"Be Friendly" on the sidebar annoying you?

[VinceG]

Add this URL to your AdBlock Plus filter to get rid of 90% of the buttons:

https://monzta.maltekraus.de/adblock_social.txt

Sped up my forum experience tons!

[Curtis2011]

I never noticed the "Be Friendly" thing at all until you just pointed it out.

That just goes to show you how little attention is paid (I think by most people) to the side bar.

While I won't be adding that to my adblock, I can sympathize with the idea that website developers should be more wise about the marginally-valuable, speed-hindering widgets they spam on their websites.

[VinceG]

Originally Posted by Curtis2011

I never noticed the "Be Friendly" thing at all until you just pointed it out.

That just goes to show you how little attention is paid (I think by most people) to the side bar.

While I won't be adding that to my adblock, I can sympathize with the idea that website developers should be more wise about the marginally-valuable, speed-hindering widgets they spam on their websites.

I wasn't paying attention to it either, until it started slowing the heck out of my page loads.

[Lil Chris]

Originally Posted by VinceG

I wasn't paying attention to it either, until it started slowing the heck out of my page loads.

I think it's the twitter button you are referring to that's causing the problems.

[ButterflyWoman]

I didn't even notice it, and I don't even see the Twitter button. I don't think it's blocked, though it may be (I've got a fair amount of ad blocking and tracking blockers enabled).

I see "Be Friendly" and then a link that says "Follow", and that's it.

I'll have a look with IE (I normally use Firefox).

Okay, in IE I see the Twitter logo, Facebook Like, Google+, and StumbleUpon. Must be the blockers in Firefox. Also interesting that I don't see ANY text links for any of the other stuff.

See, this is why I use Firefox. Lots of good add-ons that allow you to filter stuff like that.

[Came]

That was really handy, thanks. My whole pc was actually slowed down, this site was using 400mb of memory so yeah, thanks!!

[Kaie]

Mine doesn't say 'be friendly' it is a Twitter button (if that's what you are talking about.

[wstein]

New to Firefox, what is AdBlock and how would I add this URL?

BTW: I see:
Be Friendly
<follow icon> 20.9K followers
<facebook icon> 5K
<??? icon> 49K
<+1 icon> 652

[VinceG]

Originally Posted by wstein

New to Firefox, what is AdBlock and how would I add this URL?

BTW: I see:
Be Friendly
<follow icon> 20.9K followers
<facebook icon> 5K
<??? icon> 49K
<+1 icon> 652

Adblock Plus is an extension/add-on. You install it through Firefox and it blocks ads. But the way it blocks ads, it can also block web elements like Facebook "Like" icons and such. The URL I gave points to a blocklist that does just that. Once you install Adblock Plus, you can go into its options and add a new blocklist. Add my URL and it'll start blocking these silly social networking widgets which, if you plan on using them, serve to strip out a click or two, when you decide to use them. But every time, whether you use them or not, it has to go load a different web server, sometimes doubling or tripling page load times. As much as I like the PDSP forums, they're not something I'd recommend to my friends, because they aren't the type to participate in forums. So the added time is just a waste.

[Apresto]

not bothered at all, but thanks for the info

[Aminka Ozmun]

So that's the culprit!

I too have noted about how slow these forums can load oftentimes but never heard anything about what could be done about it.

Something else, though: Could these same widgets be the cause of slow page loads getting out of this site??

I swear many times I'm trying to leave these forums, navigate to some other site, and it takes forever to get away....

[VinceG]

Originally Posted by Aminka Ozmun

So that's the culprit!

I too have noted about how slow these forums can load oftentimes but never heard anything about what could be done about it.

Something else, though: Could these same widgets be the cause of slow page loads getting out of this site??

I swear many times I'm trying to leave these forums, navigate to some other site, and it takes forever to get away....

That might be a symptom of spyware infection. But that's a wild guess. I haven't experienced any such slowdown.