Firefox Add-On: Adblock Plus

I loooove ads on web pages. I especially love it when they flash, or start a movie, or start playing audio while I'm trying to read something. In fact, sometimes I take advantage of the extra load time they add so I can meditate.

If, in fact, you aren't as excited by banner ads as I am, you can just avoid seeing them altogether with one of the best Firefox extensions out there, Adblock Plus. Adblock Plus uses a filter system to prevent ads from being loaded at all. You won't see them and they won't slow you down. Sometimes it can make some pages look a little odd, but (sarcasm aside) it's well worth it.

Here's an example of the difference it can make:

First you see ads...


and now you don't:



Yay! I'm actually just fine without a "bay land rover" or "data migration software" so I think I didn't miss much.

To add this extension, go to the Adblock Plus page and click the big green Add to Firefox button. After you restart Firefox, you'll be presented with a page that allows you to select the filter you'd like to use. You can create your own filters, but the filters maintained by someone else are a lot less work. Choose the one most appropriate to your geographical region (probably EasyList + EasyElement USA) and click "Subscribe". Voila, you are now 99% ad free. Enjoy!

Let's all thank Wladimir Palant for making browsing the web less irritating!

Heard about it from: Don't remember... in fact, it will be a while before I plow through the stuff I've been using forever
Get it from: Mozilla Add-On library