Praising Opera 9

[Alexander Skwar]

· Alf-Ivar Holm <alfh at student.matnat.uio.no>:
> Alexander Skwar <listen at alexander.skwar.name> writes:
>> Alf-Ivar Holm schrieb:
>>> Alexander Skwar <listen at alexander.skwar.name> writes:

>> How can I block content without having to resort to the site from which
>> the content comes? 
> 
> The menu is not on the "image menu", but on the "page menu", ie. 3rd
> click somewhere on the page that is not occupied by an image or plugin.

Are you sure, you've got the numbers of the mouse buttons right?
On a right handed mouse, please fill in the numbers:

        -------------           
        - a - b - c -           a =     b =     c =
        -------------
        -           -
        -           -
        -           -
        -           -
        -------------

I'd say: a=1, b=3, c=2.

When I click with the middle button, the text from the clipboard is 
loaded as an URL. 

Anyway, on the right mouse button menu, there's a "block content"
entry. It allows to then chose, which items are to be blocked.

Hm. I like the Adblock interface better, as it's faster. You right
click the content that you wish to block (images, in its easiest
way) and select "Adblock+: Block image".

>>> on the ads you don't want to see, click "Done", the ads are removed
>>> and the page resizes, unless the ad is contained in a fixed container
>>> of some sort.  Looks a bit similar to the Flashblock in Firefox's
>>> Adblock.  Which is better or more usable is up to you.
>>
>> If Opera only has this "Blocked Content" dialog, than I'd say that
>> Adblock is *WAY* better. The blocked content thing is just one part
>> of what Adblock+ has to offer.
> 
> Indeed.  I was just trying to explain how to do the blocking in Opera,
> and I think it is very easy to use, especially since it magically adds
> wildcards.

Well, that's nothing special. In Adblock, in its easiest way, every
text is interpreted as part of the URI. So, if you add "banner" to
the block list, every URI which has "banner" *somewhere* is blocked.
On all servers.

Alexander Skwar
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