Re: UKNM: More webwashing

[Phil Gyford]

Oh, you make me laugh Alex.


At 14:31 17/05/1999 +0100, you wrote:

>but by carrying ads and earning £, sites can invest in bigger servers &

pipes and

>be even faster!

>

>alex

>

>Paul Douglas wrote:

>

>> To increase download speeds?

>>

>> >why would an ordinary user want to block ads anyway? they're often the

most

>> >entertaining / colourful thing on a site ...

>> >

>> >alex

>> >

>> >Paul Douglas wrote:

>> >

>> >> >> 3:00 a.m.  12.May.99.PDT

>> >> >> Software that blocks ads on the Web has been around for almost as

long

>> >> >>as the

>> >> >> banners themselves. But for various reasons, these tools never

caught on.

>> >>

>> >> Also, the new Mac browser, iCab, allows you to block graphics

according to

>> >> their dimensions in pixels...

>> >>

>> >> Paul


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