Disabling Flash on Specific Sites? 15
xrjlx asks: "Does anyone know how to disable flash on just specific sites like cnet and yahoo so that those annoying ads don't come up on the screen. One way to do it is by setting "run active x controls" to "prompt." This gets annoying though because many sites legitimately use them. Are there any programs written that will allow me to just selectively block the use of flash on certain sites?" It makes sense to me that, like cookies and the use of Javascript, ALL browsers should have some kind of by-domain filter that selectively activates whatever set of plugins (including Flash) that provides the user with the kind of web experience that they want, of course, many might see this as too much micromanagement for their tastes. I say it all boils down to a well defined UI. What say you?
If you're using IE... (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:If you're using IE... (Score:1, Informative)
Re:If you're using IE... (Score:1, Informative)
What we need (Score:3, Insightful)
1. Filtering browsers in wide circulation. I.E.'s 'zones' are not very obvious, most users don't understand how they work. Mozilla, galeon and the like have good interfaces for filtering. (right-click, block)
2. Good, free, log analysis software (I'm sure this is already there.)
3. A campaign to encourage web designers / admins to use the log analysis software so they know what people are blocking. Then they might stop putting it up which is the important bit.
Will this ever happen? I doubt it.
Instead, companies will just come up with clever ways to bypass filtering. Block by domain? Fine, they'll use dynamic domain names for the sources.
Re:What we need (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:What we need (Score:2)
Unless they administer the servers, of course, which they don't.
I take it you haven't seen an apache access log file. That's all the 'spyware' you need, my point was that many places do only a minimum of log analysis because it's laborious and tedious, so it should be made easy and inexpensive.
Just kill your browser extensions. (Score:1)
Just kill your extensions. If a site needs fancy songs and zooming images to keep your interest, what it's trying to tell you probably isn't very interesting.
If you really can't bear to live without Flash/Java/etc from time to time, set up a second browser, and use the clean one as your default.
Look into JunkBuster (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Look into JunkBuster (Score:1)
popup filtering junkbuster [ed.ac.uk]
ain't the GPL great?
Seems like you're running IE, so.. (Score:3, Informative)
Go to Tools, then Internet Options. Select Security, then select Restricted Sites. The Sites button will become active.. choose that and a window will pop with a list and an entry box. You can enter the name of a site which you'd like to restrict (just the domain name (i.e. 'gamespy.com')) and hit 'add'. I believe wildcard characters are supported ('*.gamespy.com')..
Anyway, once you've filled the list with Flash-dripping sites, hit OK and choose the 'Custom Level' button under the "security settings for this zone". (make sure you're still under Restricted Sites!). From there, you can disable most every irritating browser 'innovation' out there, from Active Scripting (way down at the bottom of the list) to, yes, Flash ("Run ActiveX Controls and Plugins" should do the trick).
To see if the settings actually work, go to the site in question. Two things should happen:
1. Flash shouldn't play if you've turned it off
2. A little red icon will appear in the lower-left bit of the status bar where a globe usually is.
Proxomitron (Score:1)