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Be able to parse Adblock Plus filter lists to extract and enforce domain rules #149
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HTTPSB could make use of the block-by-domain-name rules in AdBlock Plus: https://adblockplus.org/en/filter-cheatsheet#blocking2.
This, with finding a solution to the import of non-predetermined blacklists (issue #39) would allow user to be even more in control of what to preset-block.
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gorhill commentedon Jan 16, 2014
No. Sorry.
I am not going to make HTTPSB into something I don't intend to make it at this point. Alternative is GPLv3, fork, etc.
My reason is the core of HTTPSB, I won't overcomplicate it at this point. This piece of code has worked marvelously for both filtering requests and displaying the matrix since pretty much the beginning of HTTPSB. It's fast, performant, logical and most importantly transposes exactly into a matrix UI.
What you ask above has further complications and I think now I am going to ask for wishes that go to the core of HTTPSB to be completely fleshed out in details, not just on the surface while I am being asked to figure all the difficult issues of UI etc.
How do you display in the matrix
http://example.com/ads/banner123.gifblocked andhttp://example.com/ads/not-a-banner123.gifnot blocked?If you want to cast negatively this proposed feature with the expression "halfway" as a way to make me feel bad to not agree, so be it, it is going to be done halfway, I don't plan a for a major core and UI rehaul of HTTPSB to make it into whatever AdBlock does.
I want this project to keep its fun hobby nature from my POV. Being asked to rewrite everything from the ground up without a clearly defined view of how to keep a clear matrix-based UI at the end, I see this as a chore.
gorhill commentedon Jan 22, 2014
I consider this top priority so that I can run comparison benchmarks which could make HTTPSB allow-all/block-exceptionally look better if the Fanboy Ultimate list is used.
this addresses #149
gorhill commentedon Mar 4, 2014
After some experimentations the last two days, I realize this is actually a good idea.
My apologies for having been so rudely dismissive.
The idea I am currently entertaining is to keep this as simple as possible though: go through the AdBlock filters only for HTTP requests which are not blocked. And just a checkbox somewhere in the settings on whether the AdBlock rules should also be parsed and enforced. No other UI than this.
I currently do have a standalone prototype, but given that HTTPSB has already all the framework to read, update, etc ABP files, there are efficiencies to be gained if I move the code from the standalone to HTTPSB. I would leave DOM-modifying rules out though for the time being.