Adblock Plus and (a little) more

Adblock Plus 1.0 for iOS released · 2015-09-30 10:48 by Felix Dahlke

We’re happy to announce that Apple has finally approved the first version of Adblock Plus for iOS – you can now get it on the App Store. (It took forever, we submitted shortly after it became possible to submit iOS 9 apps.)

We’re using the new content blocking API introduced in iOS 9 to provide an ad blocker for Safari on iOS, with a content blocking list generated from EasyList.

The content blocking API does, however, have some limitations that make it difficult to build a decent ad blocker with it. In addition, the inability to do any sort of UI integration makes it difficult to provide the usual Adblock Plus features in a usable way. That’s why we have a second product on iOS: Adblock Browser, a browser with ad blocking built in, which is not subject to the limitations of the content blocking API. I suggest you just try both, and use whatever suits you best.

Axel Springer goes home empty-handed in unsuccessful lawsuit against users’ rights · 2015-09-29 15:18 by Ben Williams

Axel Springer, the multibillion dollar publishing house that just today bought Business Insider for $343m and recently lost a high stakes bidding war to Japan’s largest media company, Nikkei, for rights to purchase the Financial Times, has sued our startup right here in our home town of Cologne, Germany. Once again, the courts ruled in favor of users’ rights, declaring that ad blocking is completely legal.

Adblock Plus 2.6.11 for Firefox released · 2015-09-24 01:07 by Wladimir Palant

Install Adblock Plus 2.6.11 for Firefox

Changes

Fixed: Findbar in Filter Preferences was slightly broken when using Firefox 42 and above (issue 2832).
Fixed: Notification pop-up shouldn’t disappear if somebody clicks outside it (issue 3060).
Fixed: Toolbar icon broken in SeaMonkey 2.40 and above (issue 3072).
Added promotional message for Adblock Browser to the first-run page (issue 3031).

Latest Firefox update massively improves Adblock Plus memory usage · 2015-09-23 16:06 by Ben Williams

Mozilla pushed the newest update of its Firefox browser yesterday. This will improve Adblock Plus memory usage for Firefox users immensely and immediately.

Adblock Plus 1.5 for IE released · 2015-09-22 20:43 by Oleksandr Paraska

We are happy to announce a release an updated version of Adblock Plus for Internet Explorer.

This release includes improvements for the large scale deployments. Here is the list of changes since the last release:

Adblock Plus 1.9.3 for Chrome, Opera and Safari release · 2015-09-22 17:23 by Thomas Greiner

Install Adblock Plus 1.9.3 for Chrome
Install Adblock Plus 1.9.3 for Opera
Install Adblock Plus 1.9.3 for Safari (Safari 6 or higher required)

This update contains mostly improvements to notifications based on feedback from previous tests.

Changes

Added new notification type for normal messages (issue 3022).
Decreased interval between icon animations (issue 3054).
Decreased delay for initial filter download (issue 284).
Added promotional message for Adblock Browser to the first-run page (issue 3031).

Chrome-only changes

Added opt-out button to Chrome desktop notifications (issue 3024).

Peace out ... and long live Crystal · 2015-09-20 12:31 by Ben Williams

We heard with regret that Peace pulled out of the App Store. That sucks, but the good news is that we’ll be there any time now, and in the meantime there are lots of great solutions out there like Crystal to test out.

Adblock Plus for Internet Explorer 1.5 release candidate available · 2015-09-09 15:35 by Oleksandr Paraska

We are planning to release a new version of Adblock Plus for Internet Explorer next Tuesday, September 15th, 2015. The release candidate is available here.

This release includes improvements for the large scale deployments. Here is the list of changes since the last release:

First official ad blocker for iOS launches today; ditto for Android · 2015-09-08 11:15 by Ben Williams

While Apple gears up for iOS 9 and media speculate on some apps in private beta, we’ve gone ahead and launched. That’s right, starting right now you can download Adblock Browser from the App Store for your Apple devices and from the Google Play Store for your Android ones.

Adblock Browser 1.0 for Android and iOS released · 2015-09-08 11:15 by Felix Dahlke

Install Adblock Browser for Android or iOS

As previously announced, we’ve been working hard on Adblock Browser for Android and iOS over the past few months. I’m happy to announce that today is the day where we release it on both platforms.