1) Custom userContent rulesets: This is a tremendously successful way of blocking ads from displaying. It handles: iframes, img's, links, tables, forms, embeds and other elements.
This requires creating/editing a userContent.css in your profile's chrome directory, but once you go through this, it is worth the effort. Mike Hokenson is doing a great job at keeping these rules up to date and has provided some great additional options on his site.The ruleset settings recommended are updated frequently, so you'll benefit from a multitude of user feedback and new variant ad blocking techniques.
2a) AdBlock Plus Extension: I've used this in combination with the custom rulesets above and have created a beautifully wholesome browsing experience. The key features that I like about Adblock are that you can use regular expressions to hide AND collapse specific img's, iframes, flash animations, etc. I use this for specific images that I don't want to see on my regular page visits and to block specific sites/ads that don't get caught by the userContent rulesets.
2b) Adblock Filterset.G: FG is another list of rulesets which can be automatically updated using Adblock Filterset.G Updater extension.
3) Remove It Permanently (RIP): "Rip (Remove it Permanently) provides the ability to point at and remove permanently any item you can select. It provide a flexible and easily configurable solution to removing unwanted content from a web page."
4a) Greasemonkey: While I don't really use it, it can help with modifying the contents of webpages, etc.
4b) Platypus: is a Firefox extension which lets you modify a Web page from your browser -- "What You See Is What You Get" -- and then save those changes as a Greasemonkey script so that they'll be repeated the next time you visit the page. Editing pages to suit your needs is dandy -- but making those changes "permanent" is the real payoff.
As always enjoy, live long and prosper!!!
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June 27, 2007, 07:33:47 AMseamaiden
Nuke Anything Enhanced is another extension that can help. Unlike RIP, NAE only removes pictures and page objects temporarily.