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tonyw 
Disabling advertisements
Posted on 14-Feb-2017 2:06:56
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Is there any way that OWB or Odyssey can be made to ignore included references to advertisements?

For instance, can I tell either of them to skip fetching content from "googleadservices" or "ad.doubleclick.net"?

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Re: Disabling advertisements
Posted on 14-Feb-2017 5:04:57
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@tonyw

You can use the content blocking function. look in the windows menu.

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Re: Disabling advertisements
Posted on 14-Feb-2017 7:41:52
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And also enable it from Preferences->Content->Content blocking.

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Re: Disabling advertisements
Posted on 14-Feb-2017 7:42:54
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Yes, you can

By using a special HOSTS file you simply have to install over the one in DEVS:Internet/HOSTS

Here is a list of candidates (scroll down to see the variants)

I added a line to my network startup to make the list update on every start, so i'm always having the latest one installed before i start browsing (you need wget for that to work).
Quote:

wget -q --no-check-certificate https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts -ODEVS:Internet/HOSTS

After that i'm adding my own list of installed machines in my home network to be able to access them by name
Quote:

type Tools:Internet/Network/IP-List >> DEVS:Internet/HOSTS


I tried and it doesn't slow down the overall internet speed (benchmarked), but it does speed it up with ad heavy sites once installed.

As a bonus it will block known phishing and malware sites, so nothing can be accessed "in or from the background".

I have those installed on all of my computers where possible.

PS: You need the ---no-check-certificate because wget still relies on outdated SSL and needs to be rebuild with AmiSSL4, but it works as good without (need to contact the author about it)

PPS: Be aware that "social" means you cannot access Twatter, Fakeblock and others anymore

PPS: As a bonus you can leave the "Content Blocking" (as others have mentioned) untouched, this way no site will "warn" you about you using one anymore, well one or two might still be smart enough...

Last edited by Raziel on 14-Feb-2017 at 07:45 AM.

 
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Re: Disabling advertisements
Posted on 14-Feb-2017 10:49:20
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@Raziel

I tested Download (v1.4) utility and it loaded the linked hosts file just well.

Quite long list of hosts with all kinds of them included.

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Re: Disabling advertisements
Posted on 14-Feb-2017 13:38:14
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@Raziel

Using a bulk host blocker like that is not such a good idea as you can't selectively allow access for example, you might want to lweave ads enabled on this site, where they are both minimal and help support the site costs, similarly on my own site I have minimal adverts and those help pay my site running costs.

The built in content blocker in oddyssey can be used on a per site basis and so is much more descriminating.

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Re: Disabling advertisements
Posted on 14-Feb-2017 15:49:02
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@broadblues
I don't see any Odyssey docs that explain how to determine what to add to the Odyssey content blocker. How would the average user determine what to enter to block a certain add on a particular WEB page? I've never been able to add anything to Odyssey content blocking that actually works. Maybe I'm missing something obvious.


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Re: Disabling advertisements
Posted on 14-Feb-2017 17:59:01
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@Xenic

I admit I haven't used it much, but IIRC it comes preloaded with blocking rules already?

Just chacking I see there is a menu entry Window->ContentBlocking

This window contains a list of rules, they appear to be regular expressions. I don't know if there are any resources with ready made expressions for new advaert srcs, I'd guess there are, maybe as part of the adblock src code? Writting your own is likely beyond the average amiga user these days...

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tonyw 
Re: Disabling advertisements
Posted on 14-Feb-2017 22:02:19
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@broadblues

Yeah, the AdBlock in Odyssey works OK for me. My main annoyance is the ads that take ages to load, holding up access to the page when I only want to click on a link (like on this site), but I have to wait while the ads load first.

And in OWB, sometimes the ads freeze the browser with their animations and Javascript.

I assume OWB never had AdBlock added?

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Re: Disabling advertisements
Posted on 14-Feb-2017 23:25:36
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@tonyw

Quote:

I assume OWB never had AdBlock added?


No unfortunatly it's very minimal and has no blocking facilties, I still prefer it due to the way it renders text, but many sites are getting very slow, and not just because of the adverts.

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Re: Disabling advertisements
Posted on 15-Feb-2017 10:24:51
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@broadblues

Agreed about the text, Odyssey's text rendering is awful compared to that of OWB.

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BillE 
Re: Disabling advertisements
Posted on 15-Feb-2017 10:45:29
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Does anyone know of any adblock settings that will get rid of all the annoying Facebook, Twitter and other social media banners, links icons etc.

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Anonymous 
Re: Disabling advertisements
Posted on 15-Feb-2017 20:48:24
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@broadblues

That is the nice thing about this hosts file...95% of the amiga ads arent blocked because they normally dont use the big expensive ad farms but private servers.
the hosts maintainers arent bothered by those as they dont stumble over them, so do not fear, your site and all the amiga sites tend to not be affected.

 
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Re: Disabling advertisements
Posted on 15-Feb-2017 20:54:34
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Hi Bill,
take a look at my first post in this thread, follow the link to the github page and choose the hosts file to your liking.

"social" is the one you should look for, it blocks every known social media page, faceblock, twatter...you name it.

not sure if the *icons* will be blocked aswell, you might need to empty your entire cache for that first.
the nice thing is that it blocks everything that will load in the background from those sites and speeds up page generation/loading.

 
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Re: Disabling advertisements
Posted on 15-Feb-2017 22:31:04
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@Raziel

The adverts on this site (as opposed to the sponsored banners at the top) are served by googleads, reasonably sure they count as big player....

Like wise the ads on my site are also googlead based, I limited to one ad block per page with no video ads so as not to penalise vistors...

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Re: Disabling advertisements
Posted on 16-Feb-2017 1:29:44
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@Raziel

I tried the hosts thing you suggested but it causes more problems than it fixes, for example it kills the search bar at amazon.co.uk makeing the site totally useless.

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jPV 
Re: Disabling advertisements
Posted on 16-Feb-2017 8:53:42
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Quote:

Xenic wrote:
@broadblues
I don't see any Odyssey docs that explain how to determine what to add to the Odyssey content blocker. How would the average user determine what to enter to block a certain add on a particular WEB page? I've never been able to add anything to Odyssey content blocking that actually works. Maybe I'm missing something obvious.


AFAIK it's based on the popular Adblock Plus standard, so the best bet is to go on documentation made for mainstream browsers, for example https://adblockplus.org/filters

You can even use Adblock filter files made for mainstream browsers, just rename them to conf/blocked.prefs in Odyssey's drawer (make backup of the original first). Although in my quick tests those can be too heavy for us making browsing too slow, so I think it's best to stick with the provided conf and just add your own rules there when needed.

BTW. you can also add new rules to block images from certain sites by right clicking an image and selecting "Block Images from site..." from the context menu.

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Anonymous 
Re: Disabling advertisements
Posted on 22-Feb-2017 17:09:32
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@Severin

Not sure what you did, but i just browsed to the search bar and it's working perfectly fine.

Saying that i wouldn't know what in the host file should make it unusable as there is no adware or any other site covered by the hosts file attached to the search bar.

Sorry to say that, but you did something wrong

It works for all sites for me, minus having to deal with the annoying ads, spam, phishing and popups

 
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