Element Hiding Helper for Adblock Plus 1.4

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diatribein

Element Hiding Helper for Adblock Plus 1.4

Unread post by diatribein » 2021-05-01, 20:50

Hello. I just updated to 29.2 and upon updating Element Hiding Helper for Adblock Plus 1.4 was disabled. this is my MOST USED add-on. I find it essential for web navigation. Is there a way to enable or update the add-on so it gets working again? Please help!

New Tobin Paradigm

Re: Element Hiding Helper for Adblock Plus 1.4

Unread post by New Tobin Paradigm » 2021-05-01, 20:54

So you are illiterate?

diatribein

Re: Element Hiding Helper for Adblock Plus 1.4

Unread post by diatribein » 2021-05-01, 20:59

I don't understand why you are criticizing me.

I just want help getting the Element Hiding Helper working and do not know how. Excuse me for being frustrated when updates break my web viewing experience. Can you help rather than criticize?

Furthermore, there is no replacement for element hider on https://addons.palemoon.org. When I search for the terms it takes me to DOM inspector, which is not the same. I have tried to use it to block elements. Either I am not savy enough to understand how it is supposed to work or it actually doesn't do what I want. The last discussion on Element Hiding Helper on this forum was over 2 years ago. So yes, I read the header and I still need help!
Last edited by diatribein on 2021-05-01, 21:12, edited 1 time in total.

New Tobin Paradigm

Re: Element Hiding Helper for Adblock Plus 1.4

Unread post by New Tobin Paradigm » 2021-05-01, 21:09

Is 1.4 the exact version? Do you use Adblock Latitude or ABPrime?

diatribein

Re: Element Hiding Helper for Adblock Plus 1.4

Unread post by diatribein » 2021-05-01, 21:13

Adblock Latitude 5.0.8.

Thanks for the help.

New Tobin Paradigm

Re: Element Hiding Helper for Adblock Plus 1.4

Unread post by New Tobin Paradigm » 2021-05-01, 21:21

I'll think about it. If anyone else wants to beat me to the punch then feel free. If I am going to do it I want it to cover ABPrime as well and I am not sure it will.

In the meantime, your inability to easily hide elements and generate adblocking rules in the process is HARDLY a critical emergency preventing you from using the web for an arbitrary short period of time. So don't exaggerate.

Also, take a gander at the big McDonalds French Fry themed box at the top and read and comprehend the announcement of which you SHOULD have been aware of being a member of the forum since 2019. Other than that sit tight.
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diatribein

Re: Element Hiding Helper for Adblock Plus 1.4

Unread post by diatribein » 2021-05-01, 21:25

Are you the person that maintains this app?

I get that it is work. I don't have very much money, but I could contribute like $5 or something to get this working. This app means a lot to me. I literally use it every day. I'm sorry to ask, but I was devastated when I updated today to see it gone.

To your edit: I get that it isn't life or death, but I use it all the time to block pop-up videos and all sorts of webpage nuisances. I literally stopped using deadline.com for months the last time it stopped working for me. I did read it and addressed your concerns in an edit earlier. Either way, thank you for taking the time to help.
Last edited by diatribein on 2021-05-01, 21:33, edited 2 times in total.

New Tobin Paradigm

Re: Element Hiding Helper for Adblock Plus 1.4

Unread post by New Tobin Paradigm » 2021-05-01, 21:27

What application are you talking about? Devastated? Are you so emotionally and technologically fragile you can't handle a minor inconvenience?

diatribein

Re: Element Hiding Helper for Adblock Plus 1.4

Unread post by diatribein » 2021-05-01, 21:32

Personally I consider elements like videos that appear when you scroll down a page to be more than an inconvenience. For me it absolutely breaks the website and I just won't go there. I get that not everyone feels this way, but for me it is very important.

New Tobin Paradigm

Re: Element Hiding Helper for Adblock Plus 1.4

Unread post by New Tobin Paradigm » 2021-05-01, 21:41

Can anyone tell me if EHH 1.4 previously worked with ABPrime out of the box? That will decide if I will fork it or not.

As a workaround, you can always use the DevTools Inspector or DOM Inspector (DOMi) to get classes and ids of html elements then just write your rules manually.

ALSO, as a consolation or additional gift depending on the outcome.. Here are my personal blocking rules maybe a few are of interest.. Especially the Wikia ones:

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pastebin.com###__vliadb83
pastebin.com###__vliadb83-bg
###WikiaFooter
###WikiaBar
##.wds-global-footer
###ds_cpp
||s7.addthis.com/*
||fundingchoicesmessages.google.com/*
||www.deviantart.com/##div.mc-ad-chrome
###donate_banner
||www.accuweather.com/###header-davek
||www.google.com/js/bg/GAW6C50rsyTjyKH_xDUR149tmj1cMf_r0QAth1jXDNI.js
||howtoremoveadblock.com/img/*
||howtoremoveadblock.com^
||embed.insticator.com/embeds/*
||pastebin.com/etc/bitbucket_v2.php
||pastebin.com/i/bb_bg.png
||pastebin.com/i/linebg.png
##.blocker-notice
##.featured-video-wrapper
|http://pastebin.com/i/as/dreamjob.jpg
|https://www.youtube.com/*/annotations_module.js
|https://www.youtube.com/*/endscreen.js
##.blocker-overlay
##funimation-error-screen
|https://www.youtube.com/*/captions.js
||pastebin.com/nein/*
||cse.google.com/cse/api/*
||adservice.google.com/adsid/*
||player.ooyala.com/static/v4/production/analytics-plugin/*
##.featured-video__wrapper
###WikiaRailWrapper
###old-browser-alert
###textAdsBlock
###watch-sidebar-live-chat
##.fc-pinned-message-container
||contributor.google.com/scripts/66691c7eb3b172d6/*
||lijit.com^
||cm.g.doubleclick.net^
sfdebris.com###nav
||apis.google.com/_/scs/apps-static/_/js/k=oz.gapi.en.m04n__dkKgI.O/m=gapi_iframes/rt=j/sv=1/d=1/ed=1/am=wQ/rs=AGLTcCPoqJNFXCMzO0R5PRh_6LwmB1lE4A/*
|https://www.googlecommerce.com/trustedstores/gtmp_compiled.js
|https://assets.adobedtm.com/d2f967b83a0c92b19d9b572545fdbdc3d591f6f5/satelliteLib-389760a7bc4573d6b081d36f6782b59f3c8ffb54.js
||se.monetate.net/js/2/a-f0e60b81/p/newegg.com/*
||static.www.turnto.com/sitedata/SZTRUjeBj9oQlLYsite/v4_2/N82E16813119107/d/*
||gamepedia.cursecdn.com/commons_hydra/c/c2/Pro_Promorail_v2.jpg
||streamrail.com^
||outbrain.com^
||typekit.net^
||connatix.com^
||s.go-mpulse.net/boomerang/*
||scorecardresearch.com^
||youtube.com/api/stats/*$other
||msadsscale.azureedge.net/bingads/*
||pastebin.com/pba/*
||googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?*
|https://www.youtube.com/*/miniplayer.js
youtube.com##.ytp-miniplayer-button.ytp-button
|https://www.youtube.com/*/remote.js
||api.github.com/_private/browser/stats$other
||google-analytics.com/collect$other
||github.com/socket-worker.js
||google-analytics.com^
||a.wishabi.com/sync/wid_iframe.html
||newsmemory.com^

diatribein

Re: Element Hiding Helper for Adblock Plus 1.4

Unread post by diatribein » 2021-05-01, 21:57

Thanks for the help.
Last edited by diatribein on 2021-05-01, 22:05, edited 2 times in total.

New Tobin Paradigm

Re: Element Hiding Helper for Adblock Plus 1.4

Unread post by New Tobin Paradigm » 2021-05-01, 22:00

If you or they MERELY hacked install.rdf that isn't solving ANYTHING in the long run.. It needs properly forked and maintained. Indeed, ABL or Pale Moon its self could render it inoperable at ANY time during the normal course of development. Someone should take care of the extension in order to assure it stays updated.

EDIT: No, thank you!

New Tobin Paradigm

Re: Element Hiding Helper for Adblock Plus 1.4

Unread post by New Tobin Paradigm » 2021-05-01, 23:32

Regardless, I still want to know if EHH otherwise worked with ABPrime. I already know it still works with ABL. If it does work then I will fork it at once. So place someone tell me.

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Re: Element Hiding Helper for Adblock Plus 1.4

Unread post by jobbautista9 » 2021-05-02, 02:55

Yes, I can confirm that EHH worked with ABPrime, the last time I used it when I was on 29.0.1.
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Re: Element Hiding Helper for Adblock Plus 1.4

Unread post by New Tobin Paradigm » 2021-05-02, 04:45

I am gonna fork this after all.. But will base it on the 1.3.10 version but will do a diff to see aboot any changes other than refactoring for multiprocess failure I might want. Should address both ABL and ABPrime as well as Pale Moon, Basilisk, and Borealis.

So hold on to your hats for EHPrime. Coming soon to an Add-ons Site near you.

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Re: Element Hiding Helper for Adblock Plus 1.4

Unread post by Likestofish » 2021-05-02, 14:23

This is perhaps the only thing that I really miss about UBlock Origin after dropping it over the recent unpleasantness. Thank-you, this will help a lot of people.

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Re: Element Hiding Helper for Adblock Plus 1.4

Unread post by New Tobin Paradigm » 2021-05-02, 14:38

I honestly don't know WHY it was removed from Adblock Plus its self.. Guess for our collective purposes it is ok because it can serve both ABL and ABPrime but it should really never have been split off in the first place.

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Re: Element Hiding Helper for Adblock Plus 1.4

Unread post by frmariam » 2021-05-02, 15:14

I can also confirm it works.
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PS: ABP seems to delay PM startup a lot less than last time I tried! Thank you

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Re: Element Hiding Helper for Adblock Plus 1.4

Unread post by New Tobin Paradigm » 2021-05-02, 17:00

Sorry but if you are refering to Adblock Plus that isn't a Pale Moon extension. If you are refering to ABPrime then say ABPrime.

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Re: Element Hiding Helper for Adblock Plus 1.4

Unread post by frmariam » 2021-05-02, 19:39

ABP as in ABPrime.
Hadn't tried in months an this one seemed faster (though it's a new laptop...)

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