NetNanny offers this option -- you can switch between a "Go" (can visit only allowed sites) list and a "No Go" (cannot visit only blocked sites) list.
You can "throw the switch" whenever you wish.
> I want the ability to filter cookies based on the domain they came from./. cookies - Yes. Doubleclick - No.
> I want the ability to filter JavaScript based on the domain.
You can do these things in IE 5.0 or newer -- go into Internet Options -> Security tab, and add Slashdot to the Trusted sites, and Doubleclick and whatever else to Restricted. Then modify the settings of each category to your own preferences.
I think that including AOL 6.0 with Windows XP is a good thing; not because I am going to take advantage of that, but because there are millions of users who are members of America Online, and I feel it would be very convenient for them to buy the latest version of XP (most people don't see the pattern that Windows gets worse [more memory hungry, buggier, etc.] with each new release), and voila! -- they have AOL installed automatically.
Personally, as long as the Windows installation gives one the option to disable installation of AOL, I don't see it as a bad thing.
The ONLY bad thing I see in this is that the AOL program is steadily "bloating", and that's never a good thing unless size = # of features (and we know that that's not true with AOL).
Anyway, I think it's a good thing that Windows and AOL are on the same CD-ROM, saving time and bandwidth for millions of people.
Personally, I don't mind advertisements unless they do something annoying like blink rapidly or spawn new browser windows without permission.
If the advertisers want to pay large sums of money to display advertisements, that is just fine with me -- in fact, if I am in a good mood, I just might humor an advertiser and click on their link.
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NetNanny offers this option -- you can switch between a "Go" (can visit only allowed sites) list and a "No Go" (cannot visit only blocked sites) list.
You can "throw the switch" whenever you wish.
> I want the ability to filter cookies based on the domain they came from. /. cookies - Yes. Doubleclick - No.
> I want the ability to filter JavaScript based on the domain.
You can do these things in IE 5.0 or newer -- go into Internet Options -> Security tab, and add Slashdot to the Trusted sites, and Doubleclick and whatever else to Restricted. Then modify the settings of each category to your own preferences.
That's what I do, and it works great.
I think that including AOL 6.0 with Windows XP is a good thing; not because I am going to take advantage of that, but because there are millions of users who are members of America Online, and I feel it would be very convenient for them to buy the latest version of XP (most people don't see the pattern that Windows gets worse [more memory hungry, buggier, etc.] with each new release), and voila! -- they have AOL installed automatically. Personally, as long as the Windows installation gives one the option to disable installation of AOL, I don't see it as a bad thing. The ONLY bad thing I see in this is that the AOL program is steadily "bloating", and that's never a good thing unless size = # of features (and we know that that's not true with AOL). Anyway, I think it's a good thing that Windows and AOL are on the same CD-ROM, saving time and bandwidth for millions of people.
Personally, I don't mind advertisements unless they do something annoying like blink rapidly or spawn new browser windows without permission. If the advertisers want to pay large sums of money to display advertisements, that is just fine with me -- in fact, if I am in a good mood, I just might humor an advertiser and click on their link.