0.6 Sidebar suggestions

[MassMan]

A few small suggestions to this excellent extension.

Tooltip only shows ONE filter, even though multiple filters might be in effect for a single element... I don't know how ab+ prioritizes filters, but just for testing I tried adding *ad* and *ads* (which is obviously redundant), sometimes *ad* would be shown as active filter and other times *ads*.

Sorting in type/address/filter

Color options. It's difficult to see the gray (the above sorting might help that though)

Perhaps an option to hide protocols? 300 lines starting with http:// seems kind of stupid

Counting of individual filter usage (*.ad.* used 300 times, *tradedoubler* used 10 times etc)



Oh, and a seperate forum should be created for 0.6+ imo to avoid confusion. A single forum for 2 different extensions really isn't good.

[Guest]

Oh, and a seperate forum should be created for 0.6+ imo to avoid confusion. A single forum for 2 different extensions really isn't good.

You probably had a great suggestion, but adding this line to the bottom is just asking for the thread to get hi-jacked (as I've just done).

Since abp0.5 isn't going to be developed, there's little need to post much about it, is there? the occasional "just noticed it needs another version bump" should cover everything that's needed.

[Paulfox]

Sorting in type/address/filter

Color options. It's difficult to see the gray (the above sorting might help that though)

Counting of individual filter usage (*.ad.* used 300 times, *tradedoubler* used 10 times etc)

The first 2 are fixed in latest DevBuild - now highlights blocked elements in red. Much better.

The 3rd point re: stats would be handy indeed. Would save me exporting to spreadsheet and using colors for frequency (along with checking many sites often) - big time saver if stats were kept for you.

[Wladimir Palant]

@MassMan:
- Filter priority: there is none (yet). Filters are simply tested in the order they appear in the Preferences window until one is found. I see no point in testing all filters only to show that others also match. Hit count for the filters is going to be implemented in 0.6.2, that might help identifying useless filters.
- Sorting in the sidebar: is on the plan for 0.6.2 (Paulfox misunderstood your request).
- Color: is fixed, see development builds or 0.6.1 (to be released in two days if everything is fine).
- Well, there is also https://
- "Counting of individual filter usage" - oops, already answered, see "hit count"

[IceDogg]

Hit count for the filters is going to be implemented in 0.6.2, that might help identifying useless filters.

Awesome! This is going to be great.

[MassMan]

@Wladimir:
- Filter priority: For a newcomer it isn't obvious that the order in which the filters appear in the pref window matter. You might wan't to emphasise that, plus the fact that alphabetical sorting is only visual.
I assume putting the most general filters like /[\W_]ad/ above more specific filters like imrworldwide.com will improve performance?


- Hide protocols - Well, there is also https://
Yes I know that An idea could be to color the sidebar address background in the same beige color that's used for the location bar when on https connections. This would draw the attention to the user that he's blocking a secure connection (most of the times this will be a false positive).

Actually, coloring the background of https:// might be a good idea in itself, to follow firefox' colorsceme, regardless of the hide protocol suggestion.

[fx-user]

perhaps there should be a option, to disable adblock on https. This way we could avoid problems with banking, etc.

Why not using filter whitelisting? Not every new user ist imediatly aware of all features. it should be idiot secure...

Why optional? Perhaps there are some secure sites, which people still want to be filtered.

So i think, this option could become useful...

[Wladimir Palant]

@MassMan: Nope, filter priority is not important (I said this a few times already, this really needs to be in the FAQ). There are always many elements on the page that don't get blocked at all and only a few that get blocked. The ones that aren't blocked allways need to be matched against all filters. Result is that whether it is the first or the 10th filter that matched the blocked elements - really doesn't matter for the overall performance.

There is "Optimize filter checking" on the plan for 0.6.2, it will change the order in which filters are applied anyway. As a user you really shouldn't care.

@fx-user: Hm, like putting @@https:// into the default filter list? That might be worth doing...

[fx-user]

would do the same, yes...