Flash Filtering

[Elio Grieco]

That's not too bad a workaround but it still isn't as convenient as  
right clicking and image and telling it to filter. Part of the issue  
with right clicking Flash is that the plugin menu completely  
overrides the standard contextual menu. It would be nice if that  
weren't the case and all of the standard "Open in new Tab...",  
"Dowload As..." contextual actions were available for Flash content  
too. Especially for those of us with Perian ( http://perian.org/ )  
installed.


     Elio Grieco


On Jul 21, 2007, at 11:16 AM, Jesse the K wrote:

> This following works in both 5.5.4 and the sneaky peak:
>
> Flash files end in the "swf" extension
>
> Use preferences (command-comma) -> ad blocking -> Don't load  
> anything... list
>
> Click plus sign then type
> 	.*\.swf
>
> to add "filter out anything with an ".swf" extension.
>
> If you do want to see a particular blocked item (often I can tell  
> by context which empty square is an ad, and which is a movie I want  
> to view), click the square.
>
> Or
>
> If you want to show all flash at a site, visit the site, then click  
> the lightswitch toolbar icon (or option-command-comma).
> There, delete the
>
> 		.*\.swf
>
> On Jul 21, 2007, at 9:44 AM, Joe Edgell wrote:
>
>> But the Flash based ads get around that--and are easily the most  
>> distracting.
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