= About filters =
'''A few standard filters are automatically added
when you install !GlimmerBlocker for the first time.'''
So out of the box !GlimmerBlocker provides most users
with sufficient suppression of flashy ads.
See the bottom of this page for description of the standard filters.
Some of the standard filters are not enabled by default.


There are 2 policies governing the standard filters in !GlimmerBlocker:

 1. I don't mind ads as a concept. I just hate animated and flashing ads which remove my focus from the content on the site.  So Google text ads are not blocked.
 2. I would rather block too little than block too much:   I prefer to have some ads to get past the filters rather than making some web-sites non-working by blocking too much.

Many of the Adblock Plus filters use the opposite policy of !#2:
they use overly broad blocking which makes a lot of sites non-working.
The filters try to repair the damage using a lot of white-lists,
but this repair only works for sites known to the filter author.

I would like the standard filters in !GlimmerBlocker to be such 
that you can install !GlimmerBlocker on your moms computer 
without having her call all the time because her favourite sites stopped working.

I don't visit every site in this world so if you have created a set of rules
that improves the standard filters and they adhere to the above rules,
I'll be happy to receive submissions for inclusion in the standard filters.

Please add a comment to the rule stating which site that made you create the rule,
i.e. the site that have ads blocked by the rule.
Having documented the reason for adding the rule 
1) helps in the future to verify the rule is still needed
as some ad agency networks go in and out of business rather quickly,
and
2) some rules might influence sites you don't use yourself
and knowing the original site makes it easier to improve the rule instead of
just resorting to delete it without further ado. 

=== Enhancing sites ===

Please note that !GlimmerBlocker supports two kinds of filters:  not only allows it blocking ads
but it too supports improving sites.  The "iTunes Store" filter below is such an example: it doesn't
block iTunes or any other ads, it just enhances the user experience for users who prefer to keep iTunes
in the background when clicking on a store link.

The !YouTube rules:
 1. add a download link so you can easily download the video to your computer. It uses the name of the video as the filename.
 2. automatically switch to high quality  (because that's just so much nicer).  If you have a slow internet connection, you might want to disable this rule.

Examples:
 1. one site uses the same page title for all pages thereby rendering the "History" menu unusable. !GlimmerBlocker changes the title to a proper page name.
 2. another site uses horrible line breaking (inside words, without any dash). The rule makes the site use normal line breaking.
 3. many of the Danish news sites are horrible on an iPhone/iPod (non optimized layout and very slow). Only a single site provides a nice iPhone experience.  The filter changes the layout of some of the sites to better suit an iPhone.  Using these filters require setting a Mac running !GlimmerBlocker as the http proxy in the iPhone wifi setup.

=== How to get notifications of new filters ===
[http://page2rss.com/page?url=glimmerblocker.org/wiki/Filters page2rss.com] provides this service as a news feed.

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= Submitted Filters  =
[[GlimmerFilters(users)]]

If you have published a filter which you think is interesting for other users, please
[mailto:filter@glimmerblocker.org send a description] of the filter.

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== How to subscribe to a filter ==

Unlock the settings by clicking on the lock:

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Then select "Subscribe to filter..."

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and enter the URL:

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Beware that most filters require you to trust the author and enable the filter to modify content.

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= Filters included in !GlimmerBlocker  =
[[GlimmerFilters(standard)]]