Disabling flash in the Steam browser?

[black_and_blue]

Just wondering whether anyone knows of any way, whether by configuration or plugin, to disable Flash in the Steam in-game browser.

I often have tf2outpost.com open in the background while I play TF2. I don't want to close the browser, because sometimes I bump my trades during the respawn wait. I don't so much mind seeing the ads when I'm actually looking at the browser - the real annoyance is when sound suddenly starts playing on top of my TF2 game when I'm not even looking at the browser.

This morning it was happening like every 3 minutes. Normally it's not that bad, more like once every half hour, but it was intolerable to the point that I simply closed the browser and didn't check the trades as often.

[The Domer]

If it's just ads that are bugging you, just use adblock+

[black_and_blue]

If it's just ads that are bugging you, just use adblock+

I feel kind of guilty when I completely block all ads. That said, I feel like an advertiser is sort of overstepping their bounds when they start making super flashing ads that take over half the screen and make all kinds of noise.

I don't object to seeing ads so long as they're reasonable. Blocking Flash and also clearing my cookies every time I close my browser (which is what I do in Firefox) seems like a fair compromise.

That said, is it possible to install adblock+ into the steam in-game browser?

[The Domer]

Oh, for some reason I glazed over the bit where you wrote that you are using the in-game browser. I don't think it has any functionality at all, I hardly call it a browser. I don't know how to help you there.

[Flash]

From a quick Google (man the SPUF is horrible to venture into) it looks like you'll need to use a system-wide add blocker, like a custom hosts file.

[Stevo]

Can you just use a real browser in the background with whatever plugins or settings you want?

[NerevarineKing]

I never even installed flash for the steam browser.

[black_and_blue]

Can you just use a real browser in the background with whatever plugins or settings you want?

Sometimes I do this. Only problem here is that when using tf2outpost outside of steam, clearing the cookies every time I close the browser makes it forget my machine and then I have to do the Steamguard email loop again, so it takes more setup time.

But the Flash-based sound ads seem to be getting much more common, so I might end up to resorting to this more often.

I never even installed flash for the steam browser.

If there were some way to have Flash in other browsers but not in the Steam-based browser, I would. I certainly never consciously installed it for Steam. Anyone know how to install it for other browsers while avoiding getting it in Steam?

[The Spanish Inquisition]

You have to add the Pinion web site to your hosts file. Pinion is the ad network that is most widely used.

127.0.0.1 motd.pinion.gg