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So, I've finally got meself a clitfone[1], and currently trying to find my
way around the thing. My first set of browsing I did was a shock to see
just how many adverts are on many sites these days.

On my computer I use adblock and no-script in Firefox to weed out the
dross.

Can I do the same thing on the phone? I found an option to disable
javascript completely for the browser, but that's not ideal. I can also
remove all cookies, but I don't want to do that either. I'd just like a
nice simple way of managing them on a per site basis.


Also, a mate was showing me a picture on his phone, which he then sent to
me. On mine, the picture was blurry until I zoomed in or even out by just
the tiniest of amounts, then it was pin sharp. On "fit to screen" size it
was rubbish. What's that about?


[1] HTC Desire, thanks to Mr Sweller.

 

You can get apps to block both website & app ads, but only if your
phone's rooted afaik.

No idea, can't say I've noticed that on the Hero.

 

My Nexus S renders a low resolution version of the picture for a short time
before it manages to scale the whole image. Could it be that it's a
particularly big image and you're not waiting long enough for it to do this?

 

I haven't tried it yet, but Firefox is now available on Android and I
think it works with the adblock plugin.

 

Na, I did wonder about that as my Nikon does a similar thing, but I
waited, then I went to zoom in and it almost instantly went sharp. When I
zoomed out and let go, so it went back to "fit to screen", it went back to
a blurry image.

 

No, normal banner ads at the top and sides of web pages. I guess I notice
them more because I don't see them day to day on my copmuter. It's not a
case of visiting 'those' sites either, they're everywhere.

 

Heading that way myself.
Had a problem with duplicated contacts, sorted that and then found a
load of the saved contacts got mashed between the phone and the computer.
Shit searches on the phone too.

What's Sweller got to do with it?

 

Love

 

Just a second-hand emotion.

 

Same 'ere. Don't think I've ever intentionally clicked on a web ad
either. It's the same with the "Sponsored link" thingies at the top of
Google search results -- by habit, I automatically scan past them to
get to the "real" search results below.

 

Me too, mainly because my hosts file ensures a dead link if I try to
click them anyway.

 

Oh yes.

 

But all that wasted bandwidth!

<insert obikey comments>

 

Well duh! Why do you think he bought the phone?

 

Bizarro - went into the gallery this morning to show another friend what
I meant, and it was pin sharp at normal resolution. Dunno what the
problem was, but clearly user error.

 

"Finger trouble"