Optimize Adblock Plus in Firefox and Filter junk ads Faster than ever
- To start with first you have to save your filter list.
- Then go to 'Tools'>'Adblock Plus'.
- From settings dialogue box open 'Filters'> 'Export Filters'.
- Open Windows Explorer and open the text file with an editor like Notepad.
- Now select the entire content of the file by pressing [Ctrl] + [A] and copy tit to clipboard by pressing [Ctrl] + [A].
- Now go to the website http://adblock.free.fr/optimize/index.php?lang=en and paste the list there by pressing [Ctrl] + [V].
- Now check the options that are set. Please check that the 'Optimize URLs' and 'Remove Filters matched by others' options are active.
- If you are already using an optimized list the 'Optimize including pre-existing RegExes' option must be activated. This will insert new filter list to the already optimized ones.
- Now click 'Optimize'.
- A dialog box showing the compressed list will show up.
- Select the optimized list and copy it to a new blank text file and save it.
- Now in Adblock settings dialog box, Open 'Filters'> 'Import Filters' and now navigate to the new text file and click on 'Open'.
- It will ask whether to replace it. Now click on 'Overwrite' if not Firefox will add the new one together with the existing one .
- Confirm it by clicking 'OK'. Done !
Labels: Mozilla Firefox, Tweaks