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[squiggle]

FAIL!
Use the CSS filter from http://www.floppymoose.com/ instead... same "non-hacked effect without the overhead of a proxy server

[Success]

Nice one, squiggle. Works fine.

[FrankCDN]

Safari AdBlock has worked well:
http://burgersoftwar...n/safariadblock

[goodbyelou]

Sounds like a review series on ad blockers may be helpful.

[ARM]

I do like GlimmerBlocker's keyword expansion feature. It's pretty useful.

[Blufyor]

No mention of Suspects? When you turn it on, it lists the URLs for javascript files that may be used to serve ads. While it could be improved to make it faster to look through (namely, by adding list sorting and search/filtering), it is pretty useful for finding unblocked ad servers without combing through source code in your browser.
Also, I think Privoxy let you display only one frame of a GIF animation (first or last, your choice), but it's been a couple of years since I last used it. I'd personally be interested in seeing a review for the most current version, since I've had issues getting anything over 3.0.3 working with the web interface (I've edited the plain text filters before...but I'd prefer not to).

[whitedog]

I wish PithHelmet would be updated for Safari 4. It provides excellent ad blocking with just the default settings. Sigh....

[Shortcuts]

I have used GlimmerBlocker for a couple of months now. Stable and does what it claims to do. The best replacement I have found for AcidSearch.
It does not have all the features of AcidSearch, e. g. it does not allow to create a shortcut for "search this site via Google".
But on the other side it has some benefits over AcidSearch, too. Most notably it does not use a non-endorsed architecture to mess with Safari (read "hack"!). It sets itself up as a proxy and hums along through all Safari updates just fine.
Developer is very responsive. Very much appreciated, given that this is freeware!

[SSteve]

Thanks to the semantic web, GlimmerBlocker is also great for hiding YouTube comments. Make a rule, set Action to "Whitelist/modify content", and set Host to "is" "www.youtube.com". Under the CSS tab, type the following:
.watch-comment-body {
display: none !important;
}
Voila! No more Tubetards!

[blecch]

I'm really glad that Macworld (or Jason Snell at least) relented as far as coverage of ad blockers is concerned!! These are useful things that people actually want and use.
Hint to advertisers: make your ads unobtrusive (think: text ads), and people won't block them. Enough of the animated, blinking, bouncing, Flash™-y junk and annoying interstitials that you have to click through to get to actual content!

[whitedog]

blecch said:

I'm really glad that Macworld (or Jason Snell at least) relented as far as coverage of ad blockers is concerned!! These are useful things that people actually want and use.

Hint to advertisers: make your ads unobtrusive (think: text ads), and people won't block them. Enough of the animated, blinking, bouncing, Flash™-y junk and annoying interstitials that you have to click through to get to actual content!

You can get additional help blocking Flash animations from ClickToFlash. It's not even listed on Version Tracker, no doubt because it blocks their own annoying ads.