My name is Karol Krizka, and I am a undergraduate student at SFU where I study physics and computer science. In my free time, I write simple applications and play with my PSP.Konqueror And AdBlock
Karol Krizka @ October 2, 2007
LinuxEarlier I mentioned that I use AdBlock on one of my browser, but I never mentioned which. I use it with Konqueror, the KDE browser, because it is the default KDE browser so most links open in it. Also it’s debugging functionality isn’t as great as compared to Firefox, so I use Firefox for web development. This means I need to see ads, so I can see how they look in my layouts.
The extension, which comes by default with Konqueror, but it does not come with any filtering rules. Moreever creating them is a bit of a hassle, there is just too many possible URL combinations for ads. Luckily Filter.G, the collection of filter rules for Firefox, is also compatible with Konqueror. Just follow these simple steps to import the filters.
- Download the latest set from the official repository. (Direct Link: 2007-02-02a Filter Set)
- Start Konqueror and open the configurations dialog via Settings->Configure Konqueror
- Select the AdBlock Filters tab
- Make sure Enable filters and Hide filtered images is checked
- Click the Import button located in the lower right of the window
- Enter the location of the downloaded filter set
- Visit a webpage with a lot of ads!
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Don’t forget to add this this to AdBlock:
http://www.widgetbucks.com/*If people block advertising, they’ll likely block all advertising rather then just some. If you’re reading this – hooray for no censorship!
Haha… I was thinking the same thing
Can’t that filterset apply to all versions for firefox?
I’m a big fan of linux and this tips will improve my Internet surfing experience when I use Konqueror. Normally I use Firefox only. Thanks for sharing
Dang, I’ve been doing this since adblock was added to konqueror.
I recommend blocking all those other domains that slow down loading of web pages, not just adverts. For example linkreferral.com, blogrush.com, googlesyndication.com, and so on.
That’s actually very good advice. Thanks!
Using adblock is not going to eventually cripple the internet. The ones who install and use adblock are the ones who never click on an ad!
Have you seriously ever tried to punch that stupid monkey, or clicked ‘Clean My System’ on some ugly red and yellow dialog box?? If you did, you were likely fairly new to the net.
Ads make money from new people. That’s why so many are designed to fool people. I certainly don’t consider it bad to block misleading ads.
I will occasionally click ads on Google, because they are actually relevant to what I’m looking for.
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Alex
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I’ve noticed you have added some ads in your post. It’s a sort of paradox: you promote “AdBlock” and its related, but at the same time you’ve added ads in your site. If all the people used adblock, would you be paid from google/other websites?
Bye.
I think that most people that will use AdBlock (at least with Konqueror) find all ads annoying and have learned to ignore them over time. So them blocking the ads doesn’t really matter, and it gives them a better experience. I talked more about it here:
http://www.krizka.net/2007/09/28/adblock-is-not-evil/