Questions about filter "shortcut"

[judy]

Hi,

I have just read the FAQ "How does Adblock Plus process its filters and which filters are faster?".

Well, I still not understand clearly. Could you plz simply answer my following questions "Yes" or "No", thanks.


1 something*advertisement
is this a SLOW filter?

2 something*/ad/
and this?

3 abc*/ad/
It is, I think.

4 /advertisement/*
It isn't, yeah?


Thanks

[Adblock Plus Fan]

something*advertisement

Fast

something*/ad/

Fast

abc*/ad/

Slow

/advertisement/*

Fast


note:

/advertisement/

This one would have been slow.

abc*defg*/ad/*hijk*lmn

This one slow as well.

There is good news. In the next version of ABP, you will be notified of whether a filter is fast or slow when you create it. (Feature is available for testing in development builds section)

[judy]

Thanks a lot

[Wladimir Palant]

Note that the current development build (future Adblock Plus 0.8) will show you which filters are slow - these will have an exclamation mark next to them in the filter list (currently that exclamation mark is only shown for regular expressions).