Those Who use Opera, How Do You Block Unwanted Ads?

I'm currently running Noads Advanced for ad blocking.
Subscribed to Fanboy's urlfilter and Easylist.
It's working for most of the sites, but not for my Gmail account site.
Any good solution?

My best regards

 

I'm generally not opposed to advertisements, because I know that they help support the sites.

My unwanted ads are the animated ones -- they are so irritating, so I disable Flash and animated gifs.




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rich

 

True enough, but ads keep getting more numerous and intrusive.

To answer the OP's question: I prefer Opera AdBlock.

 

Is the trouble caused because of the https? I noticed that even with admuncher there is trouble blocking ads in https emails such as gmail and hotmail.

 

http://florianbersier.com/gmailadremover/

 

wow- it works fine - just installed and gave it a test run. Anything like this for hotmail?

 

Hasn't Opera still got an inbuilt content blocker?

 

Daveski17, yes it has, but nothing to write home about. What seems to work best for me
in this country is Tamil's filter list, the optimized list - just add them under [exclude] in the urlfilter.ini file.
Any stuff you block with the built in content blocker is of course also added
there. Also I mostly browse with java script turned off and only enable it for those sites that
really need it and that I trust.
Are you using Opera, or just passing through ?

http://my.opera.com/Tamil/blog/ad-block

 

Ad Muncher took care of all the ads when I used Opera

 

Maybe having the JS off by default is affecting the filters in some way? I used to use Opera a lot & occasionally give it a try after major upgrades, until I inevitably go back to Firefox & Iron.

I thought that this Opera adblocker worked well though.

 

My js is off by default. If I need it (permanently) for a site I simply enable js for that particular site by
r/clicking on the page>edit site preferences>scripting>enable javascript.

That adblock filter you refer to is rubbish. I tried it once but it only blocks after page has loaded.
Can't begin to compare it with the excellent ABP that I use in Firefox. It's not the same although some seem to think it is.

(I also have a toggle switch for js in my toolbar for quickly enabling js, for example my first
visit to a new site that a Wilders member has linked to but that doesn't load without js.
As that may be my only visit to the site I don't immediately enable js for it via the edit
site preferences.)

 

Hey Ocky, how did you make your toggle switch? That certainly sounds easier than dealing with multiple clicks.

 

Is there anything like this available for IE9?

Thank you.

 

The easy way. Go to http://operawiki.info/CustomButtons then under 'Custom Buttons'
go to this section 'Quick Prefs Toggle Buttons...'
You will find all you need. Just drag and drop the custom button on to the toolbar.

( The permanent method from my previous post is actually only 3 clicks, excluding the r/click on the page ).

In the screenshot the skin looks like it takes up space, but I have my status bar there as well with speed indicator.

 

I had a JS on/off toggle switch (well a box that I can tick) on the status bar on Opera as well. It was pretty easy to do.

Yeah, you can't compare it to ABP in Firefox.

 

Ad Muncher does not filter encrypted connections by design.

 

Thanks guys. Your posts are highly appreciated.

1. As Ocky and The Seeker has stated. The problem is caused by the encrypted connection.

2. Opera does have some built-in approaches of ad blocking, but not functional when it comes to text ads, urlfilter either. And my problem here(Sorry I did not state before) is Gmail's text ads.

3. I personally don't think Opera AdBlock is better than Noads Advanced.

4. I finally has got rid of that annoying text ads by using style sheet - CSS.

Anyone know where can I learn more staff about style sheet - CSS? Its expression sort of thing?

 

To an extent, using CSS is just hiding the symptoms (element hiding) and not the cure (preventing the download of the ad in the first place).

 

Unfortunately, there's this:
https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=311354

Maybe skilled users will be able to look after themselves but unskilled users would have a better chance of escaping if they block *all* ads.

 

I gave NoAds Advanced a try but on my desktop PC but I didn't find it particularly any better, it blocked an ad one page that I normally needed to reload the page to hide/block, but failed to block ads that Opera AdBlock did!

I may try Fanboy's list for Opera. Although last time I tried this it was not so successful.

 

I'm not sure what this has to do with the topic.

The OP asks what Opera users do, and is not asking what we would advise others to do.

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I was responding to this:

 

Again, I'm speaking for myself, and not suggesting that anyone else not be opposed!



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rich