Combined Element Blocking/Generic

[Paulfox]

Not possible to use regexps with element hiding. Element hiding is only another way to write CSS. So you could for example add a number of filters:
yahoo.com#div(H4)
yahoo.com#div(nwad)

Or, if you really can't live without smashing hundred rules into one (which gives you absolutely
no performance improvement whatsoever) you can use raw CSS:
yahoo.com## div#H4, div#nwad, div#yredmods

I already have one that's effective as GENERIC non-site specfic:
#div(ad_box)

So to combine using CSS into one term along w/ #div(ad_box), NOT for optimization as just "organization in one generic catch - all filter):
#sponsor, #sponsors, .sponsor, .sponsors

It would be:
## div(ad_box), #sponsor, #sponsors, #.sponsor, #.sponsors
(??)

Otherwise I'm assuming separate entries would be:
#div(ad_box)
#sponsor
#sponsors
#.sponsor
#.sponsors

What I'm doing in meantime til I get answer: Stylish script/userContent based on Zoocar9's script plus my "addition." There will no doubt be others such as perhaps ".bottomad, .leftad, #leftad, .promo, #promo," et cetera.

.ad_box, #sponsor, #sponsors, .sponsor, .sponsors { display: none !important; }

Works great - if AB+ blocked elements, I'd prefer it - but since we're talking about "hiding" in both instances, it seems AB+ should be used for blocking and userContent for "appearance and/or hiding of elements." Just a personal opinion. I'm wondering which might be faster - content or AdBlock Plus - in managing "generic" element blocks.

[Guest]

The problem is: inbound elements (no matter if text, picture, script) cannot be blocked without loading the whole page. Even proxys and firewalls must load the whole page, because they need to know what to block.

You cannot ask the server: "Please send me the html. And skip the ads please."
The filter needs to know what is necessary block, so he needs the (whole) file first, after that he can decide what to block and what not. This is simply a technical issue.

[Paulfox]

OK . . . thanks.
#div(ad_box) did (does) work - I'm afraid of false positives on rest of them. But apparently "send me and skip the ads" at least works with that filter I mention - or at least "send me the html and my browser won't display them."

If we're only talking about not displaying, rather than blocking, I'm sorta convinced that userContent is the way to go anyway - that's reason for the post.

Thank you very much indeed for your response.

[pirlouy]

If we're only talking about not displaying, rather than blocking, I'm sorta convinced that userContent is the way to go anyway - that's reason for the post.

One asset of AB+ is the fact that you're not obliged to restart the browser.

For example, I use:
mozillazine.org#*(sidebar)
If i want to see the sidebar in order to do a search, I just disable this filter and update page.

But yes, this is not user-friendly because there's no elements list like for images, scripts, objects... Maybe one day someone will create an extension which can modify page very quickly (a mix of DOM inspector, AB...)

[ecjs]

We may share our element hiding filters.

For guidetv.wanadoo.fr :
wanadoo.fr#*(bg_pub)
wanadoo.fr#div(sl)

[Guest]

what happend to

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/\((ad_box|sponsors?)\)/

works just might fucking fine for me.

[Paulfox]

what happend to

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/\((ad_box|sponsors?)\)/

works just might *censored* fine for me.

I'm talking about div elements being hidden. Again, WP said:

Not possible to use regexps with element hiding.

And believe me, if anyone would like to regex divs or anything else, it's me. It might work "*censored*" fine, but it won't block "*censored*" divs.

Sometimes I hear the voices . . . . whoop! Little school bus is here, time for the helmet.

[Wladimir Palant]

Paulfox, you are mixing apples with oranges here (maybe you noticed already, so just to be sure). There is CSS with its syntax rules and there is element hiding that defines an own syntax (that can include CSS but doesn't have to). Check out http://adblockplus.mozdev.org/filters.h ... hide_basic

The element hiding rule #div(ad_box) is equivalent to the CSS selector div.ad_box, div#adbox - or in terms of element hiding again:

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## div.ad_box, div#adbox

And the other way round: the rule ## #sponsor, .sponsor is the same as:

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#*(sponsor)

[Aiden]

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