simple 'No Ads' browser please

[anonymous-user]

zeDuffMan said:

http://lynx.browser.org/

Simple as you can get

[thecremeegg]

I presume this is for porn browsing? If so, good luck stopping those pop-ups!

[MarkRSi]

AVV EM said:

zeDuffMan said:

http://lynx.browser.org/

Simple as you can get

And you'll never see image/flash/video adverts too

[S47]

As much as hate to have to change - I need a simple browser to open these
sites which have taken a dislike to my current browser
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[thebraketester]

Netscape navigator

[Mammasaid]

thebraketester said:

Netscape navigator

IE6......

Seriously, you need to use a modern browser with the likes of Adblock, old browsers will be riddled with security vulnerabilities which is what these sites are trying to tell you.

[Mike335i]

I used NoChromo for a while and it was effective at blocking the ads:

http://nochromo.en.uptodown.com/android

I currently used Pyrope which is pretty slick and OK at blocking ads

[loudlashadjuster]

As others have said, you won't get what you are looking for. Not if you want to browse anything more than 2000-era sites, anyway.

Today's web is not simple and therefore can't be displayed by a simple browser. If you start to whittle away at the things that make a browser a browser in 2017 then you'll quickly discover the many ways in which it was responding to different types of content and presenting them to you, apparently without your knowledge.

I use Chrome and uBlock Origin and see very few ads/popups, and I only have the occasional problem with unviewable content (paywall stuff, mostly). Add something like Ghostery or Disconnect if you're paranoid to strip out even more of the 'non-content' stuff but you'll quickly run into more display/navigation/usability issues. It's hard for such extensions to know when a object in a page is there to help you use the site or is there for a more nefarious purpose.

When a website doesn't work, knowing how/when/what to disable to get round this would seem to defeat the purpose of wanting a "simple" streamlined experience, as it seems you are after.

[S47]

Loudlashadjuster
TA for your relatively simple to understand explanation.
My current browser stops most ad's and crap etc. but some sites like the examples posted won't let me see their pages unless I have a browser of their choosing - Why - I'm baffled ??

[zeDuffMan]

S47 said:

but some sites like the examples posted won't let me see their pages unless I have a browser of their choosing - Why - I'm baffled ??

They will use modern scripts that 'enhance' the user experience. Older browsers don't support these and won't display properly. It costs considerably more money to support every browser ever made so many websites are opting to force users into upgrading their browser instead.

To be honest, if your browser is old enough for web developers to not support it, it's probably too insecure to be using anyway.

[thecremeegg]

You're using IE it looks like? Just update it, you're cutting your nose off to smite your face it seems

[wiggy001]

OP - it looks like you are using Internet Explorer (and not that old a version either in the big scheme of things). If you're not seeing ads then you must have some kind of ad block installed as well.

As others have said, install Chrome, install an ad blocker add in (eg uBlock origin) and off you go. Chrome is simple, auto-updates and is well supported so I can't see a reason not to.

[JamieBeeston]

S47 said:

Loudlashadjuster
TA for your relatively simple to understand explanation.
My current browser stops most ad's and crap etc. but some sites like the examples posted won't let me see their pages unless I have a browser of their choosing - Why - I'm baffled ??

Because if you wont allow a website to help fund its costs of existing by showing you an advert, why should you expect that website to want to let you see its content?

The web can only go one of three ways in reality


a) Adverts to cover costs
b) Paid for memberships to cover costs
c) sponsored content to cover costs

Personally I'd prefer not to have c) so am happy to pay for B where its an options and suits me, or A at all other times.

Over the next few years, those using Ad Blockers will find themselves increasingly limited in the choice of sites they can actually visit.

[S47]

JamieBeaston
I'm the customer for those websites refusing my browser access
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Analogy - I suppose to turning up to fill up my 1970's Lotus at a petrol station - only to be told by cashier that I'm not welcome there, ONLY MODERN MOTORS are welcome to fill up here.
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Of course AS A Paying CUSTOMER I fill up elsewhere - no problem at all!
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a Short time later the first petrol station closes for good - OH WHAT A SHAME
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Can you see what's gonna happen to those websites I [and plenty of others] can't access with our existing browser's??
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They're gonna cease to exist:-
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Sooner the better IMO
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Customer is always right

[Mammasaid]

S47 said:

JamieBeaston
I'm the customer for those websites refusing my browser access
>
Analogy - I suppose to turning up to fill up my 1970's Lotus at a petrol station - only to be told by cashier that I'm not welcome there, ONLY MODERN MOTORS are welcome to fill up here.
>
Of course AS A Paying CUSTOMER I fill up elsewhere - no problem at all!
>
a Short time later the first petrol station closes for good - OH WHAT A SHAME
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>
Can you see what's gonna happen to those websites I [and plenty of others] can't access with our existing browser's??
>
They're gonna cease to exist:-
>
Sooner the better IMO
>
Customer is always right

A better analogy is that you turn up at a petrol station in a car that's known to catch fire when refuelling (aka a security vulnerability) the cashier will not let you fill up.

You go to another station, they let you fill up, but your car burns to a crisp and you can't retrieve any personal possessions from it (aka your files, email, photos etc.)

Or no petrol station lets you fill up until
A. you upgrade to a newer car.
B. you address the vulnerability in your present car.

BTW, the best analogy to an adblocker I can think of is installing privacy glass!

[zippy3x]

S47 said:

JamieBeaston
I'm the customer for those websites refusing my browser access
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Analogy - I suppose to turning up to fill up my 1970's Lotus at a petrol station - only to be told by cashier that I'm not welcome there, ONLY MODERN MOTORS are welcome to fill up here.
>
Of course AS A Paying CUSTOMER I fill up elsewhere - no problem at all!
>
a Short time later the first petrol station closes for good - OH WHAT A SHAME
>
>
Can you see what's gonna happen to those websites I [and plenty of others] can't access with our existing browser's??
>
They're gonna cease to exist:-
>
Sooner the better IMO
>
Customer is always right

try buying leaded petrol at a petrol station

[loudlashadjuster]

JamieBeeston said:

Stuff

This wasn't a question on the morals of blocking ads, this is adquately covered elsewhere.

Suffice to say that while my computer remains my own I will chose what I want to do with it. If a site makes it impossible to see their content, either via aggressive anti-ad-blocking or a paywall, I will elect to circumvent, pay, or ignore and go elsewhere as I damn well please.

[mp3manager]

anonymous said:

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[hyphen]

S47 said:

Can someone suggest a simple web browser that works on all sites without allowing crappy pop ups and 'ads etc.
Please don't suggest Chrome/Firefox/opera etc. these are the opposite of what I want
I don't need syncing etc. just a simple browser, it doesnt even need a favourites drop down!
TA

What you need is the opposite of what is available.

Install Firefox, add on UBlock Origin (Ad blocker) and then look through the adding lists and find then install ones that stop things you don't like.

[thebraketester]

mp3manager said:

anonymous said:

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I wont. I dont care how discrete the adverts are I dont want to see them.