We also visited sites participating in the Acceptable Ads initiative, and we're totally in sync with both the spirit and the results. Some blocked ads showed placeholders, but AdBlock Plus closed up most spaces for a much tidier look. We clicked some tiles to open ad-laden sites we'd visited in our previous session. Some of the extra features dialogs didn't display in IE 11, but it's easy to report issues and bugs, and the AdBlock Plus community responds quickly.įor the most part, the brand-spanking-new AdBlock Plus for Internet Explorer worked as well as in other browsers, and much better than anything else like it, free or not. After that, we could click the ABP icon to access the add-on's options, manage blocking, and more. We looked for but couldn't see the familiar ABP browser button until we enabled IE's Status Bar (under Tools/Toolbars), which isn't displayed by default. Installing AdBlock Plus in IE 11 required a system reboot. We tried AdBlock Plus for Internet Explorer in IE 11. Acceptable Ads appear on ad-supported sites that follow AdBlock Plus community guidelines, helping to keep both those sites and this free, open-source browser extension that way (i.e. It also disables tracking, malware domains, and social media buttons, if you tell it to. AdBlock Plus does more than block annoying ads. It blocks everything automatically, but it's easy to unblock sites. AdBlock Plus for Internet Explorer blocks annoying banner, pop-up, and video ads from appearing on the Web sites you visit.

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