Why I hate flash ads

[toqer]

OK ads are a needed evil, this I know but, since flash ads have become so prominent (on here, on slashdot, just about everywhere) it just seems like all my PC's have been running slower.

Am I just imagining things or does it feel like any time i'm visiting a website, i'm opening up the flash player. Stealing vital CPU resources from my other applications. What ever happened to good old animated GIF's? You don't see those around much anymore.

Anyways, yah, I'm actually thinking of uninstalling flash. What do you think of that macromedia?

--toq

[drewbar]

I think the extension is called Flash Block for Firefox, but I have seen similar other extensions. All flash files become links, so you can still see the ones you want.

[gaekwad2]

Originally posted by drewbar
I think the extension is called Flash Block for Firefox, but I have seen similar other extensions. All flash files become links, so you can still see the ones you want.

Slightly OT but is there a similar one for embedded players?

[k_rock923]

Yes, Unix. The embedded payers just about never work with it

[Mattress]

Firefox + adblock + filterset.g

I rarely see any ads anymore.

[tuckerm]

Firefox always ran uber slow on my pc with flash, i ditched it and got opera and now theres no more problem

[Razzinno]

Originally posted by tuckerm
Firefox always ran uber slow on my pc with flash, i ditched it and got opera and now theres no more problem

[shakey_snake]

Originally posted by tuckerm
Firefox always ran uber slow on my pc with flash, i ditched it and got opera and now theres no more problem

LOL.

(hint:It's the same plugin using the same plugin architecture)

[tuckerm]

Yeah i know that...but firefox had something up 'cuz it was taking 400\512 megs of ram.

[k_rock923]

Originally posted by shakey_snake
LOL.

(hint:It's the same plugin using the same plugin architecture)

Hint: firefox was running slow, not flash.

[Joel]

In my opinion:

PHP Code:

if (Firefox && AdBlockplus) {
HappyBrowsing();
}
else if (Firefox && NoScript) {
ScriptFreeBrowsing();
} 


[JFASI]

Originally posted by toqer
OK ads are a needed evil, this I know but, since flash ads have become so prominent (on here, on slashdot, just about everywhere) it just seems like all my PC's have been running slower.

Am I just imagining things or does it feel like any time i'm visiting a website, i'm opening up the flash player. Stealing vital CPU resources from my other applications. What ever happened to good old animated GIF's? You don't see those around much anymore.

Anyways, yah, I'm actually thinking of uninstalling flash. What do you think of that macromedia?

--toq

Especially the roll-over kind. I'll be reading something, and it drops a bit fat ad onto my screen.

Even worse are the ones that pop up, and you have to find the infinitesimally small X button somwhere on the to make it go away.

[zootm]

Originally posted by shakey_snake
LOL.

(hint:It's the same plugin using the same plugin architecture)

Firefox has a lot of memory and architecture problems, though, which means its handling of the plugin could well be worse.

I've experienced problems with Flash in Firefox and Flock, on multiple machines and multiple platforms. I cannot reproduce these in Opera.

Generally, rather than proving there is "no problem", evidence like this is used to narrow down where the problem is.