Well, I tried it in Freespire linux (copied to $HOME/.opera/urlfilter.ini), also installed hosts file from http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=273931&cid=202 94125 and still I see ads on some pages. Urlfilter has over 1000 lines, and Ad Muncher has over 4000. So, current rank: 1. Opera urlfilter - some ads gone 2. Firefox AdBlock - many ads gone 3. Ad Muncher - most, if not all ads gone
I don't know how good is Opera urlfilter capabilities vs AdBlock Plus, can they be joined together. What is the best blocklist for AdBlock Plus? Url?
About Linux: I really like Freespire Linux, because watching videos with LBrowser (modified Firefox): Windows Media (watching news), Quicktime (trailers etc), Flash and Java works. Got my Jabra BT620s bluetooth headset working in bluez-sco, skype and xmms, but not in LBrowser yet. When listening podcast I hear hiss with every s spoken, but maybe by compiling newer version of it I can get it fixed. Hmm, just found GUI tool for bluez-sco, on the bottom of page: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=2705335 and got xmms working from page http://wiki.bluez.org/wiki/HOWTO/AudioDevices that says xmms menu: options->preferences->Output Plugin->Configure: "bluetooth" VMware player takes too much processing power so laptop gets too noisy, so I'll try to get wine or crossover working. CrossOver Linux trial was strangely very slow with Freespire, so haven't got some windows apps installed.
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Sure it's great for your computer, but I only have WinXP Home AMD Sempron laptop with 1 GB RAM and integrated graphics card, that takes part of that 1 GB RAM.
When I was using Firefox, adding all extensions I used (AdBlock Plus, Filterset.G, Tab Mix Plus, FoxMarks, Html Validator, CustomizeGoogle, Netcraft Toolbar) and browsing with lots of tabs open ment that often Firefox toke processor usage to 100% and much of RAM, and I had to kill it and restart. When FoxMarks updated bookmarks to/from server, that slowed down firefox too. Firefox/Tab Mix Plus recovering from crashes didn't allways work.
Opera has nice widget "Stay Secure" http://widgets.opera.com/widget/4495 Currently it shows that according to Secunia browsers have security holes: - IE has 10 - Firefox has 6 - Opera has 0 - Safari has 3 - Konqueror has 2 so I've changed my 2 pc:s browser to Opera.
Opera uses less memory when showing big web pages, showing same big pages in Firefox or IE freezed computer, I read that from somewere, maybe subpage/forum of opera.com. Using Opera feels faster for me than Firefox.
I also need to test web pages and sites in different browsers because I'm a web developer, and having browsers ad-free is great for me. For some other users it can be less important.
Many programs include IE for viewing internal html documents, or some program can launch IE at random site, so I like the added security of ad-free IE and any other program. Ad Muncher blocks many spyware, adware and dialer installers too.
For computers that I install for friends and customers, I don't get Ad Muncher for them, usually I just install Firefox with AdBlock Plus and Filterset.G, or Opera with free filters. But for my own use it's good and worth the small price.
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Ad Muncher is fast, here's how it compares: - adblock in Firefox takes more memory than without adblock and using Ad Muncher, which is programmed with c+assembler (they're converting assembler portions to c for easying porting to Linux etc) - Proxomitron or other proxy ad blockers are dog slow - urlfilter with opera ( http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=273931&cid=202 90857 ) is quite good, and a good find (I didn't know about it before that slashdot post, I'll test it in Linux for sure!) but opera's filter is slightly slower than Ad Muncher's. With Ad Muncher and Opera pages fly to screen. - Ad Muncher cathes some more ads than adblock or urlfilter
Ad Muncher works with every windows program, such as Safari, IE, tcl based browsers, anything.
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Yes there is, Ad Muncher http://www.admuncher.com/ . It works in all windows browsers. It's better than AdBlock, and cheap. Just yesterday bought 2 copies. It's currently for 32bit windows, but version for Linux and 64bit windows is in progress.
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Try this for Opera Adblock: http://www.fanboy.co.nz/adblock/opera/
You could use Tcl on PocketPC: http://wiki.tcl.tk/8688
> - urlfilter with opera ( http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=273931&cid=202 90857 ) is quite good, and a good find
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Well, I tried it in Freespire linux (copied to $HOME/.opera/urlfilter.ini), also installed hosts file from http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=273931&cid=20
and still I see ads on some pages. Urlfilter has over 1000 lines, and Ad Muncher has over 4000.
So, current rank:
1. Opera urlfilter - some ads gone
2. Firefox AdBlock - many ads gone
3. Ad Muncher - most, if not all ads gone
I don't know how good is Opera urlfilter capabilities vs AdBlock Plus, can they be joined together.
What is the best blocklist for AdBlock Plus? Url?
About Linux:
I really like Freespire Linux, because watching videos with LBrowser (modified Firefox): Windows Media (watching news), Quicktime (trailers etc), Flash and Java works.
Got my Jabra BT620s bluetooth headset working in bluez-sco, skype and xmms, but not in LBrowser yet. When listening podcast I hear hiss with every s spoken, but maybe by compiling newer version of it I can get it fixed. Hmm, just found GUI tool for bluez-sco, on the bottom of page:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=2705335
and got xmms working from page
http://wiki.bluez.org/wiki/HOWTO/AudioDevices
that says xmms menu: options->preferences->Output Plugin->Configure: "bluetooth"
VMware player takes too much processing power so laptop gets too noisy, so I'll try to get wine or crossover working. CrossOver Linux trial was strangely very slow with Freespire, so haven't got some windows apps installed.
Sure it's great for your computer, but I only have WinXP Home AMD Sempron laptop with 1 GB RAM and integrated graphics card, that takes part of that 1 GB RAM.
When I was using Firefox, adding all extensions I used (AdBlock Plus, Filterset.G, Tab Mix Plus, FoxMarks, Html Validator, CustomizeGoogle, Netcraft Toolbar) and browsing with lots of tabs open ment that often Firefox toke processor usage to 100% and much of RAM, and I had to kill it and restart. When FoxMarks updated bookmarks to/from server, that slowed down firefox too. Firefox/Tab Mix Plus recovering from crashes didn't allways work.
Opera has nice widget "Stay Secure"
http://widgets.opera.com/widget/4495
Currently it shows that according to Secunia browsers have security holes:
- IE has 10
- Firefox has 6
- Opera has 0
- Safari has 3
- Konqueror has 2
so I've changed my 2 pc:s browser to Opera.
Opera uses less memory when showing big web pages, showing same big pages in Firefox or IE freezed computer, I read that from somewere, maybe subpage/forum of opera.com. Using Opera feels faster for me than Firefox.
I also need to test web pages and sites in different browsers because I'm a web developer, and having browsers ad-free is great for me. For some other users it can be less important.
Many programs include IE for viewing internal html documents, or some program can launch IE at random site, so I like the added security of ad-free IE and any other program. Ad Muncher blocks many spyware, adware and dialer installers too.
For computers that I install for friends and customers, I don't get Ad Muncher for them, usually I just install Firefox with AdBlock Plus and Filterset.G, or Opera with free filters. But for my own use it's good and worth the small price.
Ad Muncher is fast, here's how it compares:2 90857 ) is quite good, and a good find (I didn't know about it before that slashdot post, I'll test it in Linux for sure!) but opera's filter is slightly slower than Ad Muncher's. With Ad Muncher and Opera pages fly to screen.
- adblock in Firefox takes more memory than without adblock and using Ad Muncher, which is programmed with c+assembler (they're converting assembler portions to c for easying porting to Linux etc)
- Proxomitron or other proxy ad blockers are dog slow
- urlfilter with opera ( http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=273931&cid=20
- Ad Muncher cathes some more ads than adblock or urlfilter
Ad Muncher works with every windows program, such as Safari, IE, tcl based browsers, anything.
Yes there is, Ad Muncher http://www.admuncher.com/ . It works in all windows browsers.
It's better than AdBlock, and cheap. Just yesterday bought 2 copies.
It's currently for 32bit windows, but version for Linux and 64bit windows is in progress.