Filterset.G

Filterset.G is a third-party set of filters for the popular Adblock extensions for the Mozilla Firefox web browser. [cite web | url = http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,206113,00.html | title = Review: Top 10 Mozilla Firefox Extensions | work = FoxNews.com | date = 2006-07-31 | accessdate = 2007-06-28 ] The filterset contains pre-made and regularly updated filters that remove ads from many common ad providers, such as DoubleClick. The filters are based primarily on regular expressions. Unlike Adblock and Mozilla Firefox, Filterset.G is not open-source; the filters are only free for personal, non-commercial use, and redistribution of it is not permitted. [cite web | url = http://www.pierceive.com/filtersetg/license.txt | title = Filterset.G License | accessdate = 2007-06-28 ]

History

Filterset.G is created and maintained by Graham Pierce [cite web | url = http://www.netzwelt.de/news/74420_2-nerv-nicht-rum-werbung-optimal.html | title = Nerv nicht rum: Werbung optimal blocken mit Firefox-Erweiterungen | date = 2006-08-08 | author = Moritz Zielenkewitz | accessdate = 2007-06-28 ] (who usually goes by the name "Pierceive" or "G"). It was the first major filter list available for Adblock, dating from July 2004.cite conference | title = Cat and mouse: content delivery tradeoffs in web access | author = Balachander Krishnamurthy, Craig E. Wills | conference = International World Wide Web Conference | booktitle = Proceedings of the 15th international conference on World Wide Web | isbn = 1-59593-323-9 | year = 2006 | pages = pp.337-346 | doi = 10.1145/1135777.1135829 | accessdate = 2007-06-28 ] . The list grew out of a shared list of personal filters and feedback from its users.

Criticisms

Although Filterset.G is compatible with Adblock Plus, it is no longer recommended by the Adblock Plus maintainer. It is intentionally made not compatible with the built-in subscription model of Adblock Plus, requiring the use of the separate updater extension, it increases load times for pages compared to other subscription lists, and depends extensively on whitelist exception rules, which can't be overridden and can actually "prevent" ads from being blocked. [cite web | url = http://adblockplus.org/en/faq_project#filterset.g | title = Do I need to install Filterset.G Updater? | accessdate = 2006-12-11 | last = Palant | first = Wladimir | work = Frequently Asked Questions - Adblock Plus project | quote = No. Actually, it is recommended not to use Filterset.G with Adblock Plus. There are several reasons for this...] [cite web | url = http://adblockplus.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=7453#7453 | title = Stubborn frame... | accessdate = 2006-12-11 | author = Fox | date = October 30, 2006 | publisher = [http://adblockplus.org/forum/index.php AdBlock Plus Forum] | quote = About Filterset.G...Those whitelisting filters are so bad, it currently has 37 more or less bad whitelisting filters...] [http://adblockplus.org/blog/filtersetg-i-call-bullshit Adblock Plus blog "Filterset.G - I call "bullshit"]

The maintainers of Filterset.G intended it to be compatible with all versions of Adblock, and blame un-removable features specific to Adblock Plus for causing these problems. [cite web | url = http://www.filtersetg.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2672 | title = Filterset.G Forums :: View topic - FP > about.com css blocked | accessdate = 2007-01-20] . They provide [http://forum.pierceive.com forums] for reporting whitelist errors and other bugs. The Adblock Filterset.G Updater keeps deleted filters from being downloaded on subsequent updates, so users can "fix" problems without waiting for an update.

Other browsers

Filterset.G is compatible with the native ad-blocking facility in KDE's Konqueror web browser from release 3.5 onwards. It is also part of Epiphany-extensions' Ad Blocker extension for GNOME's Epiphany browser. It also possible to use it with Safari with third party plug-ins.Fact|date=September 2007

See also

*Adblock
*Online advertising
*Ad filtering

References

External links

* [http://www.pierceive.com/ Official website] ( [http://www.pierceive.com.nyud.net:8080/ Coral Cache] )
* [http://adblock.mozdev.org/ Adblock extension for Mozilla Firefox]
* [http://adblockplus.org/ Adblock Plus extension for Mozilla Firefox]
* [https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application=firefox&id=1136 Filterset.G Updater extension for Mozilla Firefox]