Flash has become a serious problem on the web as more and more sites use this technology to deliver video and advertisements. Although it is considered the industry-standard, it still isn't optimized for your browser and can cause quite a bit of problems when you browse through sites.
With Entrecard, you try to view as many sites as possible, leaving comments, and interacting with blog owners. However, Flash is quite prevalent on these sites, and can quite often cause the browser to crash, leaving any additional tabs you had opened left to crash.
There are three tools that I want to mention to help remedy this problem.
1. Flashblock - This plugin is for Firefox users, and is ideal for blocking web video. While you can also block advertisements, ads are generally not the main cause of slow browsers, but instead the large videos that are strewn throughout the sites.
2. Toggle Flash - This plugin is for Internet Explorer users, who may want to disable Flash due to its overuse on the web.
3. ClickToFlash - This is a plugin for Safari on Mac OS X in order to help you block obtrusive Flash from loading.
I want to hear your thoughts about blocking Flash when browsing sites through Entrecard, and whether it has sped up the time it takes to "drop cards" each day.
2 comments:
I couldn't agree more. I use No Script and in addition I use Ad Block Plus to block ads as well. I use these in my Firefox browser.
Thanks for the tips. The only way that I drop a lot of EC per day is by using the Entrecard Firefox plugin.
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