3 Useful Firefox Add-ons To Block Facebook Ads

Tue, 26/01/2010 - 8:14pm — Smohkim

Who doesn’t want to have hold of some useful tools or add-ons to make the most of their browser? Especially when it helps you with spending an eternity on Facebook. I will be talking about three useful add-ons for Firefox that will help you get rid of those irritating ads all over your Facebook Pages. Now each of these add-ons aren’t specifically designed for Facebook but can actually help you make your Facebook experience better.
AdBlock Plus

This add-on removes any ad on any page that you find bothersome. Simply add the plugin and you are good to go. The add-on is one of the most powerful tool as well as the most popular one on Firefox with over 69,034,077 downloads as of now. All you have to do is just point your mouse on an ad and right click and select the option on the menu. Once you do so, a popup window would open and there you can assign exceptions to the filter. With the exceptions added you can apply the filter and it removes that huge banner from the screen making sure you come across the neatest page.

AdBye for Facebook

Quite less popular than the AdBlock but it has over 21,000 downloads, primarily that is because it is only about Facebook. But it does a wonderful job with removing those troubling ads from the Facebook pages. Seriously I have always found them to be very distracting and barely ever clicked on any or even felt like doing so. But AdBye does a fine job at ridding you of the torturous ads that line the right side of the page. See for yourself the image below and if you feel like giving it a try, you can always use the link above.

Remove All Facebook Ads
Another one of those useful add-ons with just a fraction less than 20,000 downloads. The add-on works in a similar manner as AdBye but this one is just a tip ahead. The plugin is just different by name however I did notice one glitch that at times it removes content on both the left and right of a page on Facebook, yes that includes your fans on a fanpage and description, etc. Otherwise it is no different in any manner.

Of all the best I primarily liked AdBye the most, while AdBlock Plus is definitely more powerful it blocks images to reduce the weight on the page not the text part of the ads. You of course have the option to modify it, but if its just plain old simplicity you ask for, go for AdBye, it definitely much easier. By the way if you do have a suggestion on another Ad blocker that works perfectly to kill ads on Facebook, do let us know about it in the comments.

Tags: addons, ads, facebook, Firefox