Bugged By Animations

After tweaking SpywareBlaster and putting an end to MacromediaFlash ad madness (rockets lifting off, balls bouncing, cameras flashing, stampeding cattle, etc.), on web pages I visit, I thought my troubles were over.

However, I've noticed that some sites seem to enable their animations by merely "looping" jpg images so that they continually download. Once the images are in temp files, they load quickly and change frequently.

Tweaking AdSubtract to prevent animations doesn't even slow them down.

Any suggestions for preventing this, and making everything BE STILL?

 

Are you complaning about ads on webpages? If you use firefox, you can use the adblock extension to remove the ads.

 

I'm trying to find a solution for sites that are trying to circumvent ad blocking software by merely "looping" a number of jpg (or other) images, so that they continually change, thus enabling animation.

I appreciate your suggestion, but I don't use FireFox. Also, do you feel that regular ad blocking software will be effective for the tactic described above?

 

Are you talking about animated gif's?

Jimbob

 

You seem to premote Proxomitron a lot, what exactly does it do? The name gives a little away but I don't want to get it wrong

Jimbob

 

Looks good. Don't know if it slows your browser down a little though. Although it stops other things that may slow down your browser.

Jimbob

 

The URL below shows a page that illustrates what I'm referring to. The image on the page under "Episode Guide" will change after the images have had time to load, and the images have been stored in temp files.

Apparently, they enable animation by continually downloading 5 different jpg images.

They don't appear to be animated gifs; just 5 different "still" jpg's that provide animation by changing every few seconds (note the action on the "progress" bar; the images appear to be continually downloaded while the viewer is on the page):

http://www.hbo.com/carnivale/episode/season1/episode12.shtml

I appreciate the helpful suggestions, and hope this clarifies the problem.

 

As ronjor stated....they are using Active script in that link your referrencing. While disabling active script in IE will stop that looping of jpg's for that site....that might not be desirable for you since Active script will then be disabled for any\all functions. Personally....I am an avid IE user and have never had problems enjoying my surfing with IE settings on High(active script will be disabled). If by chance there is a site I want to see more of....I simply temporarily lower my setting to medium. If you choose to try high settings for IE....I can assure there are no public known vulnerabilities that would slide past you.

the ActiveX scirpt code from that page:

Code:

<script language="JavaScript">
doclay = (document.layers)? true : false
docall = (document.all)? true : false
docget = (document.getElementById)? true : false
// Set the slideshow speed (in milliseconds)
var SlideShowSpeed = 3000;
// Set the duration of crossfade (in seconds)
var CrossFadeDuration = 3;
var currentImg;
var total;
thisImg = 0
imgCt = 4
baseCt = 0
//add captions, put initial caption in div at bottom of this page
imageLocation = new Array()
imageLocation[0] = "/carnivale/img/episode/season01/ep12_lodz_lila.jpg"
imageLocation[1] = "/carnivale/img/episode/season01/ep12_balthus_praying.jpg"
imageLocation[2] = "/carnivale/img/episode/season01/ep12_samson_sheriff_jones.jpg"
imageLocation[3] = "/carnivale/img/episode/season01/ep12_libby_sophie.jpg"
imageLocation[4] = "/carnivale/img/episode/season01/ep12_jones_yelling.jpg"

 

Thanx for all the help! I changed my security setting to High (which disabled the active script and stopped the animation), and I'm on my way to download Proxomitron.

Happy Holidays to all!

 

Ron, which filters do you use?

 

wow, its pretty good straight out the box im going to try and find out which config set i like best, alot of people seem to like kyu's.