Ive been using Konqueror pretty much exclusively since it started getting usable in KDE 2.2.0. But I have to admit, after discovering these amazing extensions, I’m now a Firefox user.
Adblock does exactly what it’s name suggests, it blocks ads. It can prevent images, embedded objects, and iframes from loading. Very handy, but not enough in today’s advertising-saturated web.
Greasemonkey lets you run some custom script commands after a page is loaded. It doesn’t sound too useful, but it’s a great idea. I’ll get to the specifics in a minute.
Platypus is a front-end to Greasemonkey. It lets you edit the page, and saves your changes as a Greasemonkey script, which gets run the next time you load the page.
Combine the three together, and you have some of the best ad-blocking facilities available. Don’t like to see sponsored search results? Launch Platypus, highlight them, delete and save. Gone! You can also remove ads, blog comments, or anything else on a page. Additionally, you can edit style, so that ugly site with light-on-dark text automagically changes to black-on-white.
Greasemonkey and Platypus aren’t very polished just yet, but they’re usable if you have some expertise and are willing to tinker. And the results are amazing- a completely ad-free browsing experience.
This is the coolest thing to happen to the web experience since tabbed browsing.
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