On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 19:35:44 +0100
Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Monday 28 Jul 2003 6:47 pm, Michael Adams wrote:
> > On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 13:10:09 -0700
> >
> > Eric Huff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > Isn't it easier to simply suppress popups (Moz) or use smart
> > > > denial of popups (Konq)?
> > >
> > > For popups that is probably true, assuming you are using moz or
> > > konq.
> > >
> > > But this was for ads that don't popup.
> > > Some sites i go to have flashy ads that make page scrolling jumpy
> > > just because the animation is running.
> > > Also, it's nicer to read pages w/o the ads cluttering it up.
> > >
> > > eric
> >
> > I actually wondered about blocking requests from HTML to servers
> > other than the page originator. This would break some sites, but i
> > wonder how many of those sites i want to see anyways. It would work
> > something like this.
> >
> > I follow a link    > HTTP page request (server details noted)
> > page comes in      < HTTP page delivery
> > browser renders HTML
> > HTML code requests a graphic/etc
> >
> >                    > HTTP request to noted server approved
> >
> >                     -HTTP request to any other server dropped
> >
> >
> > My guess is it could only be implimented on the browser itself. Be
> > one hell of a security feature though, less than half the cookies,
> > and speed up surfing no end.
> 
> Unless I misunderstand you, this is just what Mozilla offers.  I used 
> to use it in Netscape, but now I find that using that disables 
> on-line banking and too many other useful sites are broken.  I've 
> compromised and use the blocks on a site-by-site basis.
> 
> Anne
> 

Anne, what version of Moz offers this? and where is it switched on/off?

-- 
Michael

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