Advanced tab

In this tab you can setup Ad Annihilator advanced options that are useful in certain cases.

To open Advanced tab open Ad Annihilator Options window and switch to Advanced tab by clicking on its name.

Following options are available in both simple and advanced modes :

• "Disable automatic updates" - when checked, Ad Annihilator will not notify a user if a new version of Ad Annihilator becomes available. If this option is cleared, as soon as a new version of Ad Annihilator is released, the user will see a dialog box allowing to download and install a new version of Ad Annihilator;

• "Load Ad Annihilator in Windows Explorer" - when this option is on, Ad Annihilator works not only in Internet Explorer but in Windows Explorer as well. Windows Explorer can be launched using Accessories/Windows Explorer link in Windows start menu. Check this option if you browse the web using Windows Explorer and want Ad Annihilator to work there.

• "Hide progress window automatically" - when checked, Progress window is shown automatically when documents and resources are being downloaded and hidden when downloading process is completed. It is recommended to have this option on when you want to track how documents are being downloaded but do not want the Progress window to occupy extra window space when no downloading is in progress. Otherwise, you would have to turn Progress window on before or during downloading and off after a page has been downloaded manually.
  Note that to make this mode function properly, you should close Progress window first or have its Progress tab or Resources tab visible. If Progress window is opened and another tab is active there, the window is not hidden automatically when downloading process ends. To turn Progress window on and off manually, use "Progress and Statistics" button on Ad Annihilator toolbar;

• "Display a notification about every script error" - when checked, Internet Explorer displays a notification each time it encounters an error on a page. This may bother users, so it is recommended to turn this option off. When you enable banner blocking, sites may encounter errors due to missing banners that usually do not affect site operation; you may have this option on and enjoy banner blocking functionality without distracting error messages. However, if you are a web developer, you may need to turn this option off to see error messages for site debugging purposes. This option corresponds to "Display a notification about every script error" and "Disable script debugging" Internet Explorer advanced options. This option requires Internet Explorer or computer restart in order to make its setting effective;

• "Change cursor to hour glass when mouse pointer hovers over links that were not retrieved" - if checked, this makes Ad Annihilator to prompt you if a link on the page is retrieved or not. To experience this prompt, simply place the mouse over the link. If the mouse pointer changes as follows:
  
  it means that you have not visited this link yet and it is not in the cache. When you click on this link, browser will initiate network request if the page is expired and retrieve that page from the Internet. If you wait a little, a temporary window "Link is not retrieved" appears as well as shown above to indicate the same thing.
  If you do not see such mouse pointer and temporary window, it means that that page is already in the cache. If you click this link and page is not expired or "Download from cache if available" or "Download from cache only (offline mode)" browsing mode is active, this link is retrieved from the cache without generating network traffic.
  This feature offers you a useful hint on which links you already visited and which you did not to make your browsing more efficient;

• "Optimize filters" - when this option is on, Ad Annihilator tries to optimize banner and popup filters added via Resource block, Resource unblock, Popup block or Popup unblock windows. Optimization means removal of excessive filters and keeping the number of filters as little as possible. If you manipulate filters directly, it is recommended to turn this option off to avoid unexpected results;

• "Show project name in the browser title bar" - when checked, it allows showing currently opened project name in the browser title bar so that you can learn which project is active by a quick look at the browser window;

• "Max connections per server" - the number of concurrent connections to a single web server. Increasing this value may speed up the download process. Internet Standards prohibit setting this value higher than 2 connections per server. Setting this setting to a higher value may speed up the download but not all servers allow too many concurrent connections from a single computer. This option requires Internet Explorer or computer restart in order to make its setting effective.