MACPRAXIS  I don`t get it. This Proxy runs fine but leaves Little Snitch useless, as the case would be for me. Every App. that fones home via http:// goes unrecognized by Little Snitch.  
(Version 1.3.1)

HAL2007  Crashes Little Snitch UI Agent immediately when installed. The Little Snitch alert windows doesn't even come up to ask for permission. Sorry, but this version seems pretty unusable right now...  
(Version 1.3)

THEBATTMAN  Just installed GlimmerBlocker 1.2 (PM G5 Dual 1.8Ghz, 10.5.6, 5Gb ram). While it appears to do an admirable job filtering obnoxious ads, EVERYTHING loads much slower. It almost reminds me of when I use to use DirecWay satellite access... except a worse lag.

Any ideas, or is this normal because of the proxification of everything to block the ads?  
(Version 1.2)

MITCH_DE  The Pro of the proxy concept, which is independend of Safari Version / for all Browsers/Internetapps ist also the BAD :

Why should tried to block ADDS always by every Internet Access ?

I would like an way of GB to be an blocker only for an selectable Application - not like it be now.  
(Version 1.3)

LIBCRYPT  I hate to say it, but there's no ad-blocking proxy out there that won't significantly slow down browsing. After a few months of GlimmerBlocker, I've had to switch back to Safari Adblock. Pages now load far, far more quickly.  
(Version 1.4.2)

FLUENTNUDGE  Apparently Glimmerblock bypasses Little Snitch which allows _any_ app to connect if they use the proxy... Unless you approve each and every connect glimmerblocker does...

So uninstalled...  
(Version 1.4.2)

TH3 J0K3R  Wow. GB is powerful. It loads greasemonkey userscripts and has safari quick searches along with the ad blocking. Make sure you empty the Safari cache after installing. Before doing this I was getting large empty spaces where ads used to be, now pages load cleanly and fast.  
(Version 1.4)

ZX  1. Crashes Little Snitch UI Agent constantly!!!

2. Shouldn't be a global blocker! We should be able to choose the apps that we wish to be blocked...

Anyway, an interesting concept.  
(Version 1.3)

RONL  I just installed GlimmerBlocker so perhaps this is too soon to actually review it but...

I am incredibly impressed!!!

For a long time now (since I visit tvguide.com almost daily) I have been looking for an app that would eliminate their large number of animated ads. The ads slow the loading of course and are extremely distracting.

Well... GlimmerBlocker did this right-out-of-the-box! I didn't have to create any settings for it to do this.

Another thing... when I have used plugins in the past to block ads sometimes they have either not allowed the site to load properly or it took a long time for the site to load thereby defeating one of the purposes (i.e. to load site more quickly since the animated ads would not need to load). This software at least appears to make sites load much more quickly if they have animated ads (e.g. HULU).

I'm connected via cable but it still makes quite a difference when you are checking out many sites very quickly as I often do.

Hope this remains as incredible as it appears in my short time of use.

And to think that it is freeware!

My compliments to the developers!  
(Version 1.2)

DREAMKATCHA  Yes, it blocks ads, but unfortunately that's not all it blocks. With this enabled, half the pages I (try to) visit need to be refreshed before they'll appear, and the ones that do load first time take three times as long. I'd rather see the ads than go back to dial-up speeds, thanks.

I tried to uninstall it as per the instructions and the 'activate GlimmerBlocker' checkbox was greyed out so I had to delete the preference pane and then re-install it just to see if GlimmerBlocker was the cause of my problems. It was.  
(Version 1.4.2)