I just posted this in the middle of the beginning of a political discussion, and didn't want it to get lost in someone else's rant.
If you do not like the
McCain thingie in someone's signature (I don't personally care), or anything else in anyone else's signature, or anyone's goofy boobie-shaking or flashy-blinky animated avatars.... or any 'banner ad' or picture anywhere,
it is easy take control of your Internets and make them all go away in 10 easy steps. Why get offended if you can just make it go away? Then we can all just be friends and talk about SOHC motorcycles.
I say make motorcycles, not war. Ok. Here's how to quickly and easily never have to look at another annoying image on the internet (twice) again:1. Browse with
Firefox (or SeaMonkey 1.1, Flock 1.0, K-Meleon 1.1, Songbird 0.7, eMusic Remote 1.0, Prism 0.9 -- but if you use one of these 'alternative' browsers, you probably don't need my help
).
2. Select and install the following Firefox
Add-Ons:
3. After all three are "installed," restart Firefox.
4. When Firefox restarts you will have a window pop open to set your preferences for the
Adblock Filterset.G Updater. If you live in the USA, then just select the list for people in the USA, save, and close the window.
5. Like magic, you will automatically have most of your pop-up ads blocked for now on.
6. Now, to get the pesky ads that slip through, or to block someone's annoying image that you don't want to see (like an avatar or a McCain image in their signature), simply:
1. right click on the annoying ad or image
2. select "Adblock Image..."
3. select the last of the several options, "Custom."
4. then click the "add filter" button at the bottom of the window.
5. more advanced users will figure out how change the url so you can block a single image, or a whole series of images/ads from the same source.
7. If you ever block something that you wish you had not,
it is easy to undo it:
1. left(normal) click Tools at the top of the page
2. select "Adblock Plus Preferences..."
3. under the "My Ad Blocking Rules", usually the first part of the list of blocked sites, simply look for the URL you blocked,
4. delete it, and click "OK" at the bottom of the page.
8. That's that. All the little annoying things that used to really bother you all go away.
9. But 10 easy steps is much more cool than 7 easy steps, so I need to include some more slipshod syntax here.
10. There! Now that really is all you need to do.
peace and grease.
-fang
