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HP ad. . .

Jan 1, 2005 11:42PM PST

Can that thing be any bigger?

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What ad?
Jan 2, 2005 1:26AM PST

I'm using Mozilla and Adblock. Here's my current block list.

[Adblock]
http://a248.e.akamai.net/m/800/1133/1101929988/oasc02.247realmedia.com/RealMedia/ads/Creatives/washtimes/Skretvet_2004.12_box/WatchClassicBox2.swf?clickTAG=http://oascentral.washtimes.com//RealMedia/ads/click_lx.ads/new.washtimes.com/world/leaderboard/536337464/Middle/washtimes/Skretvet_2004.12_box/Skretvet_Box_HTML.html/38643935623435643431613966383930?http://www.steinhausendirect.com/index.asp?dc=JS22789S
http://ad.doubleclick.net/*
http://adlog.com.com/*
http://ads.com.com/*
http://ads.timesunion.com/RealMedia/ads/Creatives/TimeWarnerBillboard-RoadRunner/120604timewarner300x250.swf?clickTAG=http://ads.timesunion.com/RealMedia/ads%2fclick_lx.cgi/www.timesunion.com/aspstories/story.asp/storyid=317582/category=/bccode=/newsdate=12/25/8150/x10/TimeWarnerBillboard-RoadRunner/121004TimeWarnerBillboard-html.html/554e4b4e4f574e?http://signup.twalbany.com/resiform.php?agent=4312
http://ads1.advance.net/RealMedia/ads/Creatives/ALABAMALIVE/ALCREDIT03AL51/250x2505.swf?clickTAG=http://ads1.advance.net/RealMedia/ads/click_lx.ads/www.al.com/xml/story/Huntsville/n/nlocal/70569250/StoryAd/ALABAMALIVE/ALCREDIT03AL51/MAP250x2503.html/38313263623535653431643263306630?70569250
http://amch.questionmarket.com/*
http://amch.questionmarket.com/adsc/d180295/11/186675/randm.js
http://citi.bridgetrack.com/*
http://http300.content.ru4.com/images/1106/38460.swf
http://http300.edge.ru4.com/smartserve/ad?placement=pl-1123-042&invocation=1000&pr=
http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/Ads/1498/12/apple_leaderboard120404.gif
http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/Ads/1498/12/apple_leaderboard_1201.gif
http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/Ads/1941/12/auto_newcars_dreamcar_leaderboard.jpg
http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/Ads/1941/12/business_entrepreneurs_mostinnovativepoll1_leaderboard.jpg
http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/Ads/common/advertisement.gif
http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/fd/frame_btm_l.gif
http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/fd/frame_btm_r.gif
http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/fd/tab_off_bg.gif
http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/fd/tab_on_bg.gif
http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/ftrs/redball_med.gif
http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/gg/hgg04/button_large.gif
http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/gg/hgg04/cd_gtr/*.gif
http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/gg/hgg04/cd_gtr/clock.gif
http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/gg/hgg04/cd_gtr/hed.gif
http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/gg/hgg04/cd_gtr/ttul.gif
http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/gg/hgg04/cd_gtr/vid_bcooley.jpg
http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/gg/hgg04/cd_post/headache_hed.gif
http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/gg/hgg04/cd_post/hed.gif
http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/gg/hgg04/cd_post/phouston_pic.gif
http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/gg/hgg04/cd_post/shopper_gift.gif
http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/gg/hgg04/gutter/*.jpg
http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/gg/hgg04/gutter/simon2.jpg
http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/hd/b.gif
http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/hd/frame_top_l.gif
http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/hd/frame_top_r.gif
http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/hd/gnav_sep.gif
http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/hd/hed_reviews_1.gif
http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/hd/hed_reviews_2.gif
http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/hd/hed_shdw_bg.gif
http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/hd/search_g_bg.gif
http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/hd/skin_l_bkg.gif
http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/hd/skin_r_bkg.gif
http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/hd/tab_off_l.gif
http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/hd/tab_off_off.gif
http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/hd/tab_off_on.gif
http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/hd/tab_off_r.gif
http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/hd/tab_on_off.gif
http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/hd/topnav_g_bg.gif
http://image.com.com/adverts/imp/dotclear.gif
http://images.chattanoogan.com/ad_images/ad_1.swf
http://reviews.cnet.com/b.gif
http://reviews.cnet.com/html/js/rev/cms.js
http://view.atdmt.com/*
http://www.cnet.com/i/hlp/online_courses_ad.gif
http://www.nytimes.com/ads/steuben/big-troutandfly-v1-4.swf?clickTAG=http://www.nytimes.com/adx/bin/click.html/www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/business/yourmoney/19digi.html/13617/MiddleRight/steuben07-nyt8/big-troutandfly-v1-4.html/?http://steuben.com/page.cfm?pid=troutandfly_loc=nyt-b_041213_
http://z.about.com/

I'm sure it could use more tweaking. Before the recent changes I didn't mind what was displayed, but with the advertising overload I had to finally install Adblock.

Hope this helps,

Bob

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This one. . .
Jan 2, 2005 7:28AM PST
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I have seen that a number
Jan 2, 2005 7:45AM PST

of times recently, it takes up half the page.

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With the method/addon I use...
Jan 3, 2005 2:27AM PST

I've never seen that one!

Have you tried Mozilla and the Adblock addon?

Bob

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Oh yeah. . .
Jan 4, 2005 10:44AM PST

AddBlocker works great. I'm just an IE junkie I guess. When Mozilla/Firefox adds a Spell Checker like IESpell I may convert.

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Spell Checker.....
Jan 4, 2005 11:37AM PST

You are so right about a decent spell checker for Firefox. Firefox needs a good speller, or Spellbound need to get their xxxx together.

Some comments I made last November about it:

http://reviews.cnet.com/5208-6620-0.html?forumID=14&threadID=44734&messageID=534846

I'm also not crazy about the way my IE Favorites were transferred to Firefox Bookmarks with things being mostly haphazardly placed. Had to adapt and still hanging in there which will over time eventually get straightened out.

Can you believe I just ran the 2nd grade Spellbound checker and it is telling me I should change the spelling of Firefox to Firebox!! Oh well. Wink

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re
Jan 4, 2005 8:46PM PST

well i use firefox and the bookmarks that transfered over are in proper order.
but you can drag them any where in line.

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Hi Mark
Jan 5, 2005 2:27AM PST

I've got probably 50 or more different categories, in those categories 100's more that were set up by me in a logical way that I like. When transferring to Foxfire most of the 50 as well as the 100's were jumbled and not in the order or category that I had, and in most cases just takes too long to sort...ugh. So, I am living with makeshift, and in the long run will be Ok for me.

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sorry
Jan 5, 2005 3:20AM PST

now in fire fox i lost the markings that show read etc.
reinstalled ff and still not see

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(NT) (NT) Usually that's when people block i.i.com
Jan 6, 2005 7:10AM PST
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(NT) (NT) thank you bob right on the money
Jan 6, 2005 7:56AM PST
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(NT) (NT) Glad to help.
Jan 6, 2005 10:55AM PST
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(NT) (NT) thunderbird has it built in
Jan 5, 2005 7:22PM PST
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Looks like a mistake in the ad rotation... I'll forward this
Jan 4, 2005 2:21AM PST

error to the ad team.

Thanks!
-Lee