Suggestion: Highlight element in list if filtered by link

chewey · Post by **chewey** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 4:36 pm

I suggest to introduce a highlighting of any sort (maybe a "light red") to
mark items in the "blockable items" list if they are blocked by their link
counterpart.

Or even more universal: Handle items and their corresponding link as
pairs, and light-red the respective counterpart if one of both is filtered.

If sorted in a non-default way, the page content and its corresponding link
can end up completely separated in the "blockable items" list, what can lead
to quite some confusion about why a non-red item can't be seen in the
webpage.

Just happened to me, and I went through some WTF before I got it

Cédric

Wladimir Palant · Post by **Wladimir Palant** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 5:29 pm

There are some issues there. What if you have the same image multiple times and sometimes it is blocked via link and sometimes it isn't? Adblock isn't showing the link at all and you have a hard time guessing why an image shows up as blocked when

a) it isn't matching any filters
b) only some instances of this image are actually blocked

I am showing the link explicitely as a separate entry to to avoid these problems. However, maybe I should show in tooltip that at least some instances have been blocked by link (and actually list the links). It could be visualized in the list as well...

Created http://bugzilla.mozdev.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13633 so I don't forget.

chewey · Post by **chewey** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 11:06 pm

Wladimir Palant wrote:There are some issues there. What if you have the same image multiple times and sometimes it is blocked via link and sometimes it isn't?

Hum, right, I didn't think about that. That indeed is a problem.

Adblock isn't showing the link at all and you have a hard time guessing why an image shows up as blocked
...
I am showing the link explicitely as a separate entry to to avoid these problems.

I know, and I like your way of showing it much better.

However, maybe I should show in tooltip that at least some instances have been blocked by link (and actually list the links). It could be visualized in the list as well...

I'm sure you will find a way

Created http://bugzilla.mozdev.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13633 so I don't forget.

Great. Thanks a lot!

Cédric