Comments on: hide Flash banner ads in Mozilla

By: Paper-Bags.org

Paper-Bags.org — Mon, 26 May 2003 18:09:01 +0000

Blocking flash ads in mozilla
Just copy the following rules in your userContent.css file (you’ll find it in your profile’s chrome/ directory), and say goodbye to Flash advertising.

/* this hides the usual 468×60 Flash banner ads */
embed[type=”application/x-shockwave-flash…

By: Padawan.info

Padawan.info — Tue, 04 Feb 2003 07:11:19 +0000

Ad blocking in Mozilla
Mozilla offers a way to hide ads on web pages. It’s not as easy as blocking pop-ups but if you

By: Me

Me — Mon, 13 Jan 2003 12:34:39 +0000

Help me out here with this thought:

Make Mozilla think the MIME type of .SWF files is an image, then “Block Images from this Server” should work…

By: vbenares

vbenares — Thu, 12 Dec 2002 03:25:37 +0000

What we really need is a way to stop the flash animations that leap between me and the page I am trying to read. Until there’s a good way to block those, I am refraining from installing the flash plugin.

By: wik

wik — Fri, 15 Nov 2002 22:52:05 +0000

I just figured out how to block based on string in the URL (e.g. a banner directory). The CSS script looks like:

img[src*="banner"] {
display: none !important;
visibility: hidden !important;
}

By: RoyalTS - without cheese

RoyalTS - without cheese — Fri, 08 Nov 2002 17:55:45 +0000

Weniger Banner für Profis
Hide Flash banner ads in Mozilla

By: Micah

Micah — Thu, 07 Nov 2002 22:36:29 +0000

Slashdot post inspired by this entry:

http://ask.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=44367&cid=4614903

And Jan, I use the same low-opacity rule as you, along with full-opacity on :hover. Too bad the opacity property doesn’t work on Flash animations.

By: Jan!

Jan! — Wed, 06 Nov 2002 08:16:29 +0000

I’ve done a similar thing, but only for images. Instead of hiding them, I set their transparency to some high value – apart from being a neat effect, it also preserves page layout.

http://archivist.incutio.com/css-discuss/?id=13557

By: Too Much News

Too Much News — Wed, 06 Nov 2002 06:50:55 +0000

Hide Flash banner ads in Mozilla
Michel Valdrighi: “So you restlessly clicked on ‘Block images from this server’ until no more banner ads would show up,

By: phil ringnalda dot com

phil ringnalda dot com — Wed, 06 Nov 2002 05:46:37 +0000

Flash this
Kill Flash ads in Mozilla with a little userContent.css

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Axis Thoreau ::Die publicist die! — Wed, 06 Nov 2002 04:09:00 +0000

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Simon Willison: Archive for 6th November 2002 — Tue, 05 Nov 2002 18:14:32 +0000

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