Progress tab

This tab is shown in Progress and Statistics window and displays the list of documents and resources that are being downloaded. You may use it to track document and resource download process. Documents and resources are added to this list automatically when their downloading starts and removed when downloading ends. You cannot control which documents and resources are shown here.

Progress tab can be turned into automatic display mode: it is shown when downloading starts and hidden when it ends. To enable this mode check "Hide progress window automatically" checkbox in Advanced tab of Ad Annihilator Options window. See Advanced tab for more information.

List structure

There are following columns displayed in the list:

• "Address" - Internet address of the document or resource (URL);

• "Size" - number of bytes downloaded so far. This number increases while resource is downloaded;

• "Total" - total size of the resource or document in bytes. This value is shown only if it was reported by the web server;

• "Status" - current download status. This field details what is going on with the download of the resource;

• "Content type" - document or resource content type if it was reported by the web server.

Legend

Items shown in the list are marked by the following icons:

• - the document or resource was queued for downloading. The browser restricts the number of simultaneous connections to a single site so if this restriction is exceeded, resources do not start downloading until a connection becomes available for them. With Ad Annihilator you can slacken this restriction increasing its value in Advanced tab of Ad Annihilator Options window;

• - the document or resource has started downloading.

Progress tab toolbar

There are following buttons on Progress tab toolbar:

• "Abort resource" - aborts resource or document downloading. This is useful when you see that a resource that you do not need is being downloaded and want to cancel its downloading. This especially applies to large-sized resources. Note that this command aborts only this downloading. Next time the browser tries to retrieve this resource, it will start downloading again. To prevent a resource (banner) from future downloading use "Block this banner" button;

• "Block this banner" - aborts resource (banner) downloading immediately and blocks it for future browsing as well. If you press Shift key while clicking this button, Resource block dialog opens to allow you to customize banner blocking. See How to block banners? for more information on banner blocking;

• "Unblock this banner" - does the same as similar option in Progress tab context menu.

Progress tab context menu

Progress tab context menu is shown when you right-click a document or a resource in the Progress tab:

Use Progress tab context menu to perform document- or resource-specific operations. Following options are available:

• "Abort" - does the same as similar button on Progress tab toolbar;

• "Block this banner" - does the same as similar button on Progress tab toolbar;

• "Unblock this banner" - allows you to unblock the resource (banner) from future browsing. This command is not useful for unblocking of only this banner as if it appears in this list, it is already not blocked. However, it is useful for unblocking of similar resources. This is achieved by pressing Shift key while clicking this option which opens Resource unblock dialog. See How to unblock banners? for more information on banner blocking;

• "Copy shortcut"  - copies a link to the selected resource or document to clipboard. You may later paste this link in Windows Explorer or onto the desktop to get a direct shortcut to this document for quick access;

• "Properties" - opens either Document properties window for the currently selected document or Resource properties window for the currently selected resource. To view resource properties for a document open Document properties window with this button and then click "Show advanced properties" button there.