Comments on: Three super Firefox add-ons

Turn off ads, track the Web trackers, and maximize your text search options. Just add these extensions to your Mozilla browser: Adblock Plus, Counterpixel, and Hyperwords.

[paulmwatson]

Isn't Webware and CNet ad supported? How does it feel about AdBlock?

[man_w_balls]

haha.
the world is weird, ain't it?

[tuneslover]

lolz....ques. of millennium.

[typefighter]

Biting the hand that feeds you, eh? ;-) I actually stopped using the plug in, hoping that I might help keep a few good reporters employed a few minutes longer. We'll see.

[infosecguru]

What about NoScript? Even if it is annoying and you do select "Allow Scripts Globally," you will be protected from Click Jacking and some of the most egregious cross-site scripting attacks.

[c|net Reader]

I don't browse with NoScript. I like not getting all of the usual noise when I visit a web site for the first time. Then, if I decide I am willing to risk activating the JavaScript, Java, etc., I can do so to see more of the site. If I'm unlikely to return to the site, or will do so only rarely, I just temporarily allow scripts. By marking various domains as untrusted, NoScript can enable site specific functionality without enabling junk I don't want such as from tracking firms. Add Clickjacking protection, and it is terrific security.

As for NoScript versus AdBlock, I don't need the latter. Ads are usually from other domains, so they are not enabled by enabling scripts for the page I'm visiting. If the ads are from a domain I've marked as untrusted, then they are never enabled.

NoScript is a must have.

[NeedlerFanPudge]

Awesome add-ons! I knew about AdBlock, but the other two are welcome additions to my growing library. Consider a sequel article if there are anymore you really like, I'd love to hear it.

[Get_Bent]

I addition to building your own blocking list in Adblock Plus, you can subscribe to filter lists compiled using advertising submissions from other users. I like Rick752's EasyList (items never downloaded), EasyElement (downloaded but hidden), and EasyPrivacy (blocks tracking, web bugs) -- http://easylist.adblockplus.org/ . Together, they cut out a lot of the "noise" and make web page viewing much more enjoyable.

[SJ2571]

Ad-skipping on TV is accomplished with a PVR. Just time-slip back after about 15 minutes of the start time and then skip the ads when they come on. Or record and view later.