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there isn't much in the way of protocol for your computer to "talk" to the servers that are addressed in html. The browser simply loads the requested content (by way of requesting it from the other server) or it does not. There is not official avenue to "tell" the ad server anything. The currently available modes of "telling off" an irritating server are illegal. |
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The hypertext transport protocol "accept" header can be used to tell the server to avoid sending flash animations, if possible. |
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... is there anyone who would not activate that filter? |
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plenty: some people's favorite sites would be given the short shrift by a filter. |
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Flash is altogether counter to the spirit of the World-Wide Web, as it merges content and formatting in a non-seperable way. You should be able to apply whatever formatting you like to a chunk of content - and this formatting may depend on your needs (e.g. if you are partially sighted) or the device you're viewing the content on (which may be underpowered, or have a tiny screen). Flash subverts all this good intention, usually in order to preserve a website's 'branding' and in the mistaken belief that primitive animations are entertaining. |
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I guess the thing that I find frustrating is that sometimes the browser on my older machine will "hang" while I see a bunch urls shooting through the status bar while I hear the grinding noise of the hard drive. And it will just sit there doing that for a good 2 to 3 minutes only to discover that it was the "Punch the Monkey" banner ad holding things up. |
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Well, no - that's the point. Why should [Jscotty] have to buy
a new computer just because some idiot web designer thinks
a cpu-intensive Flash animation is a good idea. His browser
should just be able to ignore it. |
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In some of my browsers, a flash blocker takes care of this problem. (In my case, it's about the distraction, not about the bandwidth, but the fix is the same.) It replaces each flash animation with a button; if I click on that button, the animation loads and plays, otherwise not. |
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There is no such plug-in or extension for the browser you're using? |
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A transparent proxy could do this in a browser-independent way. |
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