dhowe/adnauseamv1

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adnauseamv1's Issues

Log should update periodically when open

Finish ADN webpage

I was thinking to make the web page for the extension just full of banners and either have some of what we want to say or ALL of what we want to say in these banners. This could even be something that continues to grow as we get media coverage or ceased and deceased letters and post links to them in the form of banners.

We could use the Packery plugin to dynamically (maybe even incrementally) present and reorder these banners on the page, much like they would appear in the extension's Ad View.

@dhowe & Helen (do you have a GH handle?) I would like to get your thoughts + we will need to decide on a list of banners.

My initial list:

• Install Adnauseum
• Title + tagline
• Project credits (either a single banner or multiple ones)
• Full Obfuscation paper
• Obfuscation conference link
• Contact link
• Github Repo - for devs
• Github Issues - for bugs
• Github Wiki - for Help / FAQ
• Github issue (specific) - inviting devs to port the extension to Chrome
• Media coverage
• …

Needs to clean-up preferences and log-file on uninstall

Update to current version of Adblock Plus...

Integrate with current version of Adblock Plus...

Allow people to upload their collages (AdVault)

This is basically an 'export-to-server' function (rather than the current 'export-to-file') where AdVault data could be uploaded, either as a screencap, or as JSON data to a server (probably the latter, though this raises some privacy/security concerns)...

Bottom of Adview detail cutoff

Question: Recursive loading of ads

Do we want to process ads we find on visited ad-pages (recursively). Note: these are ads the user never sees as the pages are loaded only on the (hidden) adn-tab.

Log recreated on each load of addon...

this is a preference ('extensions.adnauseam.saveLogs') but thus far I cant get it to not recreate the log each time...

file: adnlogger.js

All extensions crash silently

This has started happening since I started using AdNauseum. As you can see in the screenshot the icons are not there even though the extensions are active.

Hopefully this error can shed some light on the subject:

Need to do proper cleanup on 'uninstall'

Remove logfile, preferences, etc.

Apparently we can't (at present) do anything here... See this bug:
See: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=627432#c12

AdView: hook json to ad-view

There are a couple of things that needs to happen for ad-view to be ready for the presentation tomorrow:

• hook the feed of ads and their metadata into the .item structure and data attributes
• populate the session dates and stats (bottom left corner) with live data
• fix the zooming ratio variable bug that resets the zoom after the zoom animation
• fix or temporarily disable the animated display of multiple items
• dynamically resize the composition to fit all current ads when ad-view is opened

I think this should do for now. Have I missed anything?

Restart required after update (possible install as well?)

This should not be the case...

Download icon flashes when image captures are taken ...

Can we disable this?

WWW: 'INSTALLATION' anchor link not working

To recreate: click 'INSTALLATION' link at very top of page.
Should jump to 'installation' section at bottom of page.

AdVault: add estimated prices for (individual and aggregate) ads clicked

Adview-detail: flips between versions even on non-duplicate ad

Design landing page for the project

package a new public-beta XPI before the conference

make sure to include all the changes required in the Public Beta milestone

ADN is disabled, yet menu option shows 'disable' button (seems to happen on browser startup)

Add localization labels (replace hardcoded strings)

Remove cookies and other identifying headers from ADN requests

Place the ADN icon on the top right bar

implement new icons

Profile: check bandwidth as compared to default-ff, and ff+abp

Use about:memory?verbose

Menu entries break strangely when browser window at right edge of viewport

To recreate:

a) make sure ADN icon is at far right of browser toolbar
b) position browser window aligned to right edge of screen

Add verbose/notification mode, for real-time viewing of ADN behavior in notification UI

Block Audio/Video from playing in pages clicked by the plugin

Its annoying when ADN clicks a link in its hidden window, which then auto-starts video or audio. As the tab is not visible, the user can only mute the whole system, or restart Firefox.

Pop-ups from hidden ad screen

At some point I saw loads of pop ups hidden behind my main browser window. I do not recall visiting a link that generated them directly, so this might be related. Do we block popups from the ad pages?

I will post here again if and when I see this again.

Snaps should never be taken from a domain that user (manually) visited

Problem is how to determining which URLs have been visited manually...

Misaligned checkboxes in menu bar

Happens occasionally -- need to add an image showing the problem

Modify Adview to use ADN-Tab rather than panel

Design ad-view page

I like @dhowe's suggestion to make the log page a grid of ads as a full-frame collage. I think using Masonry could make sense though we will need to check it with different ad sizes. Designer's Toolbox has a good documentation of what to expect.
Wikipedia also has a nice SVG for that:

I imagine a gif animation of our clicking finger bouncing on top of each of these ads and the whole page auto-scrolling slowly ad infinitum. Hovering each of the ads can give you some metadata (where does it lead, when was it clicked, how many times was it encountered, etc…)

This could also be the leading aesthetic of our landing page which I will expand on in its own ticket #13

Timeout old captured images (add a TimeoutCache and delete as items time-out)

Need new icon for addon-manager

Allow people to configure the amount of bandwidth they are willing to let ADN use (requires measurement of bandwidth used)

Add screen-capture functionality for non-image ads

Install problems with OSX Mavericks...

Addon activities showing up in browser-history

ADN's dedicated tab not closely correctly

Not sure this should be a pinned tab to begin with, but I notice that sometimes after restarting, there are multiple of these dedicated tabs, which means that it isn't closing correctly on shutdown.

Also not sure it isn't happening because of my dev-setup, so if someone could verify this, that would be great.

Adview: vertical resize bar doesnt work

Should allow the user to change the relative width of adview and adview-detail

Add @Mushon to project so he can be assigned to tasks

WWW: Missing pages on website (How it Works, Contact, Help/FAQ)

Log should either be in reverse order, or open scrolled to bottom

Currently you see the old log messages first.

Perhaps we should write the log as JSON, then use a content-script to render it in reverse order with some nicer css?

dramatic sound appear out of no where every minute or so

It's as if there's a sound loop running in the background and it plays for about 15 seconds every 3 minutes or so. It's actually quite subtle and pretty, but it shouldn't happen.

I thought it has something to do with #12 but it happens even after I close all tabs and open a new one with no blockable ads.

Yet again it's so mysterious and spooky that it could be only in my head… (will report if the sound continues after I close the computer ;) )

Duplicate capture images being created...

ADN button is does not appear in its location automatically

The latest version (0.4.20) removed the button from the add-on bar but in my case when reinstalling or restarting the browser it disappears. The extension is active, but the button isn't there. I could only add it via the 'customize' menu.

Addon dies after disable, re-enable, in Addon-Manager

AdParser should better handle ads in IFrames

These are often (but not always) Flash ads...

Sites exhibiting this problem:

http://www.engadget.com/
http://techcrunch.com/
http://www.tomshardware.com/
https://hk.news.yahoo.com/

Details on above sites:

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AD#1 on http://www.engadget.com/
Xpath:
//*[@id="header"]/div[9]
HTML:
<div class="ad header-ad header-ad-banner">
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</div>
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AD#2 on http://www.engadget.com/
Xpath:
//*[@id="rail"]/div[1]
HTML:
<div class="ad rail-ad rail-ad-topper">
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</div>
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AD#3 on http://www.engadget.com/
Xpath:
//*[@id="rail"]/div[3]
HTML:
<div class="ad rail-ad rail-ad-skyscraper">
    <div id="adSkyScraper"><iframe width="300" height="250" title="Ad" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" id="atwAdFrame2" src="/_uac/adpage.html" banid="10596321|1" class="uac_300x250"></iframe></div>
</div>
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AD#4 on http://techcrunch.com/
Xpath:
/html/body/header/div/div/div[1]/div[1]
HTML:
<div class="header-ad">
                    <a href="" target="_blank"><div id="adsDivca9e99bc88" class=""><iframe width="728" height="90" title="Ad" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" id="atwAdFrame0" src="/wp-content/themes/vip/techcrunch-2013/_uac/adpage.html" banid="10596322|1" class="uac_728x90"></iframe></div>
<script>
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</script></a>
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body > header > div > div > div.header-logo-bar > div.header-ad
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AD#5 on http://techcrunch.com/
Xpath:
/html/body/div[3]/div[1]/div/div[2]/div/div[1]
HTML:
<div class="ad-unit ad-300x250">
    <small class="advertise-here">
        <a href="http://techcrunch.com/advertise/" title="Advertise on TechCrunch">
            Advertisement       </a>
    </small>
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<script>
/* <![CDATA[ */
if (!ads.isMobile()) {
    (function(window,$){
        window.TechCrunch.loader.on('tc_ads_wrapper_omniture', function(){
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</script>   <!-- End: Right Rail Advertisement -->
</div>
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AD#6 on http://www.tomshardware.com/
Xpath:
//*[@id="topAd"]/section
HTML:
<section class="bomAd nolinks">
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          </div>
  </section>
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AD#7 on http://www.tomshardware.com/
Xpath://*[@id="mainSection"]/section[2]/section[2]/section[2]/section[1]
HTML:
<section class="advertRight spaceB15">
                <section class="bomAd nolinks">
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  </section>

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AD8 on https://hk.news.yahoo.com/
Xpath:
//*[@id="yom-ad-N2"]
HTML:
<div id="yom-ad-N2" class="yom-ad yom-ad-N2" style="visibility: inherit;"><div id="sb_rel_yom-ad-N2-iframe" class="darla" style="position: relative; z-index: 9; width: 950px; height: 250px; visibility: inherit; display: inline-block; font-size: 0px;"><iframe style="position: absolute; z-index: 10; width: 950px; height: 250px; visibility: inherit; top: 0px; left: 0px; display: block;" id="yom-ad-N2-iframe" src="https://s.yimg.com/rq/darla/2-8-1/html/r-sf.html" async="" frameborder="no" scrolling="no" allowtransparency="true" hidefocus="true" tabindex="-1" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0"></iframe></div></div>
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AD9 on https://hk.news.yahoo.com/
Xpath:
//*[@id="yom-ad-LREC"]
HTML:
<div id="yom-ad-LREC" class="yom-ad yom-ad-LREC" style="visibility: inherit;"><div id="sb_rel_yom-ad-LREC-iframe" class="darla" style="position: relative; z-index: 9; width: 300px; height: 250px; visibility: inherit; display: inline-block; font-size: 0px;"><iframe style="position: absolute; z-index: 10; width: 300px; height: 250px; visibility: inherit; top: 0px; left: 0px; display: block;" id="yom-ad-LREC-iframe" src="https://s.yimg.com/rq/darla/2-8-1/html/r-sf.html" async="" frameborder="no" scrolling="no" allowtransparency="true" hidefocus="true" tabindex="-1" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0"></iframe></div></div>
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AD10 on https://hk.news.yahoo.com/
Xpath:
//*[@id="yom-ad-NP2"]
HTML:
<div id="yom-ad-NP2" class="yom-ad yom-ad-NP2" style="visibility: inherit;"><div id="sb_rel_yom-ad-NP2-iframe" class="darla" style="position: relative; z-index: 9; width: 300px; height: 100px; visibility: inherit; display: inline-block; font-size: 0px;"><iframe style="position: absolute; z-index: 10; width: 300px; height: 100px; visibility: inherit; top: 0px; left: 0px; display: block;" id="yom-ad-NP2-iframe" src="https://s.yimg.com/rq/darla/2-8-1/html/r-sf.html" async="" frameborder="no" scrolling="no" allowtransparency="true" hidefocus="true" tabindex="-1" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0"></iframe></div></div>

Adview needs much work...

Currently just JSON (should also probably be moved to a browser page, rather than a panel)

Better/matching icons for ADN menu