fanboy-adblock/docs/Submissions for the Annoyances List.txt
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Submissions for the Annoyances List
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Updated: 21/09/2012
Overview
The Annoyances list is a mix of social, self promo cleanups, CSS toolbars/flyouts/popups and any other distracting elements.
Social Content & Annoyances
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The following annoyances will be covered by the list;
* CSS Popups or Takeovers (Anything that takes over the screen)
* CSS Flyouts (popups that "fly" out, generally if scroll through the website)
* CSS Toolbars that stay with the page
* CSS Elements (next page/prev page/top of the page) that stay with the page
* Social images (rss, twitter, facebook etc)
* Social divs and boxes (which generally hold the social images)
* Self promos of apps (iphone/ipad/...)
* Newsletter signup fields and div elements.
* Job ads & affiliate promos.
* Any element that distracts the user from the main content, even including self promos.
Self promo filters
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* Generally not considered ads, but items that can distract from the main content of the website.
* Eliminating any whitespace left over from standard Adblocking.
Block social media sites
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* Domains blocked by the Annoyances filter will be 3rd party only, and shouldn't affect the site directly.
* Any social sites affected directly by the Annoyances filter will be corrected when reported.
International Annoyances
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* Generic international elements will be added as normal generic filters.
* International requests will be added (elements, 3rd-party, site specific filters) into a seperate section.
* International white lists and Site specific exceptions are included in the same sections as the english sections.
* For users not wanting International support, an English only list is available.
Submission of Filters
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* The site needs to be fairly popular to get any site specific blocks.
* If the site some decent generic elements, filters or commonly used 3rd party annoyances, it may* be accepted for inclusion.
Filters not accepted
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* If the site is designed around social aspect, the filters will be either whitelisted, excempted or removed.
* Disabling comments used by the social websites (such as facebook chat within a website)
* Disabling donation buttons (assuming they don't override or hide webpage content)
* Blocking of some popular sites outright like Twitter, Facebook etc. Just aiming to block the certain scripts used on each site.
* If a blocked toolbar or CSS element limits functionality of site, it shall be removed. (searching, Login to the site)
=> If the site can offer the functionality through another method, blocking a toolbar or element could be permitted.
* Filter removals, suggestions and additions are at the discretion of the subscription author.