What is the best solution for ad blocking with FireFox and Explorer 8?

Posted by Edward Tanguay on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Edward Tanguay
Published on 2009-08-21T08:51:05Z Indexed on 2010/05/13 17:34 UTC
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What is the best way to block annoying ads but allow useful ads on Firefox and Explorer (8), basically I would like to:

block animated flash ads
block animated silverlight ads
block animated gif ads
allow subtle google ads and ads on e.g. StackOverflow which are graphics but often useful information
allow flash in general
allow silverlight in general
allow animated gif in general

What is the best way to strike this balance?

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