Adblock Plus and (a little) more

Adblock Plus 3.20 for Chrome, Microsoft Edge and Opera · 2023-10-23 16:56 by Thomas Greiner

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This release contains various filtering improvements, such as a more capable integration of machine learning, and the ability to block web bundles.

User interface changes

Extended in-product messaging to allow for domain-specific messages (ui#1470).
Fixed: In-product messages weren’t displayed properly (ui#1493).
Fixed: Switching tabs using the keyboard was broken (ui#1135).

Filter changes

Upgraded EWE to 0.10.1 (release notes: 0.9.0, 0.10.0, 0.10.1), which includes the following changes:

Made filter hits for the developer tools panel and for issue reports compatible with Manifest v3 (ewe#389).
Added $webbundle filter option (ewe#495).

Snippets changes

Started using @eyeo/mlaf 0.3.3 for machine learning functionality, and upgraded @eyeo/snippets to 0.9.0 (release notes: 0.8.0, 0.8.1, 0.9.0), which includes the following changes:

Added hide-if-classifies snippet.
Added hide-if-matches-xpath3 snippet.
Removed hide-if-graph-matches snippet.

Firefox-specific changes

Fixed: No favicon is shown for extension pages (ui#1105).
Fixed: Injected UI remains in web page after the extension gets unloaded (ui#1404).

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What’s Happening with YouTube Ads? · 2023-10-13 20:18 by alumni@eyeo.com

YouTube is showing some Adblock Plus users an anti-ad block wall and our team is working hard to determine a solution.

How to Block Ads on the Web · 2023-09-20 17:00 by

If you’re tired of seeing pop-ups and other annoying distractions, here’s how to block ads on the web.

Block Cookie Consent Pop-ups with Adblock Plus Premium · 2023-08-30 17:00 by

With Adblock Plus Premium, you can block cookie consent pop-ups and browse the web with even less distractions.

Adblock Plus 3.19 for Chrome, Microsoft Edge and Opera · 2023-08-24 15:48 by Thomas Greiner

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This release adds a new Premium feature for blocking cookie consent pop-ups. It also contains various bug fixes and under-the-hood improvements.

Premium changes

Added a new Premium feature for blocking cookie consent pop-ups (ui#1347, ui#1454).
Added a new page for onboarding new Premium users (ui#1444, ui#1453).

User interface changes

Made “Block element” feature compatible with Manifest v3 (ui#1275).
Fixed: Issue reporter draws hiding/highlighting sections with an offset (ui#1185).
Fixed: Developer tools panel mistakes filters from filter lists as custom filters (ui#1323).
Fixed: Icon falsely indicates that extension is inactive under some circumstances (ui#1330).

Filter changes

Upgraded EWE to 0.8.1 (release notes: 0.8.0, 0.8.1) (ui#1317, ui#1327, ui#1328, ui#1352), which includes the following changes:

Made functionality compatible with Manifest v3 (ewe#320, ewe#321, ewe#325, ewe#380, ewe#404).

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Adblock Plus 3.18.1 for Chrome, Microsoft Edge and Opera · 2023-07-21 15:41 by Thomas Greiner

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This release contains various improvements to snippets.

Snippet changes

Upgraded @eyeo/snippets to 0.7.0 (release notes: 0.6.1, 0.7.0), which includes the following changes:

Deprecated hide-if-graph-matches snippet.
Added hide-if-matches-computed-xpath snippet.
Added optional parameters to hide-if-contains-visible-text snippet.
Added optional setConfigurable parameter to abort-on-property-read and abort-on-property-write snippets.
Added optional waitUntil parameter to hide-if-has-and-matches-style, hide-if-contains-and-matches-style and hide-if-matches-computed-xpath snippets.
Added optional parameters windowWidthMin and windowWidthMax to hide-if-has-and-matches-style and hide-if-contains-and-matches-style snippets.
Improved performance of hide-if-matches-xpath snippet.
Improved debug logs.

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What Makes Adblock Plus a Handy Ad Blocker? · 2023-07-19 17:00 by

Adblock Plus is a handy ad blocker because it can block annoying ads and pop-ups, block YouTube ads, and block trackers.

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Adblock Plus 3.18 for Chrome, Microsoft Edge and Opera · 2023-07-13 16:41 by Thomas Greiner

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This release introduces in-product messaging functionality to raise awareness for relevant features, products and Premium in a less intrusive manner than is currently possible (ui#1368, ui#1385, ui#1393).

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How to Use a Chrome Ad Blocker · 2023-06-21 17:00 by

You can use a Chrome ad blocker to take back control of your internet experience by blocking ads, trackers, YouTube ads, and supporting content creators of your choice.

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Adblock Plus 3.17.1 for Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge and Opera · 2023-06-16 12:57 by Thomas Greiner

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This release fixes a bug that prevents the activation of some functionality when the extension starts up (ui#1421).

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