Yahoo's ad's don't bother me much because I skim the individual posts, or at least their subjects, instead of going to Yahoo's site. But even Amazon, for example, has begun to annoy me with their popup/under ads. So I think I'll try the tactics suggested in the clip below from today's MacInTouch.com. But so far I've only visited the site to make sure it seems to provide relief for Windows as well as Mac users. > I came across a site that fellow readers may enjoy. [Web Ad >Blocking] describes how to use the hosts file feature not only on >the Mac, but on Windows and *nix platforms to eliminate these ads. I >took their example and modified it for my use. Within 5 minutes I >had it configured to eliminate the annoying pop-up/under ads of the >sites I uually visit during my workday." Sam McCandless samcc@...
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OT: web ad blocking
2002-04-04 by Sam A. McCandless
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