Uassets: [Anti-adblock] mail.yahoo.com - "wrong" filter

[Procyon-b]

URL(s) where the issue occurs

https://mail.yahoo.com/

Describe the issue

related to this issue
which created this filter mail.yahoo.com##:xpath(//*[contains(text(),"ad-blocker")]):upward(3) in "uBlock filters" ; @mapx-

That filter has 2 problems:

1. it filters only when the language of the page is in english, but doesn't if yahoo's interface is localized
2. if you paste the string ad-blocker in a new message, the content of the message disappears. If you write it its ok until you hit "enter". Opening the draft afterwards will trigger the filter.
   if you open a message containing this text, it triggers the filter and the content disappears

Versions

• Browser/version: chrome
• uBlock Origin version: 1.30.4

Notes

You can change yahoo's language by appending .lang=fr-BE to the url. You'll get it in french:
try https://mail.yahoo.com/d/folders/1?.lang=fr-BE to verify "1."

To trigger the anti-adblock warning you have to wait a minute while the inbox is being displayed. You'll notice at first a blank line between the header "Today" (if you have received mail today) ("Aujourd'hui" with the test in french) and the first message. It will disappear after about a minute. Opening a message then triggers the anti ad-block message.

I can suggest this filter as a replacement:
mail.yahoo.com##div#modal-outer[aria-labelledby="adblock-unblock-cue"]
It works with all the languages I have tested, and doesn't have problem "2."

[krystian3w]

You can change yahoo's language by appending .lang=fr-BE to the url. You'll get it in french:
try https://mail.yahoo.com/d/folders/1?.lang=fr-BE to verify "1."

IMO no always works, my account enforce Polish 🇵🇱 instead French 🇫🇷 with Belgium 🇧🇪 changes.

So no use same method as Twitter.

[Procyon-b]

@krystian3w I have tested with https://mail.yahoo.com/d/folders/1?.intl=pl&.lang=pl-PL and it works. Do you have another behaviour ?

[krystian3w]

Yes on https. For my your links nothing changed in language interface.

https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdguardFilters/issues/61441#issuecomment-680030330

Setting from account https://login.yahoo.com/account/preferences override attribs.

[PIZZA90]

I see an ad unit above, in a search of yahoo

searching in github... i found a similar filter 🤔

https://github.com/troysjanda/MyBlockLists/blob/d9451c1ab67eda80190738ac170416aa7922ca39/yahoocomplete.txt#L141

[krystian3w]

But www.yahoo.com =/= mail.yahoo.com

Open new issue with filed template first in EasyList https://github.com/easylist/easylist/issues.

In December, uAssest may think about whether it should take steps to hide when EasyList will overlook the problem (no fix by commit) for a month.

[PIZZA90]

reported in easylist..

what about easylist they don't have much activity in the repository? 🙄

[Procyon-b]

Searching on es.search.yahoo.com for the word decathlon brings a result page with this ad.
The ad container can be targeted by the 1st filter below

search.yahoo.com##li.first>.sys_shopleguide
search.yahoo.com##ol.searchCenterTopAds

The 2nd filter is to get rid of the "Anuncios..." line (also present on pages where no ad is shown).

[mapx-]

search.yahoo.com##.sys_shopleguide is working fine
tested for the italian search too (search for "bici elettriche"), same filter

@ryanbr

[ryanbr]

what about easylist they don't have much activity in the repository? 🙄

Wat.

[PIZZA90]

about the comment of krystian3w

I understood, that after a month without solution in easylist repository, uasset will take care of the issues, my bad english and the google traductor sucks.. 🤗

I did not understand that comment very well, was a misunderstanding.

all ok 😅