Re: Very Annoying Advertisements - Can SM Block Them ?

2017-05-30 Thread NFN Smith
EE wrote: Paul B. Gallagher wrote: Frank-Rainer Grahl wrote: Just install an Adblocker. Adblock Plus 2.9 seems to be broken right now. Why it is still distributed is beyond me. 2.8.2 works. uBlock Origin should also work fine. I have ABP 2.8.2, which as you say runs fine; checking for

Re: Very Annoying Advertisements - Can SM Block Them ?

2017-05-30 Thread Paul in Houston, TX
EE wrote: Paul in Houston, TX wrote: uBlock Origin works great for me. Rarely if ever see an ad. However, some sites will block you if you have an ad blocker. Plenty of other sites that don't block - yet. You might want to see if Bluhell Firewall works with your SM version and install that,

Re: Very Annoying Advertisements - Can SM Block Them ?

2017-05-30 Thread Paul B. Gallagher
Mason83 wrote: On 30/05/2017 11:01, Paul B. Gallagher wrote: One longstanding gripe I've had with Wladimir Palant is that I can never tell what the latest version is by visiting his website. ?? Adblock Plus 2.9 for Firefox released - 5 days ago Adblock

Re: Very Annoying Advertisements - Can SM Block Them ?

2017-05-30 Thread Paul B. Gallagher
EE wrote: Paul B. Gallagher wrote: One longstanding gripe I've had with Wladimir Palant is that I can never tell what the latest version is by visiting his website. So if the software says "no updates available" I guess I must have the latest version, but that doesn't rule out the possibility

Re: Very Annoying Advertisements - Can SM Block Them ?

2017-05-30 Thread Mason83
On 30/05/2017 11:01, Paul B. Gallagher wrote: > Frank-Rainer Grahl wrote: > >> Just install an Adblocker. >> >> Adblock Plus 2.9 seems to be broken right now. Why it is still >> distributed is beyond me. 2.8.2 works. uBlock Origin should also work >> fine. > > I have ABP 2.8.2, which as you say

Re: Very Annoying Advertisements - Can SM Block Them ?

2017-05-30 Thread EE
Mr. Ed wrote: I still rely on the hosts file. It works for all web browsers or any other program accessing the internet. The problem with hosts files is that they do not take wildcards. Advertisers will keep changing the exact hostnames of their servers to try and prevent them from being

Re: Very Annoying Advertisements - Can SM Block Them ?

2017-05-30 Thread EE
Paul in Houston, TX wrote: uBlock Origin works great for me. Rarely if ever see an ad. However, some sites will block you if you have an ad blocker. Plenty of other sites that don't block - yet. You might want to see if Bluhell Firewall works with your SM version and install that, too. I also

Re: Very Annoying Advertisements - Can SM Block Them ?

2017-05-30 Thread EE
DoctorBill wrote: Paul B. Gallagher wrote: Frank-Rainer Grahl wrote: Just install an Adblocker. Adblock Plus 2.9 seems to be broken right now. Why it is still distributed is beyond me. 2.8.2 works. uBlock Origin should also work fine. I have ABP 2.8.2, which as you say runs fine; checking

Re: Very Annoying Advertisements - Can SM Block Them ?

2017-05-30 Thread EE
Paul B. Gallagher wrote: Frank-Rainer Grahl wrote: Just install an Adblocker. Adblock Plus 2.9 seems to be broken right now. Why it is still distributed is beyond me. 2.8.2 works. uBlock Origin should also work fine. I have ABP 2.8.2, which as you say runs fine; checking for updates returns

Re: Very Annoying Advertisements - Can SM Block Them ?

2017-05-30 Thread EE
DoctorBill wrote: In my last question here, I was "Off Topic" and was chastised for that. I am back with a question which I believe is on topic. If not - Tell me so and I will go away. I have noticed a vast increase in Advertisements on ALL web sites ! The adverts are plastered all over what

Re: Very Annoying Advertisements - Can SM Block Them ?

2017-05-30 Thread DoctorBill
Paul B. Gallagher wrote: DoctorBill wrote: I downloaded and had AdBlocker Plus installed from AdBlockPlus.org. It was for FireFox.are FireFox addons and plugins generally OK to use for SM ? AdBlocker Plus now appears in the Tools Menu. How can I find out which version was installed ?

Re: Very Annoying Advertisements - Can SM Block Them ?

2017-05-30 Thread Paul B. Gallagher
DoctorBill wrote: I downloaded and had AdBlocker Plus installed from AdBlockPlus.org. It was for FireFox.are FireFox addons and plugins generally OK to use for SM ? AdBlocker Plus now appears in the Tools Menu. How can I find out which version was installed ? Do CTRL-SHIFT-A, choose

Re: Very Annoying Advertisements - Can SM Block Them ?

2017-05-30 Thread DoctorBill
Paul B. Gallagher wrote: Frank-Rainer Grahl wrote: Just install an Adblocker. Adblock Plus 2.9 seems to be broken right now. Why it is still distributed is beyond me. 2.8.2 works. uBlock Origin should also work fine. I have ABP 2.8.2, which as you say runs fine; checking for updates returns

Re: Very Annoying Advertisements - Can SM Block Them ?

2017-05-30 Thread Mr. Ed
On 05/29/17 11:49 PM, DoctorBill wrote: In my last question here, I was "Off Topic" and was chastised for that. I am back with a question which I believe is on topic.  If not - Tell me so and I will go away. I

Re: Very Annoying Advertisements - Can SM Block Them ?

2017-05-30 Thread Paul B. Gallagher
Frank-Rainer Grahl wrote: 2.9 is not compatible with 2.46 so you won't see the update. Just as well if it's broken as you say. -- War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left. -- Paul B. Gallagher ___ support-seamonkey mailing list

Re: Very Annoying Advertisements - Can SM Block Them ?

2017-05-30 Thread Frank-Rainer Grahl
2.9 is not compatible with 2.46 so you won't see the update. FRG Paul B. Gallagher wrote: Frank-Rainer Grahl wrote: Just install an Adblocker. Adblock Plus 2.9 seems to be broken right now. Why it is still distributed is beyond me. 2.8.2 works. uBlock Origin should also work fine. I have

Re: Very Annoying Advertisements - Can SM Block Them ?

2017-05-30 Thread Paul B. Gallagher
Frank-Rainer Grahl wrote: Just install an Adblocker. Adblock Plus 2.9 seems to be broken right now. Why it is still distributed is beyond me. 2.8.2 works. uBlock Origin should also work fine. I have ABP 2.8.2, which as you say runs fine; checking for updates returns nothing, so I don't know

Re: Very Annoying Advertisements - Can SM Block Them ?

2017-05-30 Thread Frank-Rainer Grahl
https://issues.adblockplus.org/ticket/5279 Mason83 wrote: On 30/05/2017 07:31, Frank-Rainer Grahl wrote: Just install an Adblocker. Adblock Plus 2.9 seems to be broken right now. Why it is still distributed is beyond me. 2.8.2 works. uBlock Origin should also work fine. I noticed that ABP

Re: Very Annoying Advertisements - Can SM Block Them ?

2017-05-30 Thread Mason83
On 30/05/2017 07:31, Frank-Rainer Grahl wrote: > Just install an Adblocker. > > Adblock Plus 2.9 seems to be broken right now. Why it is still distributed is > beyond me. 2.8.2 works. uBlock Origin should also work fine. I noticed that ABP was acting strange. Claiming this is my first install.

Re: Very Annoying Advertisements - Can SM Block Them ?

2017-05-29 Thread Paul in Houston, TX
DoctorBill wrote: In my last question here, I was "Off Topic" and was chastised for that. I am back with a question which I believe is on topic. If not - Tell me so and I will go away. I have noticed a vast increase in Advertisements on ALL web sites ! The adverts are plastered all over what

Re: Very Annoying Advertisements - Can SM Block Them ?

2017-05-29 Thread Frank-Rainer Grahl
Just install an Adblocker. Adblock Plus 2.9 seems to be broken right now. Why it is still distributed is beyond me. 2.8.2 works. uBlock Origin should also work fine. FRG DoctorBill wrote: In my last question here, I was "Off Topic" and was chastised for that. I am back with a question