Select elements then add filter

Mr. Mojo · Post by **Mr. Mojo** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 10:48 am

Hi,

First of all, thanks for this great extension. Can't spare it.

Now, my questions : is there a way to select all the elements I want to block on a page (like different images for example) and then to add a filter that would block all elements selected ?
Rather than click right, block, for each element.

I'm also using Element Hiding Helper, but I couldn't find how to do that with it.

Any idea ?

Mr. Mojo · Post by **Mr. Mojo** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 1:58 pm

Not possible, huh ?

chewey · Post by **chewey** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 2:42 pm

No.

I don't see a sensible way to do this automatically - how would you treat cases where some mutually
exclusive URLs are selected? Or where the only common thing is the domain name?

Filter creation still needs some active thinking and sanitiy checking - both are better done by a human.

adum · Post by **adum** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 2:44 pm

Note that the ads in a page usually come from more than one adserver, which implies different addresses and different filters. Creating a set of filters from a group of addresses without a high risk of false positives is not very difficult for a human being, but a program doing the same is not so easy, and it would need a lot of debugging. Even in the Element Hiding Helper for only one item is necessary some degree of intelligence and HTML knowledge or at last you will find problems.

Mr. Mojo · Post by **Mr. Mojo** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 3:08 pm

Just a few precision about my hidden goal : I use a 56k modem to connect, and I was thinking that I would gain surf time if I block images I'm sure I don't want to see, while they are downloading. And this on any pages, so I can't build a filter for specific URLs.

I'm already using Image-Show-Hide which allow me to block (or not) all images, but I'm looking for a more flexible tool.

However that may be, thanks for your answers.

adum · Post by **adum** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 4:04 pm

Adblock Plus way is more like "detect it once and never see again". And if you hide an element (using the Element Hiding Helper extension) you do not save bandwith, for saving it you have to block the element with a standard filter.

Have your tried ImgLikeOpera? I think it could be more or less what you are looking for.

Mr. Mojo · Post by **Mr. Mojo** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 8:29 am

Thanks for your answer adum. I'll see what I can do with ImgLikeOpera.