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Any recommendations for a good pop-up blocker?
Posted: May 21, 2004, 6:50 pm
by Clatis
I use to use this one on my old comp, but they updated it and now it's worse than it was before.
I'm tempted to try yahoo toolbar but I heard bad things about it somewhere.
Anyone have a suggestion ?
Posted: May 21, 2004, 6:55 pm
by Sionistic
yahoo likes to do some sneaky things, small but sneaky
get google toolbar and be very happy
Posted: May 21, 2004, 7:05 pm
by Winnow
Google toolbar works great. It's free. It's easy.
http://toolbar.google.com/
Posted: May 21, 2004, 7:06 pm
by Spankes
Posted: May 21, 2004, 7:13 pm
by Clatis
Cool, thanks guys, I just installed the google one
If somethin turns out funny, I'm gonna try that one you recommended psnak
Posted: May 21, 2004, 7:22 pm
by Durew
Gotta love the Google toolbar
Posted: May 21, 2004, 7:51 pm
by Aslanna
Clatis wrote:Cool, thanks guys, I just installed the google one
If somethin turns out funny, I'm gonna try that one you recommended psnak
Avant is more than a popup blocker. It's a whole different web browser. Ability to block popups is just one feature.
Posted: May 21, 2004, 8:49 pm
by Zygar_ Cthulhukin
Avant > all
Posted: May 21, 2004, 9:11 pm
by Stalker Vacio
Once you go Avant, you never go back.
Posted: May 22, 2004, 12:45 am
by Aslanna
Only thing to remember about Avant is.. Exit it on occasion. I have 6-7 or so sites I have tabbed at all times. It doesn't appear to do well when it comes to memory management. I exited out and freed more than 300MB memory.
Posted: May 22, 2004, 12:54 am
by Proctus
Mozilla here =p
Posted: May 22, 2004, 3:43 am
by kyoukan
can you drag favorites around right in the drop down menu in avant yet?
Posted: May 22, 2004, 5:08 am
by Mak
kyoukan wrote:can you drag favorites around right in the drop down menu in avant yet?
Yes.
Posted: May 22, 2004, 11:26 am
by Durew
Regarding Avant.. was looking at their homepage trying to figure out what kind of resources it uses. Just trying to compare it to IE, is it faster?
Posted: May 22, 2004, 12:02 pm
by Kelshara
Firefox > Avant.
Posted: May 22, 2004, 12:24 pm
by Vetiria
Avant is just a shell for IE.
Posted: May 22, 2004, 2:12 pm
by Clatis
I just downloaded the avant browser just to try it out, and this thing is awesome. So far I like it a lot, wish i found out about it sooner =)
Posted: May 22, 2004, 2:22 pm
by Menelaos
MyIE2 is a pretty nice shell for IE as well. Has a lot of features including a BOss Key that lets you hide the entire browser in a split second without the minimize time! hehe Alt + ~ is your friend!!
Posted: May 23, 2004, 5:18 am
by Canelek
google bar is pretty decent so far. As far as Yahoo...well, I installed the IM app and got a shitload of links and other harmless, yet annoying, garbage. FUCK THEM.
Posted: May 23, 2004, 12:13 pm
by Aslanna
Avant also has an ad blocker. Mine was turned off so I only recently discovered it!
Posted: May 23, 2004, 2:08 pm
by Winnow
It seems the only big difference between any of these browsers (especially that Firefox one) and IE is Tabbed Browsing. The rest is equalized by a 10 second install of the google toolbar.
The Avant IE shell for Tabbed browsing does seem useful and well put together.
The MX700 mouse has two buttons on the side of it by your thumb which rock for going forward and backward while browsing so I don't need the extra mouse functionality although I suppose it's a nice feture if you haven't discovered the best mouse available yet.
Flash animation filter may be the key to why I change to Avante due to Kwons retarded huge flash sigs. I'd donate to Avante if they made an animated gif filter that you could set a max size with. Maybe the next version of google toolbar will have that option.
Full IE compatibility..I'd hope so seeing as it's a shell (so you MS haters aren't really showing the man who's boss!
Records cleaner: that's a nice feature. I hate it when the folks come to visit and the drop down URL shows some shady URLS.
Skins: who really cares? If you want skins, get windowblinds. DinksDX Blue is a great skin.
http://skins2.wincustomize.com/grayhaze ... X_Blue.jpg
Taking tabbed browsing from my taskbar to within the browser app is a more efficient way of doing things. The grouping function shows promise as well.
Posted: May 23, 2004, 4:17 pm
by Kelshara
Firefox is faster than IE imho.. WAY faster.
Posted: May 23, 2004, 7:30 pm
by Durew
Thanks Winnow, thats what I was looking for
Posted: May 24, 2004, 12:34 pm
by Bubba Grizz
when people at work are having bizarre problems with their computers one thing we look for is if they have the Google toolbar. Most of the time the probems are resolved when we remove the toolbar. Now, that is at work. At home I use it and have no problem with it. I also use Free Surfer to kill popups.
Posted: May 24, 2004, 2:05 pm
by Winnow
Bubba Grizz wrote:when people at work are having bizarre problems with their computers one thing we look for is if they have the Google toolbar. Most of the time the probems are resolved when we remove the toolbar. Now, that is at work. At home I use it and have no problem with it. I also use Free Surfer to kill popups.
Don't listen to Bubba! I haven't heard of google toolbar causing any issues.
Follow this link and scan your computer to see what the real probles are on your computer:
http://www.pestscan.com/Scan.asp
That's the best free scanner I've found. It finds more crap than anything else including Search and Destroy, etc.
