Firefox Extension Review: Adblock
Posted by jonathan at 7:20am EST on 04/14/2007
Operating System: Windows XP SP2
Browser: Firefox 2.0.0.3
Plugin Name: Adblock – 0.5.3.043
Homepage: Adblock Homepage
This extension is exactly what it says. It blocks ads. This is another Godsend from Heaven. Browsing around Facebook … and occasionally MySpace, I never see ads — or at least it’s rare. I use asterisk modifiers for all the normal advertising domains, such as domains like ‘fastclick.net’ or ‘http://oascentral.*.*/*’ so it blocks all oascentral advertising platforms.
The plugin is very basic but does an amazing job at making web browsing cleaner and more efficient — the pages load faster because of no ads.
I have installed this on quite a few of my friends’ computers as a helpful tool for them. I highly recommend it to everyone as it really helps create a better browser experience.
Robin
Apr 14th, 2007
I would review Adblock Plus (Google it). It is a fork of Adblock, but it’s been much enhanced. Adblock itself is, I believe, falling out of active development.
Jonathan
Apr 14th, 2007
I may review that later on once I install it, I’ve only been using the first release of its kind still.
TechZ
Apr 15th, 2007
I use Adblock Plus along with a crucial other extension that works for both Adblock & Adblock Plus, Adblock Filterset.G Updater
Jonathan
Apr 15th, 2007
I wasn’t a fan of the Filterset updater, I like to have more control over the domains are actually blocked and which ones aren’t. Just a personal thing.