Bat Fastard Posted April 6, 2016 Report Share Posted April 6, 2016 I don't know what y'all feel - but I am heartily fed up with the wretched pop up adverts on the Bristol Post website. Articles are difficult to read and I end up hating whatever they are advertising - the ads actually would persuade me NOT to buy their bloody products. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richwwtk Posted April 6, 2016 Report Share Posted April 6, 2016 Adblock Plus works just fine and dandy for their site Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redcityman Posted April 6, 2016 Report Share Posted April 6, 2016 Has a link for safari, click link, then up pops safari cannot download this file! for me it isn't so much the ads, it's the fact that when scrolling down pages it automatcally scrolls it back up, impossible to read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbored Posted April 6, 2016 Report Share Posted April 6, 2016 I really dont understand why these sites continue to do this before i discovered adblocker for chrome and crystal app for safari @redcityman i just didnt use any of these local rag sites but they are all the same ... bombard you with junk your not interested in. I remember a coupleof mnths back @Exiled Robinhad some dialogue with the EP about this but looks like nothing has changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bat Fastard Posted April 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2016 22 minutes ago, cynic said: Ad Blocker. https://adblockplus.org/ Thanks for that - just downloaded the app onto my ipad and it seems to work!! A shock for me because I can usually bog up any IT - even the fool proof ones! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted April 6, 2016 Report Share Posted April 6, 2016 I use an iPad for 90% of my online usage and Apple don't allow Adblock which is a pain but I can't be arsed to boot up my laptop just to read the Post online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 6, 2016 Report Share Posted April 6, 2016 You don't even have to visit the site... Safari: Click Safari > Safari extensions > choose a suitable add-in Chrome: Click Chrome > preferences > extensions > choose a suitable add-in It's probably similar setup on other browsers. While you can go directly to the site, it is better to enter URLs yourself rather than clicking on other peoples links (there are security reasons for this). With any browser extension/add-in, you take your chances about what it's doing in the background i.e. you should only go with reputable add-ins rather than ones that look good (some are trojaned) Personally, I tend to set up add-ins on one browser and do my general browsing from their. I then use another browser for my on-line banking. Not 100% secure but helps reduce the risks of using add-ins. BTW.... adblock plus works a treat on the post site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoke_Gifford_Red Posted April 6, 2016 Report Share Posted April 6, 2016 Some sites (I know The Guardian are one) deliberately avoid adverts that are too intrusive as it puts people off visiting the site and just encourages people to download adblocking software. Unfortunately the same progressive thinking hasn't moved as far at The Bristol Post! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 6, 2016 Report Share Posted April 6, 2016 2 minutes ago, Stoke_Gifford_Red said: Some sites (I know The Guardian are one) deliberately avoid adverts that are too intrusive as it puts people off visiting the site and just encourages people to download adblocking software. Unfortunately the same progressive thinking hasn't moved as far at The Bristol Post! You're talking about the Bristol Post. Progressive probably means some left leaning loony toon to them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoSheds Posted April 6, 2016 Report Share Posted April 6, 2016 If your using a windows based pc/laptop download and install Ad muncher (Its now free and it keeps all the crap from popping up on the Evil Post) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoSheds Posted April 6, 2016 Report Share Posted April 6, 2016 1 hour ago, Robbored said: I use an iPad for 90% of my online usage and Apple don't allow Adblock which is a pain but I can't be arsed to boot up my laptop just to read the Post online. Google adblockplus there is a version for the ipad and iphone and its free Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedLionLad Posted April 6, 2016 Report Share Posted April 6, 2016 When you finally stop all the pop-ups, you then have all the poor grammar and spelling mistakes to contend with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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