Re: Flash Filtering

Joshua Root <[email protected]> Mon, 23 Jul 2007 20:09:53 +1000
Newsgroups gmane.comp.web.omniweb
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Jesse the K wrote:
> This following works in both 5.5.4 and the sneaky peak:
> 
> Flash files end in the "swf" extension
> 
> Use preferences (command-comma) -> ad blocking -> Don't load anything...
> list
> 
> Click plus sign then type
>     .*\.swf
> 
> to add "filter out anything with an ".swf" extension.

The URLs for many Flash files do end in .swf, but many others do not.
Often for ads, the URL will point to a script that serves up Flash data.

As Ken Case (I think) posted a while back, what's really needed is the
ability to filter content based on its MIME type, as well as a way to
invoke OW's contextual menu on plugin content.

- Josh