From 79fafe2f44f5e31522dd93013950474342bfdfb0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: luxagraf Date: Sat, 4 May 2019 15:48:55 -0500 Subject: archived all the stuff from freelancing for wired --- .../Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.20.07/Fri/blockads.txt | 15 --------------- 1 file changed, 15 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.20.07/Fri/blockads.txt (limited to 'published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.20.07/Fri/blockads.txt') diff --git a/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.20.07/Fri/blockads.txt b/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.20.07/Fri/blockads.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 3945d59..0000000 --- a/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/08.20.07/Fri/blockads.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,15 +0,0 @@ -Yesterday's note about user backlash against YouTube's new in-stream video ads promoted a number of reader to ask, "is there a way to block YouTube's new ads?" The answer is yes, provided you're a Firefox user. - -The extension TubeStop will replace all the video players on the YouTube site with the embedded player, which thus far [do not support the in-stream ads][3]. - -It's worth noting that blocking in-stream ads was not the point of TubeStop. As its name hints the plugin was originally developed to stop videos from auto-playing. In order to do that, TubeStop simply swaps out the site player for the embed player, the ad-blocking feature is really just a happy coincidence. - -Of course at some point YouTube will probably include the in-stream ads in the embeddable player which means this method won't work, but for the time being you're covered. - -Grab the latest version of TubeStop from [developer Chris Finke's site][1]. The extension is compatible with Firefox 1.5 - 2.0.0.x, the latest Flock builds, and Netscape Navigator 9.0. - -[via [Mashable][2]] - -[2]: http://mashable.com/2007/08/23/tubestop/ -[1]: http://www.chrisfinke.com/addons/tubestop/ -[3]: http://www.chrisfinke.com/category/tubestop/ \ No newline at end of file -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2