One last thing about Flash

[Cook, Brian]

In stead of that I add them to the /etc/hosts file with an IP of 127.0.0.1
so when the browser goes to look for those adds it just gets the loop back
address.

Brian Cook
Ikon Office Solutions
Strategic Accounts Analyst
Digital High Volume Systems Analyst
Adobe Solutions Network Member



-----Original Message-----
From: Kendric Beachey [mailto:ak at kc.rr.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 6:29 PM
To: kclug at kclug.org
Subject: One last thing about Flash

Oh yeah, I thought I'd share my favorite technique for dealing with Flash
ads.
(That's one of the stupid uses of Flash.)

I use Mozilla so I am used to using "Block images from this server" to get
rid
of ads.  Sometimes this means losing images that are a legitimate part of
the
page.  Oh well, I figure if the site is willing to put their real graphics
and their ad graphics in the same bucket, they've lost their image-showing
privileges.  It's the words I came to see anyway.

To get rid of the ads in Flash that are now popping up like fruit flies, I
like to right-click and uncheck "Play" and "Loop", and then find a part of
the picture that doesn't have much on it, and repeatedly right-click and
"Zoom In" on that section until I just have a rectangle of one color.

The only problem is that some Flash ads now seem to have an abbreviated
right-click menu so you don't get those options.  Curses!  Foiled again!
--
Kendric Beachey
ak at kc.rr.com

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