Ad blocking in apps using WebKit?

[Ashley Aitken]

To answer my own post, for those who may be interested, I think the  
solution is something like Privoxy

<http://www.privoxy.org/>

I'd forgotten about this, I have used it in the past.

It provides ad filtering by way of a proxy HTTP server.

I thought I had problems with this before (I know it makes things a  
bit more complex) but I will try it out again.

It should give ad filtering in any browser and any application that  
uses WebKit (e.g. including NetNewsWire).

Apparently set-up is a bit more difficult on Leopard, see here:

<http://www.bagelturf.com/files/a46c72a8d2147f41246f0a37d21149c6-1133.php 
 >

Cheers,
Ashley.


On 05/04/2008, at 11:37 AM, Ashley Aitken wrote:
>
> Howdy All,
>
> As  I mentioned, I'm reading more news in my RSS reader  
> (NetNewsWire) and even looking at the articles (HTML) in the reader  
> (rather than jumping to Safari).
>
> I'm wondering if each application that uses WebKit (which I assume  
> NetNewsWire does) needs its own ad blocking "plugin" or whether  
> Safari Ad Block or PithHelmet (or something similar) would be able  
> to work for all applications that use WebKit.
>
> I guess what I am saying is that I (we) may need a WebKit ad  
> blocker, if that is possible.
>
> Cheers,
> Ashley.
>
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