Now, if the animation, video, or sound is coming from an embedded Java
applet, and you don??™t have the luxury of an ad blocker, you can turn off Java
support altogether. In Internet Explorer, go to Tools ??? Internet Options,
click the Security tab, click Custom Level, and in the JavaVM section, select
Figure 7-38. The tabs feature in AdBlock Plus is a quick way to get the address of an
embedded web object, as well as a means of eliminating annoying animations from a web
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Disable Java, and then click OK in both boxes. In Firefox, go to Tools ???
Options, choose the Web Features category, turn off the Enable Java
option, and click OK. Or, in SeaMonkey, go to Edit Preferences, highlight
the Advanced category, turn off the Enable Java option, and click OK.
JavaScript, not to be confused with Java, is often used to create flyovers
(where a button or icon changes when you move the mouse over it) as well
as cursor trails (the flying bits that follow your mouse pointer). Now,
because so many sites rely heavily on JavaScript, it isn??™t a good idea to turn
it off just to purge these sorts of animations. In most cases, you can curb
annoying JavaScript behavior with an appropriate user script, as described in
???Improve Any Web Site,??? earlier in this chapter. If you??™re using Firefox or
SeaMonkey along with Adblock Plus, you can use the ???Blockable items???
window (press Ctrl-Shift-B) to block one or more of a specific site??™s external
JavaScript source files.
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