

Under the new proposals, it would use a different API called declarativeNetRequest, which restricts the rules available to the blocking process. One use for this API is to analyze and block traffic sent to advertising networks, making it a popular tool among ad blocking software. This is the API that extensions use to intercept network requests from the browser. Manifest v3 would restrict the webRequest API, it said. Last November, Google announced changes to the way that it would implement the WebExtensions API as part of Manifest, the system that restricts what extensions can do in Chrome. By supporting the same API as Chrome, Mozilla ensured that extensions written for Chrome could easily port to Firefox. WebExtensions is used in Chromium, the open-source browser project on which Chrome is based, but Mozilla decided to support it too back in August 2015. The WebExtensions interface gives the extensions a way to exchange instructions and information with the browser. WebExtensions is a set of interfaces that browser vendors offer to the developers of extensions, which are programs that extend the browser’s functionality.

The Foundation made its announcement on Tuesday in an FAQ updating developers on its plans for the WebExtensions application programming interface (API).

It’s not clear whether they are actively working with any other adblockers than Adblock Plus, so the independence of the committee is debatable.Mozilla has told developers not to fret – it won’t follow Google in tweaking its browser to be unfriendly to ad blocking software. They’ve even created an independent committee called Acceptable Ads. AdBlock Plus ( Chrome, Firefox ) BrowserĪdBlock Plus also subscribes to the fair-play ads philosophy. Overall Score = (Review Factor + Test Average)/2Ħ. Calculate the Overall Score out of 100.Empty the browser cache and restart the browser to make sure it’s like new before performing steps 2 through 7 on the next adblocker to be tested.Test Average = (CanYouBlockIt Extreme Avg + Adblock Tester Avg)/2 Install a single adblocker with its default settings.Do a clean install of Chrome and Firefox.The following is our testing methodology: Review Factor = ((Reviews / Downloads) x Average Star Rating) x 100Īfter the top 6, the Review Factor dropped off sharply, so it wouldn’t be helpful to you to include anything beyond that. This was done to remove the bandwagon effect of people selecting the most downloaded adblocker that has a good star rating. The highest Review Factor possible is 100. Then we used our Review Factor formula to show us which adblockers were arguably the best.
