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Next up, endless complaint about how Adobe's javascript code is slow, or they're doing something horrible to the canvas or some other B.S.

(I can't wait for my quad core computer to grind to a halt with dozens of unblockable canvas advertisements wallpapering every website I go to from now on...sigh, the end is near)

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NoScript to the rescue, it can block all kinds of embedded content, even custom fonts.

Or entire websites!

(Thanks for the javascript ball of mud, Gawker.)

Unblockable? No, you'd block them just as you block JPEG and GIF banners (and crappy iframes) now.

If anything it should be easier to block them as it's simpler to inspect the inside of a javascript/canvas banner than a flash one, from the context of a browser extension.

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