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If there's one thing more universally reviled that interstitial ads—you know, those full-page ads that force you to wait for a few interminable seconds before you can get to the content—it's auto-playing Flash ads, especially if they contain audio. Good news: The next version of Chrome will automatically block Flash content that isn't "central to the webpage."
I have MyIE2 and usually when I click on my Icon it comes up within a second...... (If I moved it to its OWN FOLDER instead of it being INSIDE ANOTHER FOLDER,it would probably come up even faster... Trouble is trying to move it MIGHT CAUSE PROBLEMS with some apps I use that "call it" (AIM for example (When a URL is clicked on an AIM conversation)))
Auto-playing and flash-based ads are my #1 reason for using AdBlock. I don't mind seeing ads in free websites; afterall, that's how they get paid. What I do mind is ads that are intrusive, start blasting crap out of my speakers, and slow down my browser.
This is a great idea. It seems like more and more sites make you watch a short flash ad when you enter or just randomly pop one up. This actually happened to me when I was browsing eBay in incognito mode without adblock a few weeks ago: an ad popped up. And it wasn't malware, it was put there by eBay with a link to click on if you wanted to opt out of further advertising. It blocked the whole screen while it played. It's a good thing there wasn't an auction I was interested in that was about to end!
Now that more and more people are using it, websites are turning to more irritating methods to get paid, like paywalls and these stupid "answer a question to continue reading this page" surveys. If they're trying to get accurate data, they might want to rethink their approach. Whenever I see these, I just click the one that I know will end it immediately. There is a link to skip them, but if you do that, they'll be back next time you visit the site.
they're actually not flash... they're called "javascript overlays" and there's no easy way to block them except on a site by site basis because they can use any worded code to make them appear. I use adblock with element blocker helper or ublock to highlight and add them to my blocklists as I come across them. The alternative would be to install noscript which would prevent the execution of any javascript thus preventing them, but I find that more annoying than just blocking them one by one.
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