How to Turn Off CBC Banner Ads

If you are bothered by the new huge banner ads on the CBC Prince Edward Island website:

CBC Screen Shot One

…and you’re using Firefox, then you can check the preference for “load images for originating web site only:”:

Firefox Screen Shot

…and the result will be:

CBC Screen Shot Two

Beware the this setting will prevent the loading of all images on websites that draw their images from elsewhere (not such a bad thing, as this is usually done to present you with ads anyway).

Comments

Jacob Dockendorff's picture
Jacob Dockendorff on August 13, 2005 - 06:35 Permalink

There is also the problem of Flickr pictures no longer showing up on weblogs (and such) if you choose to block the images.

Daniel's picture
Daniel on August 13, 2005 - 21:59 Permalink

With the risk of stating the obvious, the AdBlock extension for Firefox is a simple way to block much more selectively and just as effectively for CBC’s ads. AdBlock Extension