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what was the other things besides //div that can be block if i add them?

If you want to find out change it to "//*" which will list everything. When you've determined common types exploited by ads change the preference to something like "//div|//span|//table" etc because as you'll notice every additional element that is detected increases the time it takes to load a page.

Wouldn't it be crazy to list every element instead of using the wildcard, or even doing both? like this?

//div|//img|//image|//i|//a|//p|//label|//select|//option|//ul|//ol|//title|//span|//IFRAME|//noscript|//META|//iframe|//center|//hr|//link|//form|//input|//br|//head|//meta|//td|//tr|//td|//tbody|//body|//table|//itable|//li|//r|//html|//*|*|//clav|//style|//script

"//*" placing the wildcard there does match "//div", "//img" and so on, which is what I meant when I said it will list everything. So you don't need something as long as what you quoted.

Why can I not see the adblock.elemtypes option in my about:config? The following is my useragent string:

Whoops, I forgot to log in Anyway, I'm running Adblock Plus v0.6.1.2.

PacoBell:

adblock.elemtypes is for Adblock Plus 0.5, not for Adblock Plus 0.6, which is a completely different extension by a different developer that has the same name.

I see from previous posts that the current dev has philisophical reservations about so-called "element hiding". So be it, I've discovered Stylish!

Please check out http://adblockplus.mozdev.org/faq_featu ... l#divblock - "element hiding" in Adblock Plus 0.6 is entirely different and there is no need for adblock.elemtypes. You can hide any element you wish without tweaking preferences.

Yes, I am aware of that, but you must realize that your Adblock loses a lot of its value due to the fact that those element types do not automatically show up in the sidebar. One of the things that made the previous Adblock great was that I didn't have to manually hunt down the elements I wanted to eradicate. Perhaps this is where our philosophies diverge?

The price was "a little" too high... So you really don't like DOM Inspector?