AdBlock Plus to stop, um, blocking all ads

Andre Yoskowitz
12 Dec 2011 22:44

The popular browser extension AdBlock Plus is likely to lose a large number of its fans soon.
Instead of blocking all ads like intended, the app will now allow "acceptable ads" to load.
The qualifications have not been finalized, but here is what we know so far for "acceptable ads," via digitizor:

Static advertisements only (no animations, sounds or similar)
Preferably text only, no attention-grabbing images
At most one script that will delay page load (in particular, only a single DNS request)

Of course, you can still add those ads to blocked lists, but they won't be the default anymore.