I use a netbook when I'm in the sitting room in the evening, because it's smaller than my study's desktop computer, doesn't have a mass of wires to unplug, my two naughty beagles aren't interested in hiding underneath it and growling at me, and I can raise my eyes from the screen to watch telly at the same time as surfing www.HotHalleBerryPics.com.
The only bad thing about this happy situation is that my netbook's speed and ability to open up web pages quickly is rubbish. And when a site I want to look at (like the Halle Berry one, which doesn't actually exist but I wish did) is stuffed with ads it can take you back to the days of 56K dial-up Internet. Not good times.
Adblock Plus is the answer to your question.
It's a free add-on that works with the Firefox, Chrome and Opera browsers and prevents ads taking up space on your browser page. Here's the page where you can download and add it to your browser:
adblockplus.org
Have a look at a screengrab of how the Guardian looks without it. See the ad for The Vintage Shop?
The only bad thing about this happy situation is that my netbook's speed and ability to open up web pages quickly is rubbish. And when a site I want to look at (like the Halle Berry one, which doesn't actually exist but I wish did) is stuffed with ads it can take you back to the days of 56K dial-up Internet. Not good times.
Adblock Plus is the answer to your question.
It's a free add-on that works with the Firefox, Chrome and Opera browsers and prevents ads taking up space on your browser page. Here's the page where you can download and add it to your browser:
adblockplus.org
Have a look at a screengrab of how the Guardian looks without it. See the ad for The Vintage Shop?
Without Adblock Plus
Nah. Don't want to see that.
Here's the same page, refreshed, with Adblock Plus switched on:
Here's the same page, refreshed, with Adblock Plus switched on:
With Adblock Plus
It makes a surprising difference to your Net speed. Give it a try, my itoshii tomodachi.
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