Existing users, 
I don't know if it's the crack people are smoking, or what, but SafariBlock works great with OS X Leopard 10.5.8 & Safari 4.0.3. I used to 'mess around' with PithHelmet, found myself messing with its settings all the time just to get it to show a website correctly. Pure junk, but I hadn't tried anything else.
When I finally tried SafariBlock, I was truly amazed. I'm trying to figure out where I can donate some money to this cause, because this is EXACTLY how a precision adblocker should work. Keep up the great work!
SafariBlock is very, very simple. Just install with a few clicks & then simply USE SAFARI... That's it. It blocks all the crap, yet allows the websites to display how they were intended. Simple, simple. PithHelmet is a friggin' joke like PC's.
SafariBlock
content blocker
Version: 2.2r1
AWESOME! Works with Leopard & Safari 4 just fine
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Contributed by: flyinglow2 Thursday, August 13 2009 @ 06:36 PM PDT
Product Platform: MacOSX
Used Product For: Less than a month
Recommend Product: YES
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broken on safari 4.0.3, macosx 10.4.8 - bitflung
RE: SafariBlock on Safari 4.0.3, MacOSX 10.4.8i've seen various posts claiming that it WORKS and that it DOESN'T WORK.
so i'm here to say that it is apparently not a general state, but user specific somehow.
FOR ME IT IS BROKEN. it was working perfectly fine before updating to the latest safair version. update also broke cooliris and safarigrowl. matter of fact, nothing in my InputManagers folder seems to work anymore.
I've also tried completely purging that folder and reinstalling SafariBlock - nothing happens. Safair behaves and offers the same menu and preferences panes as if I had never clicked on the install icon.
Why? I dont know. I dont even see any error messages in Console.app.
If it works for you: great. I dont know why it doesn't work for me or so many other people out there - but please stop "correcting" users with legitimate and valid statements of fact.
Personally, I've had to switch to firefox for now. The web is simply disgusting to me without adblocking. I have serious issues - i can't listen to the radio when i drive either, or watch normal live TV because i am simply revolted when i get inundated with ads.
on top of that, i find that 90% of the time when safari locks up and dies on me, it's due to a heavy obtrusive ad on my screen (and the !@#$%@#$%^'ing Intellitext ads - my god those people should be shot!)
anyway, off topic now - point is SafariBlock CAN AND MAY break on you with safari 4.0.3. wish i knew what was different between your working versions and my broken one...
-bit
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Friday, August 21 2009 @ 08:23 AM PDT