September 6, 2011
One of the reasons for the Internet’s surge in popularity is the cost of most online content – or rather, the lack of cost. That’s not to say the content is free, however. Almost every site is supported by advertisements (including MakeUseOf), and sites are paid for displaying them either per-click or, in some cases, via a flat monthly fee.
September 2, 2011
Ads are a necessary evil. In the offline world, they inform, entertain, and let the producers make money so that they can continue producing ‘great’ content for us. Thankfully when it comes to all browsers, you can stay away from the ad-war by using the available ways to block ads. Here we look at a Firefox add-on, and three more options for Chrome users.
December 11, 2010
There may be actually more than one reason for you to want to block Facebook widgets you see on almost any webpage you land on: First, you are concerned about your privacy and don’t want Facebook to personalize your browsing or to give away your information to third-party sites. In this case, besides using the [...]
October 27, 2010
Encouraging you to “Like,” “Tweet”, “Digg”, and “Stumble” content, buttons for social networks spill on to almost every page on the modern Internet. If you prefer to copy URLs yourself, AdBlock can keep social networks where they belong: their own pages. Recently, we taught you how to use Adblock to keep you safe from malware, [...]
July 8, 2010
As with any web browser, users of Opera may want to block annoying advertisements from appearing. For some users this functionality is so important that they will only use a web browser that has a good ad blocker available (usually this means Firefox,or perhaps Chrome). Opera does not have as wide of a user base [...]
November 30, 2009
In addition to the most popular add-ons, there are a couple more that have proven to be very useful, but that many people have never heard of: OpenDownload or RunDownload and Webmail Ad Blocker.
October 13, 2009
For a lot of us Google Chrome is still not hot enough. The reason? It’s still not extendable enough like Firefox. Ever since it came out, users have cried out for ways to tweak the browser to make it the Jack of all trades. The easiest way of course is through add-ons as Firefox calls [...]
September 17, 2009
One of the main reasons that so many people like Firefox is because there are thousands of add-ons available that you can use to customize your browser experience. And one of the most popular add-ons for Firefox is AdBlock. AdBlock blocks the advertisements on websites and lets you browse distraction free. Quite a few people [...]
September 13, 2009
There were a lot of voiced protests concerning Digsby’s monetizing efforts some time ago. In recent installs, Digsby not only tempted you to install ad-ware and used your idle PC time, but didn’t think about telling their users anything. This information was cause for a lot of indignant responses regarding whether Digsby is secure, which [...]
June 30, 2009
While some of us have been lured over to Google Chrome, Mozilla’s Firefox remains the favorite browser here at MUO, and I’m willing to wager that it does so because of near-limitless customization options. We’re also very security-minded as well, so we’ve compiled a brief list of security-conscious Firefox extensions which are compatible with each [...]
