CNET Editors' review
Built on GPL, the open source and free Safari AdBlock was written with help from the folks who created AdBlock Plus, the popular Firefox plug-in. This iteration for Safari is simple and needs no configuration, although there are a few options for users if they want them. Users can choose from blocking ads in a multitude of languages including English, German, French, Ukranian, Russian, Korean, Chinese, and more. That's about it for customization.
In our extremely scientific testing, whereby scientific we mean utterly and shamelessly empirical, we checked out a few Web sites with big ads including CNN.com, NYTimes.com, and TheOnion.com, and AdBlock successfully killed ads on all three of those sites. Up until now, the best way to block ads in Safari have been pay-for-play options. But for free and open-source goodness, Safari AdBlock is the way to go. Hopefully future versions will have more features, and a few ads did get through in our testing, but by and large this is a very effective ad-blocker.
Publisher's Description
From Safari AdBlock:
Safari AdBlock blocks ads in Safari. It is free of charge and under the GPL license. Safari AdBlock is meant to be extremely simple to use: there is nothing to configure, no filter list to manage, no regular expression, it just works out of the box.
What's new in this version: Snow Leopard compatible.
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All versions:
3.1 starsout of 32 votes
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Current version:
2.3 starsout of 20 votes
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"New version available"
Version: Safari AdBlock 0.4.0 RC3
Pros
Latest Safari version: 2.4.33
Cons
Nothing at all
Summary
http://safariadblock.com/
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"Bad. BAD. Very BAD!"
Version: Safari AdBlock 0.4.0 RC3
Pros
Hard to see any
Cons
Crashes, beachballs, awfully slow after many tweaks and reinstalls.
Summary
There are few things I hate more than ads - one of them is this nagware.
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"Exceptionally horrible."
Version: Safari AdBlock 0.4.0 RC3
Pros
Don't know
Cons
I downloaded and installed, yet the program is nowhere to be found. Not in applications, not in Safari preferences, there's no shortcut, and all advertisements are still there. And now it's clogging up my computer somewhere.
Wish I had read the other reviews. The other AdBlock program works great. -
"Excellent Widget!"
Version: Safari AdBlock 0.4.0 RC3
Pros
This is great for businesses and individuals who need to know when packages arrive.
Cons
Cannot think of anything!
Summary
I find this Delivery widget to be valuable so we know when packages arrive so we can be there to pick them up and not worry about others stealing our orders.
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"Outdated!!"
Version: Safari AdBlock 0.4.0 RC3
Pros
Nothing good to say
Cons
Installs - but does not show up
Summary
DON'T USE
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"Automatic Mac Restart on Extension Install"
Version: Safari AdBlock 0.4.0 RC3
Pros
Blocked ads nicely while it worked
Cons
Restarted Mac on reinstall
Summary
I had this in place but uninstalled then reinstalled this morning. I went to Preferences to check the extension after installing. When clicked the close button, it restarted my Mac.
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"Got this via the Apple website and it works great."
Version: Safari AdBlock 0.4.0 RC3
Pros
Works like advertised. Free! No annoying ads when viewing Youtube anymore!
Cons
None so far
Summary
Try it, it's free. Keep it if you like it, uninstall if you don't. You have nothing to lose except those stupid ads. I'm using version 2.4.4.
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"Doesn't work!"
Version: Safari AdBlock 0.4.0 RC3
Pros
Older version on macbook worked fine, no more ads seen at the time, so potentially good product
Cons
downloaded it again on new computer 9/2/11: don't notice a thing! It doesnt come up in the safari menu as it did before and all ads are still there!
Summary
is there some sort of issue with the current version? Can the safari Adblock people pls fix this?
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"Does what it says on the tin"
Version: Safari AdBlock 0.4.0 RC3
Pros
Did the job.
Cons
None so far
Summary
Worth downloading, does what it's meant to.
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"What is this I don't even"
Version: Safari AdBlock 0.4.0 RC3
Pros
Absolutely nothing.
Cons
It doesn't even seem to exist except for the fact that its disk image is in my downloads folder.
Summary
Logged onto an imageboard this morning, and it seemed somebody had hacked it and programmed in some annoying ass Christmas music and santa hat .gifs over the place where every photo would be. I have never been more annoyed in my life. So I asked how to get rid of it, and somebody said adblock had an option to block specific things like that. I guess he must've meant the windows version, because this literally does not do anything of the sort . . . in fact it doesn't seem to do anything at all. I am very, very disappointed. And, if anybody can tell me how to get rid of this annoying Christmas stuff somehow, nothing would make me happier. Especially anybody who /b/, that's the origin of the issue.
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