Useful Thing: Opera’s Block Content Feature
November 8th, 2006
When it comes to blocking content there are two options: 1) import a list of sites and file names that will be blocked; or 2) manually block the site/file as it appears.
FireFox’s AdBlock extension uses the first method, while Opera implements the second.
The Block Content feature in Opera can be accessed by right-clicking in a blank area of any website. Right-click > Block Content. The page will then turn hazy and only the ads will be clickable. You can then left-click on an ad to make it disappear forever! Or shift-click if you want only that one image rather than ads with similar file names.
It is a bit tedious because you have to do this for every website. However, for the sites I go to the most, it is great to not have to see those ads because once I click the ads to disappear, I never have to do it for that site again!
2 Comments Add your own
1. bobby | January 14th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
ehh, In Opera you can also import a list, you don’t have to selefect everything manually. Many updated lists are posted as urlfilter.ini
do a quick google on Opera urlfilter.ini - plenty to choose from.
2. x | March 14th, 2008 at 8:44 am
same for adblock, you can add content to block manually, too
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