Blocking Ads and other annoyances
Submitted by jason on Tue, 07/08/2008 - 04:00.
Ever wanted to block those annoying ads on some of your favorite websites? If you are a Firefox user it is only a few clicks away. Firefox has many “add-ons” that allow you to add functionality to the web browser. Many of these are created by Firefox users. Adblock Plus blocks graphical advertisements from known ad networks. When I first used it I was amazed how it cleaned up many of the sites I used on a daily basis. You can also get Flashblock to stop animated movie ads from playing as well. There are many other useful “add-ons” that can enhance your browsing experience with Firefox. Check them out at http://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/
If you don’t use Firefox (a FREE internet browser like Windows IE) I suggest you download it now and give it a try. http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/products/firefox/
Cool Link:
Delicious is a social bookmarking site. It allows you to bookmark your websites and easily find, share and organize them.
I use Delicious almost everyday because it allows me to bookmark more sites than I normally would and it is just as easy as the old way. I almost never have trouble finding that web site or news article I read months ago because I bookmark anything I think is interesting or important. I can subscribe to other peoples bookmarks and see what websites they find interesting as well.
Here is a great video that explains how it works.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x66lV7GOcNU
StumbleUpon.com is a similar site with a slightly different approach that seems to be very popular.
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