Not Enough Ads? Install Adbar.

Not Enough Ads? Install Adbar. 451

Posted by michael on Sunday August 15, 2004 @10:06PM from the !tangled-web dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Jesse Ruderman brings the worst feature of Opera, Advertisements, to Firefox with his extension Adbar. According to the page, 'adbar displays Google ads related to pages you view. Because the ads are relevant, they are occasionally useful. When adbar isn't displaying ads from Google, it displays Firefox-related things such as silly Firefox slogans, ads for other Mozilla software, and requests for donations to the Mozilla Foundation.'"

Not Enough Ads? Install Adbar.

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Yeah, ok. (Score:5, Funny)

by Valar ( 167606 ) writes: on Sunday August 15, 2004 @10:07PM (#9977216)

And when I'm done, I need to start installing my virus collection.

IT'S A TRAP! (Score:5, Funny)

by Rylfaeth ( 138910 ) writes: on Sunday August 15, 2004 @10:07PM (#9977218)

or so shouts Admiral Adbar.
-Rylfaeth

THANK GOD! (Score:3, Funny)

by mcnut ( 712202 ) writes: on Sunday August 15, 2004 @10:08PM (#9977223) Homepage

I was worried I wasn't getting enough google ads reading slashdot every 30 minutes. no, but really, thats how sad I am.. I'm on a 30 minute refresh cycle..

Re:Yeah, ok. (Score:4, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Sunday August 15, 2004 @10:09PM (#9977229)

Don't copy that floppy!

is there a version for (Score:5, Funny)

by theguywhosaid ( 751709 ) writes: on Sunday August 15, 2004 @10:09PM (#9977234) Homepage

Internet Explorer?

You just saved me from installing IE!!! (Score:5, Funny)

by cytoman ( 792326 ) writes: on Sunday August 15, 2004 @10:11PM (#9977252)

Thanks, dude!!!! I was going Cold Turkey without the ads/popups after switching to Firefox... I needed to see those ads so bad that I was about to uninstall Firefox and switch to Windows so that I could use IE!!!!!!
Yay Ads! I was feeling guilty about reading pages without watching ads... I was feeling guilty because seeing content without Ads is like stealing from the content makers. You saved my soul.

Re:is there a version for (Score:5, Funny)

by mabinogi ( 74033 ) writes: on Sunday August 15, 2004 @10:12PM (#9977260) Homepage

hundreds of them, just use IE for a few hours and one is bound to install itself.

Yep it's a joke (Score:5, Funny)

by beakerMeep ( 716990 ) writes: on Sunday August 15, 2004 @10:13PM (#9977266)

From the site: "Can I register and get rid of the ads? Of course! Paypal $19 (51% cheaper than Opera!) to me or the Mozilla Foundation, then use Firefox's Extension Manager to uninstall adbar." What a waste of a parannoid attack I had there. Thanks slashdot.

Re:Google is a special case (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Sunday August 15, 2004 @10:14PM (#9977274)

Sucker.

Why post this is it some backhand insult to Opera? (Score:3, Funny)

by loggia ( 309962 ) writes: on Sunday August 15, 2004 @10:15PM (#9977281)

What is the point of posting this story? Is it some kind of clever backhand insult to Opera?

I use Opera all the time: number of times I have even noticed the ads consciously... um, never. Or let's say, just about the same number of times I notice them on SlashDot!

Don't cross the streams! (Score:5, Funny)

by deep square leg ( 703399 ) writes: on Sunday August 15, 2004 @10:16PM (#9977285)

Don't install it next to Adblock! The meeting of these two opposing super-extensions will create an implosion that shall engulf the entire universe.

A use for those otherwise wasted cycles... (Score:5, Funny)

by Chris Brewer ( 66818 ) writes: on Sunday August 15, 2004 @10:16PM (#9977288) Journal

Install AdBar and Adblock and let 'em fight it out...

woot spyware kit !! (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Sunday August 15, 2004 @10:17PM (#9977293)

hey thanks for the spyware kit, i can now hack it about and re-release it for those suckers who have mozilla's activeX clone installXp feature enabled (by default)

spyware doesnt just have to be for win32 now, hooray !
good to see mozilla is emulating all the features from MSIE, we wouldnt want anyone to miss out

Re:Registering to get rid of ads? (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Sunday August 15, 2004 @10:22PM (#9977322)

Why pay to remove something you can simply choose to not install in the first place?
Here on Earth, we call this a "joke".

Google's "targeted" ads (Score:4, Funny)

by chunkwhite86 ( 593696 ) writes: on Sunday August 15, 2004 @10:23PM (#9977326)

- These are not the ads you're looking for.
- You can go about your business.
- Move along.

Re:Adbar vs. Adblock? (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Sunday August 15, 2004 @10:32PM (#9977363)

With Adbar at the top of the screen, and Adblock lurking at the bottom right, what's the poor web content area to do?

Targeted Ads, eh? (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Sunday August 15, 2004 @10:34PM (#9977370)

So based on the assumptions about slashdot users, you will get even MORE ads about "enlarging your member" based on surfing habits.

I just invented something too (Score:5, Funny)

by oasis3582 ( 698323 ) writes: on Sunday August 15, 2004 @10:42PM (#9977391)

I just invented a reverse TiVo. It extracts all the commercials from a given time slot for viewing at a later date! One at a time folks!

Re:is there a version for (Score:2, Funny)

by LBArrettAnderson ( 655246 ) writes: on Sunday August 15, 2004 @10:43PM (#9977395)

it's funny reading all these comments about slashdotters admitting to not knowing how to protect their computers from adware. turn in your geek license, now.

Let me get this straight (Score:5, Funny)

by cicatrix1 ( 123440 ) writes: <cicatrix1@@@gmail...com> on Sunday August 15, 2004 @10:46PM (#9977410) Homepage

It advertises for mozilla (in mozilla). It advertises things I'm already looking at. Does it advertise itself? I've been searching for this exact set of features! It's like the second coming!

The truth? (Score:2, Funny)

by vuvewux ( 792756 ) writes: on Sunday August 15, 2004 @11:40PM (#9977611)

Do not try to block the ads. That's impossible. Instead only try to realize the truth. There are no ads. Then you'll see that it is not the ads you block, it is only yourself.

Re:Well (Score:5, Funny)

by soimless ( 651224 ) writes: on Sunday August 15, 2004 @11:41PM (#9977621) Homepage Journal

My question is if i can Adblock my Adbar?

Re:Yeah, ok. (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Sunday August 15, 2004 @11:42PM (#9977624)

And when I'm done, I need to start installing my virus collection.

This is awesome! I just found out that I can pay money to have my own conversations tapped [slashdot.org], and now I just found out that I can install a plugin for my browser that gives me more ads! If they ever come up with a device for my computer that shoves a hot poker in my ass every so often, I'll be in heaven!

Evil helspawn (Score:3, Funny)

by Stephen Samuel ( 106962 ) writes: <samuel@bcgre e n . com> on Sunday August 15, 2004 @11:48PM (#9977646) Homepage Journal

Ads are not inherently evil creations of hellish spawn ....
Yes they are, but sometimes they can provide enough good that they overcome their inherently evil nature (kinda like Angel) -- as long as you don't climb bed with them, then all bets are off.

Internet Exploder Compatibility Suite (Score:1, Funny)

by CypherOz ( 570528 ) writes: on Sunday August 15, 2004 @11:56PM (#9977670) Journal

This must be the long awaited Mozilla Internet Exploder Compatibility Suite (MIECS).

Be careful, M$ may want to sue you over patent technology of some such thing, that is if Darl wont get you first.

:-)

Re:Well (Score:4, Funny)

by muyuubyou ( 621373 ) writes: on Monday August 16, 2004 @12:08AM (#9977700)

LOL then I must be the only one paying...

Just install Adblock (Score:2, Funny)

by hdd ( 772289 ) writes: on Monday August 16, 2004 @12:15AM (#9977715)

and block all traffic from *.google.com/* !

Re:Yeah, ok. (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday August 16, 2004 @12:43AM (#9977792)

You might want to get that sticky return key fixed.

Re:This guy (Score:2, Funny)

by mOdQuArK! ( 87332 ) writes: on Monday August 16, 2004 @12:44AM (#9977798)

He should be tied to a tree and fed ex-lax for a week!

That should be: tied _upside down_ to a tree and fed exlax for a week.

Someone's gotta say it... (Score:5, Funny)

by Graabein ( 96715 ) writes: on Monday August 16, 2004 @12:47AM (#9977803) Journal
1. Create Adbar extension for Firefox, nearly giving a lot of /. readers a heart attack
2. Giggle uncontrollably at the predictable fallout
3. ???
4. Profit!
Re:Well (Score:5, Funny)

by BrainInAJar ( 584756 ) writes: on Monday August 16, 2004 @01:10AM (#9977887)

" *woah* did you just insult a 2-digit UID? :-P"

He bought it (the UID) on ebay, so it's okay

Re:Resolution to burn (Score:5, Funny)

by Donny Smith ( 567043 ) writes: on Monday August 16, 2004 @01:42AM (#9978025)

> Sorry, I prefer to keep my [very limited] desktop space.

Haven't you seen that ad for large LCD monitors?

pay to get the ads removed (Score:1, Funny)

by technomanceraus ( 653563 ) writes: on Monday August 16, 2004 @01:43AM (#9978031) Homepage

If you check the http://www.squarefree.com/extensions/adbar/ [squarefree.com] page you can pay $19.95 and get rid of the ads?

whats the point of an AdBar with no ads ????

My DVD Player (Score:5, Funny)

by Frankie70 ( 803801 ) writes: on Monday August 16, 2004 @02:30AM (#9978176)

I have hacked my DVD Player to play 5 minutes of advertisements after every 10 minutes of the movie. And my TIVO plays stored ads even when I watch the premium ad free channels.

Spamderbird plugin is coming soon (Score:3, Funny)

by iamacat ( 583406 ) writes: on Monday August 16, 2004 @02:42AM (#9978210)

Surely Yahoo targeted promotional e-mail, based on keywords in your inbox, can be useful sometimes. Also, I have been hearing about those beneficial worms patching windows holes. Perhaps a firewall plugin is in order.

Re:Well (Score:5, Funny)

by bhima ( 46039 ) writes: <(Bhima.Pandava) (at) (gmail.com)> on Monday August 16, 2004 @03:20AM (#9978324) Journal

Who buys trade magazines? You just fill out the zillion question form and they appear at your office for the rest of your life.

Re:Can I hack it to pay myself? (Score:5, Funny)

by leathered ( 780018 ) writes: on Monday August 16, 2004 @04:26AM (#9978512)

" If you run Google ads, Google pays you."

..in Soviet Russia?

Thunderbird ? (Score:3, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday August 16, 2004 @04:26AM (#9978514)

I wish I had the same for Mozilla Thunderbird, so I can get more spam...

Obligatory Penny Arcade Reference (Score:5, Funny)

by Sentry21 ( 8183 ) writes: on Monday August 16, 2004 @04:37AM (#9978541) Journal

If they ever come up with a device for my computer that shoves a hot poker in my ass every so often, I'll be in heaven!

Close... [penny-arcade.com]

--Dan

Re:Stop the Fark slang (Score:2, Funny)

by luferbu ( 703405 ) writes: <luferbu@fluids[ ]al.com ['ign' in gap]> on Monday August 16, 2004 @04:38AM (#9978544)

I'd hit it, oh wait...

Re:I hate to admit this... (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday August 16, 2004 @05:20AM (#9978641)

but I've been using gmail for a number of months now, and I'm finding their targeted advertising more and more helpful.
Yeah, sometimes I wonder if GMail knows something I don't. Every time I get an email from my girlfriend, I get an ad about getting a DNA paternity test. What the..?

Re:is this a joke? (Score:3, Funny)

by gl4ss ( 559668 ) writes: on Monday August 16, 2004 @05:41AM (#9978680) Homepage Journal

you gotta love it when you see:
*
Luxuriousity Slim
Weight Loss Hypnosis Audio CD
more info
*

advertised next to:

*
Luxuriousity CAD
AutoCAD DXF Compatible
Computer Aided Design Software
(WINDOWS version)
(MAC version)
(CAM Expert Professional Version
*

they have their target audience covered all right!(fat nerds)

Re:Well (Score:5, Funny)

by CaptainZapp ( 182233 ) * writes: on Monday August 16, 2004 @06:45AM (#9978845) Homepage

Wasn' there a French advertiser who has written a book with the title (paraphrased):
Don't Tell My Mother That I Work In Advertising, She Thinks That I'm The Piano Player in a Brothel ?

Re:Well (Score:3, Funny)

by Robotech_Master ( 14247 ) * writes: on Monday August 16, 2004 @08:34AM (#9979218) Homepage Journal

To paraphrase Steven Wright, "I put an ad-bar and an ad-blocker on the same browser and let them fight it out."

Re:He did buy the uid on ebay (Score:3, Funny)

by nzhavok ( 254960 ) writes: on Tuesday August 17, 2004 @08:02AM (#9989559) Homepage

A 2-digit ID only got $115?

Shit - I'm going to have to reconsider my retirement plan now.

You could try timesharing it

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Yeah, ok. (Score:5, Funny)

IT'S A TRAP! (Score:5, Funny)

THANK GOD! (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Yeah, ok. (Score:4, Funny)

is there a version for (Score:5, Funny)

You just saved me from installing IE!!! (Score:5, Funny)

Re:is there a version for (Score:5, Funny)

Yep it's a joke (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Google is a special case (Score:5, Funny)

Why post this is it some backhand insult to Opera? (Score:3, Funny)

Don't cross the streams! (Score:5, Funny)

A use for those otherwise wasted cycles... (Score:5, Funny)

woot spyware kit !! (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Registering to get rid of ads? (Score:5, Funny)

Google's "targeted" ads (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Adbar vs. Adblock? (Score:1, Funny)

Targeted Ads, eh? (Score:5, Funny)

I just invented something too (Score:5, Funny)

Re:is there a version for (Score:2, Funny)

Let me get this straight (Score:5, Funny)

The truth? (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Well (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Yeah, ok. (Score:5, Funny)

Evil helspawn (Score:3, Funny)

Internet Exploder Compatibility Suite (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Well (Score:4, Funny)

Just install Adblock (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Yeah, ok. (Score:1, Funny)

Re:This guy (Score:2, Funny)

Someone's gotta say it... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Well (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Resolution to burn (Score:5, Funny)

pay to get the ads removed (Score:1, Funny)

My DVD Player (Score:5, Funny)

Spamderbird plugin is coming soon (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Well (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Can I hack it to pay myself? (Score:5, Funny)

Thunderbird ? (Score:3, Funny)

Obligatory Penny Arcade Reference (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Stop the Fark slang (Score:2, Funny)

Re:I hate to admit this... (Score:2, Funny)

Re:is this a joke? (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Well (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Well (Score:3, Funny)

Re:He did buy the uid on ebay (Score:3, Funny)

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