Windows 8 Ad and commercial relief

[Peterr]

I hope this helps everyone. It is a small free program that stops those annoying commercials you see when you are watching videos and all other ads. It is small and effective. I was talking with Mike about it and did not realize I was in the pm area so he suggested I share with the forum.
Peter

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...=WKOQORp2UK8gSEfyQrTeqg&bvm=bv.59930103,d.cWc

 

[Peterr]

Mike
I ditched all the programs and found a way to watch videos on your homepage for example.
Just click on the video then when the ad starts, click on the video a second time and the ad does not play but the video does.
Peter

 

[MikeHawthorne]

Hi

I've been using Ad Blocker Pro for a while and it works very well at removing he ads before videos as well.

Mike

 

[Peterr]

Glad you are having good luck, Mike.
Peter

 

[Jimbo22]

I, like Mike, prefer to use an extension instead of a full blown app/software. My choice is Adblock for Chrome and Firefox but I've had some issues with it using IE 11.

 

[Peterr]

That sounds solid. have you ever tried double clicking the videos to see if they skip the ads? It probably does not work for all sires, though.

 

[Jimbo22]

What videos and what site(s)? I'll check it out.

 

[Peterr]

The reason I stopped both Ad Blocker and the other one in this thread is because I have trouble with them with Win 8., MSIE 11.
I find that MSIE 11 has compatibility issues with a lot of things. One of my good forums cannot be pasted to, with it.
That is why I resorted to the double click. Either that or perhaps another browser.

 

[Peterr]

I cannot remember the sites I had trouble with as it was a while ago. I had googled ad blockers and tried two and both did not work well with MSIE 11.
My homepage is Comcast and I think I had trouble there besides other sites. My wife kept calling out that there was an issue so I got rid of them. I probably should have used Chrome or FF.

 

[Jimbo22]

Like I said...I had issues with IE 11 and adblock.....I don't think it's with adblock as much it's with IE, no matter what version of IE.

I use FF as my browser of choice.....no issues at with it and adblock.

 

[MikeHawthorne]

I have had issues with IE for so long that I don't even think of it any more.
Ever since I started using Windows 8 it won't open my Comcast home page and that's on 2 different computers that I've had with W8.

 

[Peterr]

Agreed, the bowser is causing issues. I use Chrome with no trouble with anything.