Adblock Plus and (a little) more
Improved experimental builds · 2011-09-29 11:50 by Wladimir Palant
The experimental development builds starting with Adblock Plus for Google Chrome 1.1.4.694 will disable the “old” blocking functionality now, only the new webRequest API will be used for blocking. This improves performance and memory use, it also makes sure that issues with dynamically loaded images no longer happen. I can only see one side-effect: blocked images are no longer collapsed, instead you will see a “broken image” placeholder.
Also, experimental builds will now appear as “Adblock Plus for Google Chrome (Beta) experimental build” in the extensions list, this way you can always check whether you are running the experimental or the “normal” build.
Automatic updates to Adblock Plus 1.3.10 temporarily disabled [Update] · 2011-09-29 07:49 by Wladimir Palant
Yesterday I asked Mozilla to put Adblock Plus 1.3.10 into the sandbox again to disable automatic updates. This is not because anything is wrong with Adblock Plus 1.3.10, it is actually because of a bug in Firefox 7 — updating the browser while an extension update is pending makes that extension disappear from the list. Mozilla promised a solution in the next few days at which point the automatic updates can be enabled again.
Experimental Adblock Plus for Chrome builds available with better blocking · 2011-09-28 19:20 by Wladimir Palant
Starting with Adblock Plus for Google Chrome 1.1.4.685 there are two development builds — the “standard” version and the experimental version. The experimental version uses the new webRequest API that allows Adblock Plus to block requests better. Unfortunately, this API isn’t stable yet which means that you need to go to chrome://flags and activate “Experimental Extension APIs” option. Then you will be able to install the experimental build and it will update to new experimental versions automatically.
What you should expect in this build:
- All ads blocked, no matter how fast the page loads.
- Background images and in-video ads will be blocked (feel free to uncheck “Block ads inside YouTube videos” option, it should no longer be required).
Known issues:
- Issues with sites loading images dynamically are not resolved yet, the old blocking mechanism is still active in these builds.
- Some false positives possible because Chrome doesn’t distinguish between objects and object subrequests.
Let us know if you see more issues with these builds.
Adblock Plus 1.3.10 released · 2011-09-28 10:23 by Wladimir Palant
Changes
- Added Latvian and Albanian translations.
- Fixed some minor issues.
- Some users will be asked to complete a survey about Adblock Plus.
Aktuelle Informationen der ukrainischen Botschaft? So findet man sie! · 2011-09-24 14:55 by Wladimir Palant
This is once again an off-topic blog post about the information policy of the Ukrainian embassy in Germany. Main point is making this information easier to find for Ukrainian citizens who live in Germany which is why it is being published in German and Russian.
Das ist jetzt mal ein Blog-Post, das rein gar nichts mit Adblock Plus zu tun hat. Sinn und Zweck ist lediglich, diese Informationen besser auffindbar zu machen.
Эта статья, в виде исключения, абсолютно не связана с Adblock Plus. Основной смысл ее публикации в том, чтобы эту информацию было немного проще найти.
Diagnostics 1.1.6 for Adblock Plus released · 2011-09-16 15:50 by Wladimir Palant
Diagnostics 1.1.6 has been released. This version only updates compatibility information, it is marked as compatible with all current application versions.
Install Diagnostics 1.1.6 for Adblock Plus
Element Hiding Helper 1.1.2 released · 2011-09-16 14:45 by Wladimir Palant
Install Element Hiding Helper 1.1.2
Changes
- New icon, also added a large version of the icon (forum topic)
- Showing preview is now selected by default (forum topic)
- Improved default attribute selection (forum topic)
- Corrected handling of whitespace at the end of ID attribute (forum topic)
- Removed Lithuanian translation, it is abandoned and unusable (forum topic)
Google Chrome image loading bug finally fixed · 2011-09-16 09:52 by Wladimir Palant
One of the most persistent issues that Adblock Plus is facing in Google Chrome is WebKit bug 45586. It breaks tons of websites, mostly the ones providing image zoom functionality. In short, if Adblock Plus is active this bug prevents the websites from getting the correct image size. And there is absolutely no viable work-around.
On rapid releases and version numbers · 2011-08-19 18:45 by Wladimir Palant
I’ve spent a little too much time arguing about rapid releases and version numbers in a German-language forum. In the end, I think that the benefits of rapid releases outweigh their disadvantages. It is indeed important for Mozilla to bring out new features faster, working more than a year on a release like it happened for Firefox 4 is unacceptable. Seeing Mozilla fall behind on caniuse.com and the like isn’t great, Mozilla shouldn’t become the factor slowing down progress on the web. Also, as an add-on author I like that release dates are predictable now, it allows planning in advance.
Adblock Plus for Google Chrome™ (Beta) 1.1.4 released · 2011-08-17 12:55 by Wladimir Palant
Install Adblock Plus for Google Chrome™
Changes
- Fixed a minor security issue (reported by Nicholas Carlini from UC Berkley, severity: low)
- New extension icon (forum topic)
- Added Latvian translation, updated Korean translation
- Made icon appear sooner (forum topic)
- Fixed “QUOTA_EXCEEDED_ERR” error if too many filters are used (forum topic)
- Added more websites to the list of workarounds for WebKit bug 45586