[arachne] Re: Beware of "freezes and creahes" [sic.]
- From: "Greg Mayman" <gmone@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: arachne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:28:11 +0930
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On Fri, 27 Feb 2009 01:31:52 -0500, Samuel W. Heywood wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-02-26 at 18:01 -0500, Glenn McCorkle wrote:
>> To stop that stuff from happening in the first place.....
>> install the 'GreaseMonkey Extension for firefox'
>> http://techtoggle.com/2009/02/how-to-block-ads-in-firefox/
> Thanks for the recommendation Glenn.
> I just now downloaded it and installed it.
Hmmm... maybe I'm getting a bit slow in my old age but I couldn't make
their directions work.
I switched to the Win computer, opened FireFox, clicked on that link and
got the following instructions:
* Hope you have Mozilla Firefox installed. If not then download it
from here. *Download Firfox*
Yup, it certainly is installed.
* Install GreaseMonkey Extension for firefox from here. *Download GM*
When I clicked on the download link, after a short delay the file
"GM.xpi" appeared in my Download folder. When I clicked on it, I was
asked what I wanted to do with the file; I selected to open it, and
accepted FireFox as the default application. Grease Monkey is now
installed.
* Restart Firfox.
Did that.
* Now its time to install the adblock script provided by adsweep.
Just Drag and GM will ask you to install it. *Download Script Here.*
What do they mean "Just Drag"? Clicking on that link gave me AdSweep.zip
in my download folder. There was nothing asking me to install it.
Working from within FireFox, I select the File menu, then Open file...,
and clicked on AdSweep.zip in the download folder. AdSweep.js appears in
a subfolder. When I click on it, I get the message asking me what to do
with it. Selecting to open it reveals AdSweep.js. Clicking on that file
gave me a warning not to install stuff I wasn't sure about, etc. I
elected to go with it anyway.
But that gives an error message from Windows Scripting Host:
Script: C:\.....\AdSweep.js
Line: 15
Char: 2
Error: 'location' is undefined
Code: 800A1391
Source: Microsoft JScript runtime error.
So what now???????
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