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[RANT] Blocking Firefox is Stupid
 /  Monday, August 27, 2007 1:28:19 PM  /  View Comments  /  4 Old Comments  / 
posted by Program Witch
A long time Blog Oklahoma member has started to do something I really don't like. He is blocking Firefox users from his site. The reason, he doesn't like the AdBlock plug in. I'm not going to link to him here. Visit Download Squad if you want to find out more. This seems dumb to the point its an embarrassment. This guy trying to take a stand on what? Advertising? The only thing he is managing to do is let the rest of the web know about the Firefox plug-in AdBlock. Well guess what. I'm thinking real hard about revoking his membership in Blog Oklahoma because if it. I would love to get your thoughts on it. I could just be overreacting, and I'll likely forget about it before the day is over.

3:45p - Okay I've had time to think about it. I'm not going to do anything. Just ignore it. Move along, nothing to see here. This was just a "Rant".
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Monday, August 27, 2007, 2:02:30 PM by MikeH  |  email  |  www
Firefox is my browser of choice, however, I’m not for exiling a blog from the group because it blocks Firefox. For one reason, I haven’t missed it so far. For another, I may want to block people from using MS Explorer to visit Okiedoke one of these days.
Monday, August 27, 2007, 2:31:13 PM by Program Witch  |  email  |  www
Good point.

I've decided not to do anything. I just needed to rant. It was just the reason why he was blocking Firefox... AdBlock. Not a design choice. Back in the day there were many browser specific sites out there. I imagine there still is. I use AdBlock. I really don't need to see the "shoot the monkey" ads.
Monday, August 27, 2007, 3:56:28 PM by Program Witch  |  email  |  www
Just read this over at Batesline: Call me a Firefox fanboy
Monday, August 27, 2007, 4:36:00 PM by Program Witch  |  email  |  www
Here's another article on it: Website blocks Firefox users due to Ad Blocker. This one shows you how the block is put in place and how to get around it.