>
>Isn't Opera supposed to be the most stripped down browser? Would that run
>better on dialup?
>
Hmmm... I'll look into that.
In the meantime, I recalled that there already is a URL-blocking function
built into Windows. It's a text file named "hosts", with no extension. In
WinXP it's in the C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS\etc folder. You can edit it
yourself to include URLs that you want to block. It's been a part of Windows
since day one, but hardly anyone is aware of it. You can download a large
version of it from the web.
My firewall has a number of editable URL blocking files, and I make good
use of those.
I don't like the idea of this Google safebrowsing as it gives them the
opportunity to eavesdrop on your internet usage, which is no different than
keylogging malware.
Chris
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
- Hunter S. Thompson
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