Opera Browser and Adblocking .....

[DorsetBoy]

Many have complained that Adblock+ is not available for Opera. Opera browser does offer content blocking and many unwanted images and adverts that waste bandwidth and slow loading on pages can be removed, the process is somewhat slow though as for adverts each URL needs to be added manually.

However, there is a list provided > HERE < which can be pasted in to the URL list and deals with many of the adverts, though not all.

Reading through the blog pages we also find a more effective adblocking method > HERE < which utilises fanboys' block list. The instructions are provided on the page for Windows,Linux and Mac. Basically download the zip file, unzip and add the urlfilter.ini file in the Opera profile folder as per instructions.

Be sure to have Opera CLOSED while doing this. If you are replacing an existing file back it up/save somewhere . Once installed just open Opera as usual and browse without adverts 

[Gary]

I use Easylist but its all the same. Also I use Easy privacy as well to completely removes all forms of tracking from the internet, including web bugs, tracking scripts etc.

  Does this method in Opera actually just hide the image Dorset, as ABP actually stops the image before it gets to your browser, so its not there just being hidden. Safari has that now also, and Chrome as you would expect is harder to implement blocking rather than just hiding but I think Adblock for Chrome may actually do that now. Also adding the list is a good idea but what about updates every five days, ABP just does that for you and you can also whitelist sites.

  I'm not knocking Opera but if they had that extension it would make life so much simpler, rather than re-adding the list every five days, and then adding the whitelisting as well. It's a good workaround though Dorset 

[DorsetBoy]

The content blocker prevents images being loaded at all, it makes a huge difference on slow sites, a friend has a forum on a shared server, there is a horrible Google members map which lags the loading terribly, block it and you have instant page load.

The second method with the urlfilter.ini blocks the ad servers from your system. It seems to block pretty much all advertising systems, the difference on page loading times is very noticeable.  A typical example is Autotrader which in the evening is dire, another is boatsandoutboards.co.uk which although they have uograded servers is still horrible at peak times. With the filter in place the pages are very fast ...... why do I want to buy bandwidth so Google et al can slow down my system? 

[Gary]

The content blocker prevents images being loaded at all, it makes a huge difference on slow sites, a friend has a forum on a shared server, there is a horrible Google members map which lags the loading terribly, block it and you have instant page load.

The second method with the urlfilter.ini blocks the ad servers from your system. It seems to block pretty much all advertising systems, the difference on page loading times is very noticeable.  A typical example is Autotrader which in the evening is dire, another is boatsandoutboards.co.uk which although they have uograded servers is still horrible at peak times. With the filter in place the pages are very fast ...... why do I want to buy bandwidth so Google et al can slow down my system? 

Good to know    I do agree that some sites take an age, I used to use AdMuncher on Windows tbh it works across all browsers, and messengers, well it did, and was pretty good at cutting down on the crud, it showed you bandwidth saved and ads blocked which always astounded me. You never realise how many adverts really are out there until you block them and your browsing becomes so much better.