[WEB4LIB] Re: More on Google going commercial

[Raymond Wood]

On Wed, Jan 02, 2002 at 11:20:46AM -0800, Daniel Messer imagined:
> Face it folks, the beautiful days of being able to surf the
> web sans advertisement are LONG gone. 

I use the latest Mozilla browser (version 0.9.7) to do exactly
this for my favourite web sites all the time.  Simply
right-click, and choose 'Block images from this server'.  The
next time you reload the same web site - poof - no more ads.
There are other ways too.  If you dislike ads, you'll like this
feature of Mozilla -- it's a breath of fresh air.  I also still
use a text-only web browser often for just this reason --
distracting ads that detract from relaxed web surfing are simply
annoying.

> Heck, I can't even start up my mail programme without getting
> an ad. I suggest that folks do what I do with ads, at least
> most of the time...  Ignore them.

I could never tolerate any mailer that pestered me with ads.  I
agree that ads should be ignored, but there are better ways than
just grinning and bearing it IMHO  :)

Cheers,
Raymond
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