Use Adblock Plus without Filterset.G Updator
Posted on March 12, 2007, under Web Dev/Tech.
In a previous post, I mentioned what I thought was an issue with the Adblock Plus extension for Mozilla Firefox. The extension’s author, Wladimir Palant, was kind enough to post a comment in response. He tracked down the issue to a faulty rule in the Filterset.G adblocking ruleset, and had submitted a bug report with the Filterset.G group.
However, he also pointed me to part of the Adblock Plus FAQ that says it’s not good to use the Adblock Filterset.G Updater extension with Adblock Plus, and that there are actually some conflicts. I had been using them together for quite some time and didn’t realize this! The recommendation is to pick a different, supported list to subscribe to inside of the Adblock Plus extension.
After reading Mr. Palant’s comment, I uninstalled the Filterset.G Updater extension, cleared the existing rules in Adblock Plus to start over, and subscribed to EasyList (USA) inside of the Adblock Plus options. Things look good!
Dad on March 24, 2007
Cool! Thanks for the tip. I will have to do the same. Running on Freespire live CD at the moment; trying it out.