Adblock Plus and (a little) more
Benefits of a Google Chrome Ad Blocker · 2022-06-22 17:00 by alumni@eyeo.com
If you’re a Chrome user tired of pop-ups, cookie notifications, trackers, and YouTube ads, a Google Chrome ad blocker may be the answer.
Adblock Plus 3.14 for Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge and Opera · 2022-05-27 12:44 by Thomas Greiner
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This release provides an experimental allowlisting API to some websites.
Changes
- Upgraded EWE to 0.4.1 (release notes: 0.3.0, 0.4.0, 0.4.1) (ui#1111, ui#1121), which includes the following changes:
- Enabled experimental allowlisting API for trusted partners (ui#1115).
- Fixed: Language names aren’t shown in settings page General tab (ui#976).
How to Stop Ads in Google Chrome · 2022-05-25 15:00 by
Being bombarded by ads on the web is annoying. Here’s how to stop ads in Google Chrome for a better browsing experience.
Adblock Plus 3.13 for Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge and Opera · 2022-04-28 14:14 by Thomas Greiner
Install Adblock Plus 3.13 for Chrome
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This release contains substantial under-the-hood changes in preparation for making the extension compatible with Manifest v3 later this year, as well as additional features for extended element hiding filters. It also drops support for some old browser versions, namely Chromium 76 and Firefox 62.
User interface changes
- Developer tools panel no longer reflects changes to filters that were made elsewhere while it’s open (ui#1003).
- Filters added via Block element dialog will only be applied after the page is reloaded (ui#1031).
- Developer tools panel now also shows unmatched top-level frame requests (ui#1060).
- Fixed: Developer tools panel no longer suggests allowlist filters for snippet filters (ui#1023).
Filter changes
Started using eyeo’s Web Extension Ad Blocking Toolkit (release notes: 0.1.0, 0.1.1, 0.2.0, 0.2.1), which includes the following changes:
- Upgraded adblockpluscore to 0.6.0 (release notes: 0.5.0, 0.5.1, 0.6.0), which includes the following changes:
- Added support for
:has()
alias for:-abp-has()
to extended element hiding filters (core#229). - Added support for
:has-text()
alias for:-abp-contains()
to extended element hiding filters (core#229). - Added support for
:xpath()
to extended element hiding filters (core#308). - Added support for
:not()
to extended element hiding filters (core#369). - Reject filters that are too broad (core#264, ui#1063).
- Indicate which filter option is invalid (core#305).
- Various performance improvements.
- Various bug fixes.
- Added support for
- Fixed: Elements for blocked requests in about:blank frames aren’t hidden (ewe#152, ui#961).
- Fixed: Page-specific filters remained active after URL was rewritten (ewe#109, ui#1037).
Other changes
- Replaced adblockpluscore with EWE (ui#972, ui#998, ui#1021, ui#1060, ui#1097).
- Fixed: Messages from content scripts are ignored unless they are known to be safe (ui#1092).
Chromium-specific changes
- Dropped support for Chromium 76 and below (ui#1028).
This includes Chrome 76, Microsoft Edge 76 and Opera 63.
Firefox-specific changes
- Dropped support for Firefox 62 and below (ui#1028).
Known issues
- When navigating from a page where Adblock Plus is disabled to one where it’s enabled, the toolbar icon doesn’t change (ui#1120).
How to Block YouTube Ads in Chrome · 2022-04-20 17:00 by
With an ad blocker like Adblock Plus, you can block YouTube ads in Chrome and watch all of the content you want ad-free.
How to block ads on Android · 2022-03-23 14:00 by
ABP for Samsung Internet can block ads on Android, block trackers, and help you support content creators you love.
How to use Language Filters in Adblock Plus for Chrome · 2022-02-23 18:00 by
Are you a user that browses the web in multiple languages? Adblock Plus for Chrome blocks ads in multiple languages, saving you from even more annoying ads and pop-ups.
How to remove ads in Edge · 2022-01-19 19:22 by
Microsoft’s new Edge browser makes it easier than ever to block pop-ups, and with an ad blocking extension like Adblock Plus, you can remove ads from Edge and browse the way you want to.
Adblock Plus 3.12 for Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge and Opera · 2022-01-11 17:41 by Thomas Greiner
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This release contains some general user interface improvements and introduces a feature that notifies users who frequently visit websites in other languages, if they don’t have the necessary filter list installed to block ads on those sites. It also provides them with the option to add that filter list, so that Adblock Plus can block ads specifically for websites with that language.
User interface changes
- Added language filter list recommendations (ui#9, ui#967, ui#1062).
- Added an error message that’s shown when a filter list contains disabled filters, and which allows reenabling them (ui#210).
- Made custom filter error messages more descriptive (ui#228).
- Added more topics to the icon popup footer (ui#716).
- Updated our terminology to use “allowlist”/“blocklist” instead of “whitelist”/“blacklist” (ui#827) and made various other wording adjustments (ui#183, ui#696).
- Removed NEW label from “Recommended filter lists” section (ui#915).
- Fixed: Settings page did not reflect filter state changes that occurred elsewhere (ui#866).
- Fixed: Overflowing custom filter error messages (ui#946).
- Fixed: Missing ARIA labels for settings page tabs (ui#954).
Filter changes
- Added abptestpages.org to list of trusted websites that are allowed to use subscribe links (ui#911).
Microsoft Edge-specific changes
- Fixed: “Rate it” button on updates page opens Chrome Web Store (ui#895).
Adblock Plus 3.11.4 for Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge and Opera · 2021-11-18 20:59 by Thomas Greiner
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This release fixes a problem in 3.11.3 that prevented us from publishing it to the Firefox Add-ons store (ui#1049, ui#1051).