Adlesse
^ Adlesse is a free content-filtering browser extension developed by Adlesse Ltd., available as an addon for Internet Explorer, Opera, Mozilla Firefox, Safari and Google Chrome. Its primary use is for removing unwanted page elements, such as animated web banners, and increasing customizability of user's browsing experience via a score of widgets.
Overview
How IT Works
Once installed Adlesse automatically detects and replaces unwanted elements on a page. It only deals with animated banner ads, leaving harmless contextual ads, like Google AdSense, unmolested. Unlike many other similar browser extensions, Adlesse does not PReVENT ads from being loaded altogether, but rather hides them behind various widgets of the same size. Widgets appear on every page with ads, according to their priority which is set in customization window. Adlesse employs no whitelists/safelists, but it is possible to manually reveal any hidden ad if it was mistakenly marked as unwanted content.
Currently available widgets
- Local news – this widget automatically locates user's whereabouts and compiles a selection of latest local news, available from online news sites. News come in local language (or in English, if language is not supported).
- Weather – shows current weather and forecast for user's chosen locality.
- Latest tweets – displays latest tweets if the user is logged on his Twitter account.
- Facebook – displays latest posts from user's Facebook feed.
- Interesting links – links to sites/articles which have recently drawn internet community's attention.
- Famous quotations – randomly quotes wise words by famous people.
- Did you know – a compilation of fun facts and trivia.
Other features
Twitter on FB: when logged on Facebook account user can read Twitter feed or directly post new tweets via the corresponding widget. Google search page: Google ads are substituted for search results from Bing, Wiki and Twitter on the Google search page.
See also
- Adblock
- Flashblock
- Ad filtering
External links
- Adlesse (Official site)
- Online tutorial