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

  8. A use for those otherwise wasted cycles... by Chris+Brewer · · Score: 4, Funny

    Install AdBar and Adblock and let 'em fight it out...

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  9. Re:Registering to get rid of ads? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    Why pay to remove something you can simply choose to not install in the first place?

    Here on Earth, we call this a "joke".

  10. Targeted Ads, eh? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    So based on the assumptions about slashdot users, you will get even MORE ads about "enlarging your member" based on surfing habits.

  11. I just invented something too by oasis3582 · · Score: 5, Funny

    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!

  12. Let me get this straight by cicatrix1 · · Score: 4, Funny

    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!

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  13. Re:Well by soimless · · Score: 5, Funny

    My question is if i can Adblock my Adbar?

  14. Someone's gotta say it... by Graabein · · Score: 4, Funny
    1. Create Adbar extension for Firefox, nearly giving a lot of /. readers a heart attack
    2. Giggle uncontrollably at the predictable fallout
    3. ???
    4. Profit!

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    And remember kids: Never trust a computer you can actually lift.
  15. Re:Well by BrainInAJar · · Score: 5, Funny

    " *woah* did you just insult a 2-digit UID? :-P"

    He bought it (the UID) on ebay, so it's okay

  16. Re:Resolution to burn by Donny+Smith · · Score: 5, Funny

    > Sorry, I prefer to keep my [very limited] desktop space.

    Haven't you seen that ad for large LCD monitors?

  17. My DVD Player by Frankie70 · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

  18. Re:Well by bhima · · Score: 5, Funny

    Who buys trade magazines? You just fill out the zillion question form and they appear at your office for the rest of your life.

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  19. Re:Can I hack it to pay myself? by leathered · · Score: 5, Funny

    " If you run Google ads, Google pays you."

    ..in Soviet Russia?

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  20. Obligatory Penny Arcade Reference by Sentry21 · · Score: 4, Funny

    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

  21. Re:Well by CaptainZapp · · Score: 4, Funny
    Wasn' there a French advertiser who has written a book with the title (paraphrased):

    Don't Tell My Mother That I Work In Advertising, She Thinks That I'm The Piano Player in a Brothel ?

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    mit taschenrechner in der hand

    kraftwerk