[Novalug] annoying gmail feature

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Mon Jul 14 00:39:23 EDT 2008


> Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:20:40 -0400
> From: Ed James <edjames@greenbelt.com>
> Subject: [Novalug] annoying gmail feature
> To: novalug@calypso.tux.org
> All,
>
>     When I use gmail via firefox, the browser hangs until the "Sponsored
> Link" cwap is displayed.  I can't "stop" the browser, can't shift to
> a different browser tab, and often can't use the taskbar to shift to
> a different program/process.  This Sponsored Links cwap oftens takes a
> fairly long time to load, and really slow down everything else.
>
>     Is there a way to defeat this "feature" (without sending money to
> Google, of course)?  I've looked but didn't find an obvious way.
>
> Ed James
>


Switch to basic html view and set it to default.



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