Block Flash Ads from Websites

May 22nd, 2007

Found the best Firefox extension ever today. These days sites have more and more flash ads which are really annoying and distracting because they flash and scroll images and draw your eye away from the content. It makes reading a site very difficult and I have often closed a site in frustration because it is so difficult to read. For example the new Irish Independent site was really getting on my nerves, but I am sure everyone knows a site which much more flash then my example.

However now I have installed Flashblock and what a difference it makes to my browsing. It replaces each flash component on a website with a play button you can use to play the flash if you want. It makes reading a website so much easier. Seriously try it out. I just hope websites begin to realise these flash ads are counterproductive and are possibly losing them visitors.

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