Adblock Plus and (a little) more

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 alumni@eyeo.com

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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Using an ad blocker for Chrome gives you greater control over how you browse the web.

Adblock Plus 3.17 for Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge and Opera · 2023-04-25 14:34 by Thomas Greiner

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This release includes some improvements to snippets and expands on experimental APIs that some websites can use to provide a better experience for Adblock Plus users.

User interface changes

Automatically enable additional distraction blocking when activating Premium (ui#1326).

Snippet changes

Upgraded @eyeo/snippets to 0.6.1 (release notes: 0.6.0, 0.6.1), which includes the following changes:

Added simulate-mouse-event snippet (snippets#12).
Improved performance, added support for selecting sub-targets, and added optional debug output to hide-if-graph-matches snippet.

Other changes

Provide experimental Flattr API to some websites (ui#1370).
Expanded partner access to experimental allowlisting API (ui#1387).

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With an Edge ad blocker for YouTube, Edge users can enjoy an ad-free YouTube experience.

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The best free ad blocker for Edge blocks annoying ads, blocks YouTube videos, and allows you to support content creators when you want to.