[add-art dev] what I received from Wladimir

[Steve Lambert]

thoughts?

It seems like we need to adjust our plan, but I'm not sure how.


Begin forwarded message:

> From: Wladimir Palant <trev at adblockplus.org>
> Date: March 3, 2008 1:08:29 AM EST
> To: Steve Lambert <slambert at eyebeam.org>
> Subject: Re:
>
> Steve Lambert wrote:
>> I was wondering how can we replace ads using the filter list users  
>> subscribe to in AdBlockPlus.  We've tried using scripts.xml in the  
>> add-art code, but it seems more efficient to use the filter list  
>> the user subscribes to.  The filter list blocks most of the ads  
>> and those are the ads we'd like to replace with artwork.  How can  
>> we replace more ads?
>
> The problem is, most of the time these filters block a script,  
> before any images or frames are inserted - and you cannot know the  
> size/placement of the banner that was blocked. That's why  
> scripts.xml duplicates the logic of some ad serving scripts but  
> inserts add-art images instead of the usual banner. I don't think  
> there is another way to do it.
>
>> What seems ideal would be if adblockplus could provide an array of  
>> blocked images in the page (not one image at a time) that we could  
>> then process in add-art.  Can we have access to that list somehow?
>
> But Adblock Plus gets them one at a time - and that's when add-art  
> is triggered. If you want to process them later, you can put them  
> into an array yourself.
>
> regards
> Wladimir

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