On Thu, 31 Jul 2003, Frank Roberts - SOTL wrote:
> 1. Is there any way to block pop-up adds from entering the computer while
> allowing pop-up that are used by some websites to convey information?
Since the desired pop-ups happen so seldom, I leave my browser set to
"pop-ups denied" all the time, and only switch it to "pop-ups allowed"
when something's missing. That's no good for you, as you don't want to
switch browsers. There probably are some proxies that look for a "new
window" command in the HTML stream, and analyze it before (maybe) passing
it to your browser.
> 2. Is there any way to eliminate adds from known web add companies from
> entering the computer?
That's easy. Any half-decent anti-ad proxy should do that. I use
junkbuster under Linux, which blocks by URL. I've also used Webwasher
under Windows, which blocks by a number of criteria, including image
dimension.
> That would not bother me at all except that I visit one web site "The
> Washington Post" that was letting me view their technology page until I
> deleted all the assorted tags that collected in /tmp. Now I can not
> access the tat technical site.
Try deleting all cookies associated with that site. Maybe there's a
cookie that references some non-existant file.
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