i think changing the output of the browser to the memstick would be easy, but idk. and theres no homebrew to block ads, and i think it'd be difficult to make.

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Would it really be that hard?

Simply tell the browser to not bother loading files that match a list or a pattern.

Sure it would increase loading times, but not nearly as long as loading the ad's themselves!

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You've got muddled up. the 'Out of memory' error means there's not enough RAM, not flash memory. Redirecting the Flash1 writing would only allow us to use the memory stick as a cache. Don't forget though, that the browser has a 2mb cache limit anyway, so the entire thing would be pointless.

And yes, it would be nearly impossible. It would mean coding a PRX that intercepts the advertisment and hides it. This would actually take up quite a bit of memory, because there would have to be a database from which the blacklist is loaded; loading them on-the-fly would be pointless as it would mean comparing each animation or flash image that os loaded being compared to the blacklist every time it loads. The only other alternative is to store the list in the memory, which would completely contradict the idea of the hack (to get rid of the errors).
There's also the problem of when to block the image (before or after the download, before being nearly impossible), and then what to do instead of displaying the image.

Anyway, ad blockers are bad! Do you have any idea how much money webmasters lose if you use them? For instance, Robert A's takings are reduced by about 14% thanks to ad blocking software, and none of the ads he displays on his sites are nuisances. They're all very relative and useful ones. Do us all a favor, turn it off!

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Correct, the out of memory issue is due to the PSP's low DRAM, used for on-the-fly loading and storing of cache files and other misc. temporary Internet files (cookies, images, etc). Though I'm sure there is a way to modify it to save and load the files on memory stick, it would take a hell of a lot of coding for it to work side by side with the standard IE, and also, would slow down browsing a load as the transfer times between the CPU and storage would greatly increase (the DRAM is really fast). Also, as PJ said, you would need a database of all the ad servers online, which would either take a lot of space on the memory card, or would require constant streaming with a ad blocker server.

On PJ's last note, honestly, I don't mind if you use ad blockers, it's not that big of a deal but I try my best to make everyone's viewing experience as pleasurable as possible. The only time of the year that ads are crap is right now, the beginning of the new year. Slowly but surely the quality will rise once more.

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Heh, sorry. It's just you seemed rather stromg-minded in your blog; I guess I got the wrong idea!

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does he have a blog?
where?

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*Sigh* too bad... I was hoping this would be a quick fix.

Any way to make it load images and such alone in a different area?

They are the bulk of the data I think...

>.< sigh, oh well. Maybe sony will do something themselves... I wouldn't mind slow internet as long as it was INTERNET, you know? ah well.

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an easy way to make browsing go faster is:
For faster, but not very fast: turn off animations
for much faster but still slow: turn off animations, and javascript
for a really fast web browser: turn off animations, images, javascript and flash.

you wont need any of the features any often.

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I normally turn them all off when browsing the web on my PSP, if not all then just flash and animations.

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