[Flashblock] Re: Flashblock 1.5.1 & Adblock Plus 0.7

[Philip Chee]

[[cc'ed to mcm and Wladimir]]

> My theory is that flashblock is accessing the page
> before adblock plus can get to it. I am attaching the

You are correct. Flashblock grabs the flash objects
before AdblockPlus gets to it. mcm_ham said that he
would look into improving AdblockPlus's compatibility
with Flashblock but the AdblockPlus project was handed
over to Wladimir Palant before this was done.

On 11/04/06, Ray Satiro <raysatiro at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Using FF 1.5.0.1:

> I have noticed a minor issue where the space of swf
> objects that are normally flagged as advertisements
> and hidden/removed by Adblock Plus are not now that
> Flashblock is installed. This seems arbitrary. The ads
> are flagged as such by Adblock Plus, but the space w/
> 'Play' button appears anyway to play the object. If I
> click the 'play' button, it will disappear (adblock
> recognizing it as an ad).

> My theory is that flashblock is accessing the page
> before adblock plus can get to it. I am attaching the
> javascript chunk from the last time this happened.
> Thanks for reading and please do not add me to any
> lists.

Phil