 | Nov 13 2009 |
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.
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| Nov 5 2009 |
seems like it speeds up web browsing cause your not forced to waste bandwith on ads
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| Nov 2 2009 |
CORPSECORPS After using Privoxy for a periods of time in the past, i thought a proxy would be a good way to go if it just wasn't as horribly user unfriendly as that software. This still isn't very user friendly: i.e. no simple interface for immediate changes to ad blocking. The only really good solution i've found for ad blocking is Firefox + Adlbock Plus with Element Hiding Helper. I had to toss GlimmerBlocker, because as a proxy it necessarily affects all browsers and i don't need the chaos of both GlimmerBlocker and Adblock Plus working in tandem. Back to an ad-storm while using Safari and other browsers.
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 | Oct 27 2009 |
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...
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 | Oct 9 2009 |
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.
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| Oct 16 2009 |
CORINNA I had the exact same problem. I was prepared to blame my ISP, but I removed GlimmerBlocker and the problems disappeared. I have a new problem now: ads.
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| Oct 5 2009 |
PROGRAMHAPPY It is not blocking any ads from googlesyndication.com or doubleclick.net. It may not be working altogether. OS 10.6.1 & Safari 4.0.3
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| Oct 6 2009 |
ZUULITO glimmerblocker is very easilly customizable just go in the filters pane, click the + at the bottom and add doubleclick.net (for example) in the host field. (you can select 'is in domain' instead of 'is', to get all the subdomains from doubleclick.net if you want)
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| Sep 21 2009 |
IVANOVITCH I'd be more impressed if it didn't block Facebook: Got java.io.EOFException (Unexpected end of ZLIB input stream): http://www.facebook.com/n/?reqs.php&mid=1.....(etc)" Oh well...
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| Sep 29 2009 |
BRSMA +1 This is quite annoying. I'd be grateful to see this fixed ASAP.
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 | Sep 30 2009 |
RONL Use a "userContent.css" instead. You can download one from
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| Sep 14 2009 |
JOSHP If you remove this prefpane, iTunes can't get to the iTunes Music Store or update podcasts until you also remove the proxy info from Safari. Go to Safari--> Preferences--> Advanced--> Change Settings and uncheck Web Proxy.
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| Sep 17 2009 |
TH3 J0K3R Did u uncheck activate GlimmerBlocker before removing the preference pane?
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| Sep 14 2009 |
RONL I was using Glimmerblocker, but because it uses a proxy server it increases the overhead for Safari and consequently Safari was sometimes hanging when loading pages. Now I use a userContent.css style sheet for Safari instead of Glimmerblocker. Safari works faster this way and only takes a minute to set up... and of course it is free. Both Safari and Firefox can easily use userContent style sheets via their Preference settings. In Safari simply go to Preferences > Advanced > Style sheet... and select your userContent.css You can find the latest css at: http://www.floppymoose.com (or if MacUpdate deletes this URL do a search using Google for "Better Ad Blocking for Firefox, Mozilla, Camino, and Safari").
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| Sep 10 2009 |
ROBOTANK The transition to Snow Leopard highlighted for me the substantial advantage Glimmer Blocker has over other Safari ad blockers. While all Input Manager based plugins stopped working with 64-bit Safari, Glimmer Blocker continued to function without a hiccup. While I unfortunately had/have to wait for a couple other plugins to be updated, at least I didn't have to deal with ads. As for Glimmer Blocker having a less thorough filter set than Safari AdBlock, I've found that with some of the additional filters linked to on the GB web page installed, I've managed to get nearly complete ad blocking, so far only needing three domains on my own filter. Also, I've found that Safari's page loading speed with GB is far superior than with AdBlock. I suspect this has to do with the way ads are blocked, though I could be wrong. It looks to me like AdBlock loads the data from the ad server then prevents it from being displayed, while GB prevents the data from being loaded at all. In any case, I'm very pleased with GB, and I strongly recommend it over the existing alternatives.
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| Aug 22 2009 |
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.
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| Jun 22 2009 |
CORPSECORPS This is a better solution than some of the other adblockers since, as a proxy, it will work with various browsers and isn't broken by minute changes in them. However, i don't find it's interface very intuitive (about on par with the monstrosity Privoxy), and the deal breaker for me is that there's no interactivity with the browser interface. In fact, as one has to bring up System Prefs to make changes, it's less convenient to add to than those that require bringing up the browser prefs. As i find new websites that become places i visit often, i need to be able to kill ads (and clutter) as i find them, without having to look at page code too carefully. Subscriptions have never really thrilled me. So far nothing even remotely approaches the ease and versatility of Adblock Plus with Element Hiding Helper. I waited years for such a thing to show up.
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| Jun 15 2009 |
IMAGE_CTRL Glimmer Blocker will do quite a number on Safari if it's uninstalled incorrectly (and by "incorrectly" i mean intuitively, the way you would assume software should be uninstalled). I am currently going thru the unfortunate process of removing Glimmer Blocker properly so that Safari works again. i am at least a bit thankful the developers post a guide on how to do this. I do not recommend this software. If you want to block Flash, use ClickToFlash, which is a proper WebKit plugin that doesn't mess with your network or system files.
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| Jun 18 2009 |
ROBOTANK It's really not that big of a deal. All you have to do is deactivate GlimmerBlocker before you uninstall it. I would think that should be obvious enough to most knowledgeable users anyway, since GB works as an http proxy and therefore changes network settings. In any case, the painful process is no worse than reinstalling, deactivating, and re-uninstalling GB, which should take no more than a few minutes at worst. Also, ClickToFlash, while a great plug-in in its own right, is not an alternative to GB, as it blocks Flash only, while GB is an ad blocker.
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| Jun 9 2009 |
JOHN SAWYER CJS Has anybody found that GlimmerBlocker works with any web browser, not just Safari, due to its proxy approach? The developer's descriptions mention just Safari, but I've been trying out iCab for about a week, and though iCab has only simple built-in ad blocking, and no add-on adblock software available for it, I seem to be seeing pretty complete ad blocking while using iCab, on a par with what I saw with GlimmerBlocker and Safari. I've turned on GB's option to show a checkerboard pattern for blocked images, and though I was seeing this pattern when images were blocked in Safari, I'm not seeing that pattern in iCab, so maybe iCab's built-in adblocking is better than I thought? But on another Mac I'm using, that doesn't have Glimmerblocker installed (it can run only OS 10.4.11 max), its copy of iCab is showing ads that my GlimmerBlocked Mac's copy of iCab isn't showing.
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| Jun 9 2009 |
JOHN SAWYER CJS Now, I'm seeing the GlimmerBlocker checkerboard pattern in blocked ads in iCab. So this seems to confirm that GB is working in iCab?
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| Jun 18 2009 |
ROBOTANK Yes, it does work with most browsers. For me it works with Safari, OmniWeb, iCab, Camino, Firefox, Opera, early builds of Chrome/Chromium, etc. As a proxy, GlimmerBlocker intercepts and filters incoming traffic before it gets to the browser, so it shouldn't matter which one you're using.
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| May 27 2009 |
GUILE If you're using the 1.3.4 i recommend to you to update to 1.3.5, i was getting mad because a bug was causing many sites to have missing images or connection bugs, but now it's fixed ! Glimmerblocker rules !
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| May 4 2009 |
RONL If you are wondering whether GB is affective... go to this URL with GB on and then off... http://www.tvguide.com/listings/ Great app!! I've been using it since I first heard of it several months ago with no problems.
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| May 3 2009 |
BLLOYD It's not like Tiger is getting any _newer_
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| May 23 2009 |
AIKOUSHA You have to have newer, just to justify yourself? Newer isn't always better, and with OSX 10.5 it unfortunately breaks hundreds of reliable and useful apps. (don't see this happen much in Winodws, sad to say). So, for me as well, I can't give this a recommendation unless there is a 10.4 version.
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| Jun 18 2009 |
ROBOTANK How reliable can an app really be if its developer can't update it to run on Leopard, which has been out for over a year and a half? You must be using a lot of abandoned software if upgrading to Leopard would break "hundreds" of apps. You might as well just bite the bullet and upgrade. With Snow Leopard on the way, I'm sure Tiger is rapidly running its course.
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| Jun 28 2009 |
AIKOUSHA Lord, did you miss the point... And the reason why Leopard breaks so many apps, is because Apple pulled the software out of Leopard that was required (or superseded it)... This is not a fault of the programmers! The same thing they did in Tiger... Anybody else miss the old search, and hate the very broken Spotlight? It sort-of works, but you wouldn't accept that in airline travel... And as far as snow leopard is concerned... It "breaks" everything that isn't Intel. According to Apple, they have abandoned PPC completely. If I want to go Intel, I'll buy an Intel Machine, Install WinXP, Linux and Hackintosh. Best of all worlds.
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| Aug 28 2009 |
JRDUB Are you seriously saying that Leopard's spotlight is inferior to Tiger? Wow. It may be true that you can search on specific fields in Finder easier in Tiger. But the results are atrocious. Rarely did it ever find anything meaningful for me. And I use my computer, as a web developer and systems consultant, for at least 6 hours per day. That's time in front of the computer working. Tiger can't even hold a candle to Leopard. I have *hundreds* of apps on my computer. And, true, some of them stopped functioning when I upgraded to Leopard, mostly obscure utilities. But the beauty is in the Mac community if one program fails or disappears there is virtually always another better project being actively developed. So, have you actually looked into replacements for the programs you're afraid of losing?
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| Apr 22 2009 |
ESCAPERAISE GlimmerBlocker had very little effect on the number of ads displayed, and in particular did not block animated flash advertisements which was the whole point. I trashed the control panel and now cannot get online using WiFi. EVDO still works. Suggestions welcome :-) Unibody MBP running 10.5.6. Tx.
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| Apr 23 2009 |
ESCAPERAISE Had a wonderfully fast response from the developer. Summary: The instructions are here: http://glimmerblocker.org/wiki/Uninstall • open the "Network" preferences panel and disable the "http proxy" setting for all the network connections: Click the 'advanced' button for each of them, then select the 'proxy' tab. • if this file exists, delete it: /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.glimmerblocker.proxy.plist • restart your mac (so the proxy is stopped, and the system notices the above file is removed) With support like this I plan to keep Glimmerblocker and learn to configure it better. | |
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| Apr 2 2009 |
ANONYMOUS Yep. I've noticed the same thing. Caused me to turn it off.
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| Jun 18 2009 |
BRSMA So what? The virtual memory size you are talking about is not this important, actually. This is not equivalent to what is used in RAM and on disk, and AFAIK does not really deteriorate your machine's performance.
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| Mar 12 2009 |
LEOPOLDBLOOM I'm very pleased with this app on the whole. It's never caused problems for any of my apps, and I like having a good blocker for Safari that's not an Input Manager. If you find it's not blocking enough ads, enable the extra filters that come with GB and check on its web page for more. There is now a filter posted there that covers a bunch of stuff the default filters don't. The only issue I have is that if you're running Little Snitch's network filter all the time, every web page you try to visit goes to it through GB and so isn't included in any browser exception rule. This can be a pain, but since I don't use LS that much, it's not a big deal for me.
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| Aug 23 2009 |
MATTISME Because all traffic is routed through the GlimmerBlocker Proxy, Little Snitch is entirely bypassed (as soon as you set "allow" in LS for GB traffic). If you are a LS user, proceed with caution. Otherwise, GB is an excellent piece of software, and the only reason I can't use it is because of my extensive use of Little Snitch.
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| Feb 25 2009 |
::MILE:: I thought this was an ad-blocker...?! It only seems to block a few animations, but about 80% of advertising is still all over the pages...!? Maybe I need to configure it all myself, but if it doesn't work "out of the box" I'd rather use something else...
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| Mar 12 2009 |
MITCH_DE Yeah, the main problem is the way how it works. Other than SAFT or other good blockers it cant block animated gifs only, flash only and cant add adds by right click to the block list. This its because his proxy way and not as plugin / Input Manager. I really tested GB long buts way worst (in handling, CPU usage, adding blocks) that the InputManager plugins. An other bad is, its because of the proxy way vs InputManager, it can have an bad effekt to all Internet Apps . So if you dont need Add Blocking in an Non-Browser Internet App, GB maybe can make problems, even this Internet App didnt need any Add Blocking. The InputManager way is a bit different - it bundles the blocker to its Browser, not to all Interner Apps. The only really (now) pro is: Independed from Browserversions / OS X Versions.
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| Mar 12 2009 |
Best App Blocker ? You make yokes! At least for german adds its the worst App Blocker!
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| Feb 15 2009 |
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.
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| Jul 28 2009 |
JPROKOS The LittleSnitch rule if for GlimmerBlocker only not for every app on your system.
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| Feb 2 2009 |
MBHOCKEY What I can't figure out is how this software is free. Terrific job. One of the great free applications that is being actively developed for the Mac. Thank you!
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| Jan 25 2009 |
JAZZYGUY Great Blocker and thanks for the tip on Little Snitch.This is a great Freeware application that I would have gladly paid for.
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| Jan 23 2009 |
CBZINGER If you're using Vuze along side of LittleSnitch (formerly Azureus), you need to disable GlimmerBlocker, otherwise Vuze will not allow you to search or download content. I figured it out the hard way once Vuze reported it couldn't contact http://127.0.0.1:8228/, which is the port that GlimmerBlocker runs on. When Vuze fails its network tests, it won't run properly. If you turn off GlimmerBlocker, then Vuze works perfectly.
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| Jan 20 2009 |
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.
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| Jan 20 2009 |
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...
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| Jan 20 2009 |
JCDS I had the same problem and on Little Snitch Forum, I found the solution. Little Snitch 2.0.4 (build 385) is broken and it is recommended to download Little Snitch (build 387) and install it. That solves the problem with GB. Jean-Claude
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| Jan 20 2009 |
HAL2007 Thank you very much for this information! Greatly appreciated!
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| Jan 20 2009 |
HMURCHISON Why the assumption that it's Glimmer's fault versus Little Snitch?
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| Jan 20 2009 |
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.
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| Jan 10 2009 |
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?
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| Jan 1 2009 |
UNCOY Great ability to self-configure for the reasonably technically competent. Turned Barefeats.com from animated GIF mess into a nice white and black website. Brilliant.\ PS. I am also an ex-PithHelmeter (paid). Due to the constant issues of breaking (and current releases don't cover animated GIFs anyway), I gave up PithHelmet a while ago. I have a custom .hosts file but it's a pain to configure. Glimmer solves the configuration issues.
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| Dec 31 2008 |
KYMM Of course we're using Tiger! Some are running OS9 concurrently with Panther (only way to run all apps)
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| Dec 23 2008 |
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!
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| Dec 23 2008 |
KUPHD still allowed all sorts of ads to come through. i've been using adsubtract which is a css file for a long time. it's never broken with any safari update and removes all ads. also, be careful with this if you uninstall it. it modifies your network proxy settings. you have to manually change those back in order to connect to the internet.
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| Nov 29 2008 |
JIMW This product does seem to work as advertised. However as a long time user of Pithhelmet I found it to be not as convenient, flexible or as powerful as Pithhelmet. Of the two products I do prefer Pithhelmet. However GlimmerBlocker did work with Safari updates which broke Pithhelmet until it got updated. So I am holding on to GlimmerBlocker, leaving it installed but not activated as I have a gut feeling that using both of them together might be counterproductive. That way, when future Safari updates break Pithhelmet again, as they frequently do, I will have GlimmerBlocker already installed and ready to use until Pithhelmet is updated. Given its stability, if GlimmerBlocker is ever enhanced to the same functionality of Pithhelmet, or better, it would certainly seem to be a very strong and viable competitor to it.
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| Nov 25 2008 |
ROCKINSAGE I liked the concept of this blocker so I disabled Safari AdBlock and installed this. The blocking and features are nice, but my browser slowed to a crawl. Pages would take forever to load, some would never load. Thought it was a network problem, but I eventually disabled GlimmerBlocker and re-enabled AdBlock. Problems vanished. Not sure what I'm doing wrong, and no one else seems to be having these problems. No forums or troubleshooting guide that I could find, not sure where to go.
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| Nov 30 2008 |
ZUULITO You should send a mail to the support adress, you'll get a quick reply, I reported a few bugs in the early versions and I got very quick and nice answers(and bug fixes !)
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| Dec 26 2008 |
MALEBENSO I do not have performance issues. But Ars Technica wrote in one of their reviews: - It seems to clamp 2.97GB of virtual memory for itself. Not at all a problem for me, but might be on a laptop if you're running low on disk. - It's fast as hell. As far as I can tell, page loads are basically the same speed with the proxy enabled and without.
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| Nov 23 2008 |
LEOOFBORG Since my last review I've done a number of things with GB, and now it's my favorite blocking agent. 1/ I had words with the Dev. He's very thoughtful and open to ideas. 2/ I added a 'first filter set' called 'Whitelist'.. here you put router ip addresses, bank, etc sites that you don't want GB to mess with. Don't publish this one. ;-) 3/ Using the 'Suspects' tab it's EASY to add additional sites, even by regex just like AdBlock. And remember these work with any browser that uses 'Network' settings [see below to add FireFox, etc]. I agree with the author that with a proxy you don't want to be as strict as AdBlock with some sites. They break too easy. 4/ GB 'just works' in Safari, WebKit, Camino, and OmniWeb. And any other browser that uses Apple's Network settings. And it covers your active network sockets automagically. Go from Wireless to Ethernet. Plug, unplug, no problem. When you turn GB on/off it tells you. In fact, since Camino and OmniWeb have AdBlocking, it's like web nirvana. If you add SafariStand for manual plugin loading, it's reallly nice. In fact, Safari is really snappy with SafariStand + Sogudi and nothing else, other than GB. Sorry PithHelmet... :( 5/Here's a tip: For FireFox/Flock you can use the "SwitchProxy" add so that you can use GB in those too.. then add http://127.0.0.1:8228 to the proxy list.. I use this to switch between GB and TOR with FireFox and Flock. For those of you who are on the fence, seriously, try this. Easy install. Easy de-install. It's like running Privoxy but without the pain of configuring by hand.
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| Nov 23 2008 |
LEOOFBORG Another tip: Running GB & Vidalia/TOR at the same time. When want to run GB 'all the time' and also want to engage TOR sometimes, here's what you do. 1/ Install GB. Leave the default port setting of 8228 and make sure it says 'GB connects directly to http servers'. 2/ Now install Vidalia.. but in *its* network preferences, make sure you *change* it: first, tick the checkbox that says 'I use a proxy to access the internet' and make sure the 'https' checkbox is *unchecked*. GB is running.. so start TOR.. then in FireFox use 'SwitchProxy' to select your TOR setting which should point to 127.0.0.1:8118. Try https://check.torproject.org and if you see the success page you're done. Yeah, I know, why run a proxy in a proxy..
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| Nov 19 2008 |
LEOOFBORG This really works.. much as I like PithHelmet, it's been murder on my system with both Safari and recent builds of WebKit. I've even made a few rudimentary rules and it works like a charm. I just wish, that since it's a proxy that it would work with Camino, Firefox, etal. Also, if we were somehow able to import or subscribe to AdBlockPlus feeds.. oh, that would be nirvana.
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| Nov 23 2008 |
LEOOFBORG My bad. It *does* 'just work' with Camino, OmniWeb, Safari, WebKit. See my comments 2 above for how to get it to work in FF or Flock [SwitchProxy, setting it up for 127.0.0.1:8228, etc].
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| Nov 19 2008 |
DOC RENAUD For me, this works just as well as PithHelmet, but doesn't crash Safari 3.2 and does not slow it down either. I really like the fact it's not a hack for Safari and I have not to wonder "is this version compatible with that version?". OK, it's new and must be tested in the long run. But so far so good.
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| Nov 19 2008 |
ZUULITO A useful addition would be to block images/flash by size, pithhelmet does that, and it has a huge predictive value. GB is great, I adopted it right away, I love it !
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| Nov 19 2008 |
MADMACMAD Yes finally we have a great working Ad blocker !!! Well i use Safari AdBlock but had some trouble with some sites, onlinebanking etc.... So i had to disable Adblock to see the content of the page.... Now with Glimmerblocker it works fine without any problems. After a few Test's i can say it is more effective than other AdBlock tools on Mac & it works superb' with all Browsers !!! without installing a extension with slow down Page Rendering in Safari like AdBlock.... So i hope that many People use this one and that the community create great custom Filter. It's a very great Idea to integrate custom subscritions ! Go on !!! ... and finally it is FREE & OPEN SOURCE so everybody can contribute !!!! Thank you so much for this great solution!!! much better than all other Solution's for us Mac User's. Hope to see the Community help's to build gret Filter sets for more Countries.
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| Nov 19 2008 |
CLARUSAD Just a little question : no Tiger version ?
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| Nov 19 2008 |
MITCH_DE Q: Will this take more CPU cyles that Safariblock (i use) ? Isnt an extra proxy implementation more Code and whats about Netbarrier or other Tools for Network? SafariBlock works since my 3.0 Sadari, never had Problems with updating.
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