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Too Many FR Pop-Ups
self ^ | January 13, 2017 | knarf

Posted on 01/13/2017 5:04:49 AM PST by knarf

I need a pop-up blocker, or is it the nature of things these days ?


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Computers/Internet; Education; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: adblocker; freerepublic
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To: knarf

https://getadblock.com/


41 posted on 01/13/2017 5:50:12 AM PST by kanawa (The 1st job of a 'community organizer' is to disorganize the community)
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To: newfreep

It doesn’t work with any of my browsers: Opera, Pale Moon or Vivaldi. Chrome is GoogleGarbage. I won’t use it.


42 posted on 01/13/2017 5:56:22 AM PST by Carriage Hill ( Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
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To: knarf

Bookmarking this thread.


43 posted on 01/13/2017 5:57:50 AM PST by FXRP (Just me and the pygmy pony)
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To: knarf

http://download.cnet.com/Pop-Up-Blocker-Pro/3000-7786_4-10301569.html

Don’t know how well it works, but worth a try. Since everything is connected now it’s hard to get rid of pop ups. Any thing I search shows up. From shoes, to vitamins.


44 posted on 01/13/2017 5:58:34 AM PST by GailA (Ret. SCPO wife: suck it up buttercups it's President Donald Trump!)
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To: knarf

Many websites offer “printer friendly” versions of the articles. If freepers posted links to the “printer friendly” pages this would help a lot in minimizing the annoying aspects of outside webpages.


45 posted on 01/13/2017 6:04:35 AM PST by outofsalt ( If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything)
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To: dp0622

Yes, I am running “uBlock Origin” and “Ghostery” on Chrome.

According to what I read when I was looking around for something to block YT ads, ‘uBlock Origin’ is the go-to - not the other ‘uBlock’ ad-ons (there’s a few of them with the same name)

I have everything blocked on Ghostery except ‘discus’ (so I can read those comments under articles) I have to allow sites like Facebook with a ‘one time allow’ to see those comments under articles - It’s an extra click but better than facebook following me all over the place.


46 posted on 01/13/2017 6:11:21 AM PST by libertarian27 (FR Cookbooks - On Profile Page)
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To: knarf
I'll add my usual votes here for NoScript and uBlock Origin. (The former is my favorite; but it assumes a bit of under-the-hood knowledge.)
47 posted on 01/13/2017 6:11:32 AM PST by snarkpup (Socialism causes the worst people to become in charge, if they aren't already.)
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To: libertarian27

Thanks.

I just tested it out going to a website.

TWENTY TWO trackers blocked!!!!


48 posted on 01/13/2017 6:12:59 AM PST by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: outofsalt

POST OF THE DAY !


49 posted on 01/13/2017 6:17:19 AM PST by knarf (I say things that are true, I have no proof, but they're true.)
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To: libertarian27

Bookmark for later


50 posted on 01/13/2017 6:31:03 AM PST by madmomma
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To: TheCipher

Thanks for that !


51 posted on 01/13/2017 6:42:03 AM PST by tomkat
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To: VanDeKoik; knarf
Add Remove It Permanently to that list.

(another firefox addon, tho I use it on PaleMoon .. FF can piss off)

52 posted on 01/13/2017 6:43:37 AM PST by tomkat
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To: Chickensoup

Thanks for the tip. It works like a charm


53 posted on 01/13/2017 6:48:09 AM PST by Tamatoa (Fight for our America, Fight for our Country I fought to defend!!!)
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To: knarf
I've noticed in the last month or so, many links from FR reports send me to sites that take forever to load because of ads and pop-ups on the page.

 

So don't click those links.

The real problem here is lazy and incompetent FReepers who fail on posting a thread. They excerpt when it's not necessary and they do not post 50% or less (max 300 words) when they must excerpt.

Posting a thread should really be a perk for paying members. And the moderators should review and approve each new thread before it gets posted.

 

 

54 posted on 01/13/2017 6:52:47 AM PST by Responsibility2nd
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To: carriage_hill

Your loss of a GREAT ad blocker....


55 posted on 01/13/2017 6:54:57 AM PST by newfreep ("If Lyin' Ted was an American citizen, he would be a traitor.")
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To: knarf; All

I’VE NEVER EVER HAD A POP UP FROM FR....

Your doing something wrong.


56 posted on 01/13/2017 6:59:01 AM PST by Halgr (Once a Marine, always a Marine - Semper Fi)
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To: knarf

Just get Kaspersky


57 posted on 01/13/2017 7:02:39 AM PST by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: RepRivFarm
I run up to 4 separate browsers at once and have NEVER seen a popup on American Thinker.
58 posted on 01/13/2017 7:18:40 AM PST by SanchoP
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To: knarf

I’ve never had a pop-up on FR. It’s got to be coming from something else on your computer, malware of some type.


59 posted on 01/13/2017 7:23:54 AM PST by bamagirl1944 (That's short for Alabama, not Obama)
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To: knarf

FR is, by far, the cleanest site on the Web. I have been on here 19 years today and have never had an issue.


60 posted on 01/13/2017 7:24:24 AM PST by Phlap (REDNECK@LIBARTS.EDU)
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