the rich! ramblings

I recommend installing Adblock Plus and add the following subscription list:

How to add an Adblock Plus Filter Subscription:
Open ADP Options (Tools > Add-Ons > Adblock Plus > Options or right click on ADP status icon > Preferences)
Filters > Add filter subscription
Add a different subscription
Enter a title and this url:

http://update.firenico.com/abp/nico.supersizeme.txt

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This will bring FireNICO back up to speed and should improve the the overall experience.

FireVortex runs on Greasemonkey which kicks in after the page has loaded. VWvortex forums (and VMG sister forums) use a number of third party tracking sites. Unfortunately (like today) those sites go down and cause a delay before FireVortex starts.

I recommend installing Adblock Plus and add the following URLs to the filter:

vwvortex.jbrlsr.com
la.jbrlsr.com
prstats.postrelease.com
www.big-boards.com
static.chartbeat.com
ping.chartbeat.net
http.cdnlayer.com

OR

I have created a simple filter subscription list which will ONLY block the third-party tracking urls used on the forums (no ads). The filter subscription rules are restricted to the VMG forum domains. I make no guarantee and this may cause other javascript errors to appear in the console. Some of the third-party sites do not use try/catch blocks – prtracker()

How to add an Adblock Plus Filter Subscription:
Open ADP Options (Tools > Add-Ons > Adblock Plus > Options or right click on ADP status icon > Preferences)
Filters > Add filter subscription
Add a different subscription
Enter a title and this url:

http://update.firevortex.net/abp/vmg.tracking.txt

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This will bring FireVortex back up to speed and should improve the the overall experience. (especially PMs not poppping up)

**edit – 5 Aug, 2009 – updated list
**edit – 1 Sep, 2009 – added filter subscription list
**edit – 28 Oct, 2009 – updated list
**edit – 20 Jan, 2010 – updated list